It's the little things

[cjsmith]

Bought two file cabinets the other day. Two trips to Office Depot; only one (two-drawer) cabinet fits in my car at a time. They're the right color, they're functional... but one of them had an empty rectangular cutout where the name HON should be.

I was unhappy that the little metal "nametag" was missing. The top front of the cabinet didn't look right without it. I searched through the cardboard box and all packing materials. I briefly considered stealing the "nametag" from one of my other filing cabinets, perhaps one that was going to wind up in the ugly storage room, but that wouldn't be satisfying. I briefly considered writing to the Hon company for a replacement, but that seemed awfully silly. I wondered if I could find a nametag on a file cabinet someone was about to throw away, like maybe an Office Depot floor model that had been kicked around so badly it was unsalable. Not likely.

I was breaking down the box when, from between two layers of cardboard, a tiny metal rectangle fell out with a clink. It's my HON nametag! Now I just need to wedge it into place!

I am way disproportionately pleased.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Isn't it amazing? For some reason we think nobody else would care about a detail that small... but people do. Maybe lots of people.

I mashed the little aluminum tag into place and now my file cabinet is all happy :-)