[disneysteve]

Originally Posted by Scanner

Seriously, DisneySteve. . .the forum sort of all knows me a little by now and I try to use some humor to make my points.

Let your office manager throw out the pens and sticky note pads from the drug reps cluttering up your office and closets.

No offense taken. Trust me. I am not easily offended.

As I've said many times, I work in a very poor area. Periodically, when we have an abundance of stuff we simply don't need, we have put a box of stuff in the waiting room with a FREE sign on it. It is usually all gone in a day. To give the school kids a few pens is a big deal to them. One less thing they need to buy. I'd much rather do that than throw things out. We do the same with the cartons of skin creams we get. Everybody loves being able to take some free moisturizer.

A few times, I have taken a bag of pens over to my post office. They are always in need of them because customers walk off with them. Since I used to go regularly when I was doing ebay, they were very appreciative. I've also donated pens to a couple of other places when we were overflowing with them.

I think there are many, many better options than the trash bin.