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My Stapler
Going back to July 2004, I spent the summer with a defense contractor in Silicon Valley seated the next cube over from Thuan Do. This was his stapler. It's the same model that was issued to all employees about a decade ago. Unfortunately he was laid off that summer because the prehistoric system he supported was phased out. Basically he had only one customer to support and only once a quarter, on something that sounded like a TPS report. His character was very much like Milton Waddams of Office Space, the similarity was uncanny. Thuan's idiosyncrasies through the course of the day started with whistling what sounded like an ancient chinese tune then mumbling through the logic of being laid off or something, then cycling back to whistling and then mumbling. He once had a rant to himself about this stapler. I honestly could not believe what I was hearing, I sat back and listened to the Milton dejavu. I didn't ask, but it would be hard to believe that he has seen Office Space. Where ever you are, I hope you are doing fine Mr. Do. Your stapler is in good hands.