Next time you refill your stapler, take a red or brightly coloured Sharpie and paint the tops of 3 or 4 staples at the very end of the row. Insert them into the stapler so the ones with the red marks will come out last. When you see the red staples, you'll know it's time to refill again.

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ReviewOk929 t1_jdypoxm wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:54 AM

Next time I staple my emails I’ll remember this

blackhawks-fan t1_jdyp628 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:50 AM

Because opening the stapler is too difficult?

Salty-Huckleberry-71 t1_je0nqmo wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:50 PM

This way you get to waste time looking for a stupid mark every time though.

BouncingSphinx t1_je1twqg wrote on March 28, 2023 at 8:13 PM

You're not looking for a mark. The marked ones catch your eye and make you aware it's time to refill.

codece t1_jdyro63 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:13 AM

How about when you open the last box you buy another box? No red ink involved.

A 3 or 4 staple warning isn't really a warning, it's just a way to emphasize that you're an idiot who just ran out of staples.

Also, anecdotal story/confession here -- I stole a full stapler and 4 boxes of staples from a job that fired me 17 years ago, and I have yet to run out of staples. I should have stolen a red sharpie to remind me.

Icy-Reflection6014 t1_jdyth4w wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:31 AM

Maybe staple work differently in different places, but I’ve never found a stapler that takes a whole box of staples at once.

codece t1_jdywcia wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:02 AM

Maybe staples work differently in different places, but I have never known a box of staples to cost more than chump change.

Why do you have to wait until the last staple to re-up?

Do you wait until the last piece of toilet tissue to buy more?

Icy-Reflection6014 t1_jdz4aai wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:39 AM

The posted LPT was about knowing when you’re about to run out of staples in the stapler. If you don’t fill the stapler with a whole box at a time then your comment is an ‘and’ to the original LPT but you’re acting like it’s an ‘or’. Why?

Tittle42 t1_jdzv1md wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:24 PM

Is this life tip from 1974?

OkOutlandishness9072 t1_jecqqsp wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Of all the tips I’ve ever read this is definitely the most valuable. Absolute gold.

keepthetips t1_jdyoudu wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:47 AM

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Frequent_Regular_841 t1_je03ra7 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:35 PM

Do you have any advice for when to know to replace the dial on the phone?

How about when to change the ink on the fax machine.

Or when to change the batteries in my pager.

Wild-Caterpillar76 t1_je0b256 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:27 PM

How do I know when to refill my paper clips?

Fun_Amount3063 t1_je0tvo9 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:29 PM

jfc HOW is a life tip? Some of y’all truly love to make your own lives more complicated and therefore more stressful for absolutely no damn reason.