i was sitting in my meeting, furiously taking notes on the business of the day for about ten minutes straight. i could hardly keep up, but i was using a trusty bic medium point ball point pen. in blue. the cap's stem had been broken off, i'm sure by my pesky little brother. i was hitching along, wondering why the ink was sticking a little. i have always loved these pens -- they're cheap and reliable -- and usually get them in bulk because i inevitably lose them, lend them or otherwise find myself unable to keep track of them.
i took a break from writing to uncramp my hand. then, as i got ready to jot down a few extra essentials, i realized my pen wasn't working. what an inopportune time; this guy wasn't going to repeat himself without being annoyed. i shook the bic and scratched the hell out of my memos, to no avail. then i pulled out the cartridge: bone dry. there weren't even any inky bubbles sticking to the inside of the clear tube.
in 20 years of writing, i have never held on to a writing utensil long enough to have it run out of ink.
I love when I finish a whole pen. Makes me feel I got my money's worth :-D
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I'm one of those freaks who never loses a pen. I finish every single one of them. So I know how great it must feel.
ReplyDeleteLike Viking, I am one who finishes every pen. I'm messy and I never seem to know where I put anything, but I always know where my pen is.
ReplyDeletei love pens but i am know throughout manhattan as the girl who looses all her pens... all my clients (past job) would know to give me pen right away-- my bank branch people always hang on to pass to me the free pens they receive from HQ. my manager needed a pen once so he climbed under my desk and fished out like three...
ReplyDeleteso congrats-- so how long did it take??
a few months. this may not be a big deal for you guys, but i seriously was staring at it in disbelief for about 10 seconds.
ReplyDeleteI always feel betrayed when a pen goes out on me, like it should have been considerate enough to inform me that I needed to bring a second.
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