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“He’s a Total Moron”

By Paperstone on 11 March 2013 in Mailroom & Warehouse with 0 Comments
“He’s a Total Moron”

A New York man faked his own kidnapping because he wanted to escape the anger of his girlfriend after going missing for two weeks. Rahmell Pettway, 36, admitted to police that he had staged the kidnapping to order to explain his absence to his girlfriend after spending two weeks away from his Brooklyn home. He […]

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Worker Alienation

By Paperstone on 27 February 2013 in Office Desks with 0 Comments
Worker Alienation

As if office work is not sometimes alienating enough, along comes this French-designed bubble desk to further isolate hapless office drones. These transparent, plexiglas domes protect you from the germs, loud voices and bad jokes that can eminate from work colleagues. The desks afford workers privacy while still connecting them to a communal desk. Two […]

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French Office Workers Eschew Smelly Colleagues

By Paperstone on 26 February 2013 in Janitorial with 0 Comments
French Office Workers Eschew Smelly Colleagues

In France, a smelly colleague is an unpopular colleague, according to a poll conducted by TNS Sofres. The top concern of French office workers was being sat next to someone with poor personal hygiene. The next gripe was being sat next to someone who complains all the time, followed by colleagues who talk too loudly. […]

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Valentine’s Day Facts

By Paperstone on 14 February 2013 in Free Gifts with 0 Comments
Valentine’s Day Facts

St. Valentine’s Day began as a celebration of perhaps more than one Christian saint called Valentinus. But as with a lot of celebrations, including Easter and Christmas, the day only began to take on its modern form with the onset of mass production and consumption. Valentines cards became popular enough in England and the U.S. […]

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Pop Culture

By Paperstone on 29 January 2013 in Fun, Mailroom & Warehouse with 0 Comments
Pop Culture

Yesterday was Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, a day inaugurated in 2001 to celebrate the strangely additctive protective wrap. To mark the day, 366 students at a New Jersey high school simultaneously popped bubble wrap, in the process setting the record for the most people popping bubble wrap at one time. Students of Hawthorne High School […]

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Richer in Pink

By Paperstone on 16 January 2013 in Office Workers, Workwear with 0 Comments
Richer in Pink

A US poll has found that male office workers who wear pink shirts to the office are more confident and earn more money than co-workers who wear shirts of other colours. Men who wore pink shirts made an average $1,600 (or £1,000) more than men who wore shirts of other colours. The poll also showed […]

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Between Banter and Discrimination

By Paperstone on 10 January 2013 in Office Workers with 0 Comments

Office banter could cost UK businesses as much as £292bn in tribunal claims in 2013, claims a recent report by law firm Allen & Overy (A&O). Although the majority of the 1,000 office workers interviewed claimed they could easily distinguish between “banter and bullying” (80%), follow-up questions suggested otherwise and displayed ignorance in matters that […]

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Google Zeitgeist 2012

By Paperstone on 31 December 2012 in Fun with 0 Comments
Google Zeitgeist 2012

Google recently released its Zeitgeist lists for 2012 which details the fastest growing search terns throughout the year. Globally, the fastest growing search term was ‘Whitney Houston’ in relation to the singer who was found dead earlier this year, followed by the ultra-viral ‘Gangnam Style’. Both these terms featured in the UK-only fastest growing search […]

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Luxury Pencilling

By Paperstone on 28 December 2012 in Pens & Pencils with 0 Comments
Luxury Pencilling

Got any money left after Christmas? Thought not. So splashing out £150 on a pencil may not be a top priority at the moment. But just in case you’re still drunk, Faber-Castell presents its Perfect Pencil which you’ll be hard pushed to find for less than £160 with delivery. The Graf Von Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil […]

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Our Christmas Business Hours

By Paperstone on 20 December 2012 in Paperstone Company News with 0 Comments
Our Christmas Business Hours

Season’s Greetings from The Paperstone Team! Just to let you know that during the festive period, it’s pretty much business as usual here at Paperstone. We’ll be in the office to take your calls on all weekdays except the three festive bank holidays: Christmas Day 25th Boxing Day 26th and New Year’s Day 1st January. […]

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