| There's something about the mailroom; that secluded | | | | Sticky Labels |
| area of the office which can serve as a refuge to the | | | | Just like the cathartic popping of bubble wrap: using |
| stressed worker; perfect for siphoning the odd | | | | and generally abusing sticky labels can also elicit the |
| envelope, sending a covert text message or maybe | | | | boundless joy of an infant within even the most aged |
| even catching up on some sleep if the night before | | | | of office drones. Drawing the obligatory flower, star, |
| hadn't been treated as a 'school night'! | | | | butterfly, thunderbolt and heart then peeling the label |
| Mailrooms tend to be a luxury reserved for the larger | | | | off it's smooth backing paper before wandering what |
| offices and are the inner sanctum of procrastination, | | | | on earth you're going to do with it is a mail room |
| work shirking and general tomfoolery. The area itself | | | | tradition. Even more widespread is of course the |
| offers abundant opportunity for harmless wrongdoing, | | | | careful emblazoning of 'Kick Me' or a school |
| but better still are some of the items in there which | | | | playground inspired insult followed by the ninja-esque |
| present whole new realms of time-wasting and | | | | task of affixing said label to an oblivious colleague. |
| outright silliness: | | | | Adhesive Tape |
| Bubble Wrap | | | | We're not talking about your standard sellotape here, |
| No-one can resist the rounded nodules of a sheet of | | | | my goodness no, the mail room is often home to that |
| virgin bubble wrap. The mere site of this instrument of | | | | most incredible of substances: ridiculously strong parcel |
| joy disguised as a packaging material brings the 5 year | | | | tape. Uses for this at times malignant staple of parcel |
| old out in most of us. Although seemingly a pretty | | | | wrapping include the binding of limbs, secure closure of |
| fruitless exercise, there is something deeply calming | | | | that which should not be securely closed and of |
| about disrupting the form or a plastic bubble with a | | | | course the attachment of impressively cumbersome |
| satisfying pop- it must date back to our ancestors in | | | | items to other items, the wall or ceiling. Kudos goes to |
| some way. If the office supply of bubble wrap has | | | | those who have indulged in the pleasure of taping an |
| 'mysteriously' been depleted by over-zealous pop-fans | | | | office chair to the ceiling, yes it's hard; but believe me- |
| or God forbid; used for packing something- then | | | | it can be done. |
| padded envelopes offer a nice substitute. | | | | |