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Peril in the pyramids
Jun. 16th, 2011 02:52 pmLet me help your inner procrastinator. Splash some paint about and have, ooh, minutes of fun.
There was a story in today's news about a purchasing officer for a government-funded body who took kickbacks for buying over-priced printer toner. In brief, the organisation spent $80,000 more on toner than it should have over four years, and now has a forty year stockpile (although the toner won't last that long). There are two things that boggle me about this. One, the amount paid to the woman for buying all this toner was only $8,300, which is a depressingly small amount. I'd be insulted if a toner supply firm thought they could corrupt me for so little.* Two, did no-one there notice the huge pile of toner boxes in the stationery cupboard? I work for a much smaller organisation than the one in the story and a forty year supply of toner for our main printer alone would be about 200 cartridges. We wouldn't have room for them all.
* Note to toner supply firms: I'm not responsible for buying toner, so don't bother coming to me with a higher offer either.
There was a story in today's news about a purchasing officer for a government-funded body who took kickbacks for buying over-priced printer toner. In brief, the organisation spent $80,000 more on toner than it should have over four years, and now has a forty year stockpile (although the toner won't last that long). There are two things that boggle me about this. One, the amount paid to the woman for buying all this toner was only $8,300, which is a depressingly small amount. I'd be insulted if a toner supply firm thought they could corrupt me for so little.* Two, did no-one there notice the huge pile of toner boxes in the stationery cupboard? I work for a much smaller organisation than the one in the story and a forty year supply of toner for our main printer alone would be about 200 cartridges. We wouldn't have room for them all.
* Note to toner supply firms: I'm not responsible for buying toner, so don't bother coming to me with a higher offer either.