Close but no cigar?

Poor Bilal

Poor Bilal

So, apparently our current stapler, Bilal, was kidnapped late Tuesday night, solidified in jello, and a ransom note left saying that he would be returned safely if we switched back to our old print management system.

I laughed so hard.

But then, as it turned out that nobody in the library knew that this had happened, and that only a few student workers in other departments on campus would say “oh, yeah, I heard about that” it became clear that Carleton students are pretty inept ransomers. Shouldn’t they at least made sure that some staff saw a picture of the jello-ed stapler? Or the note?

Clearly our curriculum is lacking in some areas.

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UPDATE:

A facebook post reveals a picture of the ransom note. Seen here in all of its stunning brilliance:

Ransom Note

Ransom Note

Butch is our heavy-duty stapler. GoPrint is the old print management system.

One thought on “Close but no cigar?

  • Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 4:46 pm Marianne
    lolololol. sharing with officemate.
  • Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 4:51 pm Jason P
    Clearly a UK Office fan.
  • Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 4:54 pm Catherine Pellegrino
    I love your students. I love your take on them even more.
  • Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 4:56 pm Hookuh Tinypants
    That is epic. <3
  • Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 5:29 pm lris
    Jason, both the UK and the US versions of the Office have that sketch in them. :-)
  • Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 5:34 pm John Dupuis
    I was thinking Han Stapler, frozen in jelloite.
  • Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 5:49 pm lris
    Ransom note revealed! I've updated the post. :-)
  • Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 7:43 pm lris
    Now that the text of the ransom note is circulating on FB (and on my updated post), people are suggesting a few other life skills that might need brushing up... Unless all the misspelled words are a clue, that is.
  • Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 7:53 pm Hedgehog
    Do they want no printing limits back? What is their complaint about the new system?
  • Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 7:54 pm lris
    Yeah. The college imposed a quota for free printing (after which you pay a nominal fee) at the same time that IT switched print management systems. So everyone thinks of PaperCut (the new system) as synonymous with the quota.
  • Friday, January 18th, 2013 at 12:04 am Steele Lawman
    PaperCut!

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