Office Depot To Liquidate 122 Stores
Bloomberg is reporting that Office Depot will close 10%, or 122, of its stores and cut 2,200 jobs as a result. They will also close 6 distribution centers. [Bloomberg]
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Take stuff from work.
It's the best way to feel better about your job.
Never buy pens or pencils or paper.
Take 'em from work.
Rubber bands, paper clips, memo pads, folders-take 'em from work.
It's the best way to feel better about your low pay and appalling working conditions.
Take an ashtray-they got plenty.
Take coat hangers.
Take a, take a trash can.
Why buy a file cabinet?
Why buy a phone?
Why buy a personal computer or word processor?
Take 'em from work.
I took a whole desk from the last place I worked.
They never noticed and it looks great in my apartment.
Take an electric pencil sharpener.
Take a case of white-out; you might need it one day.
Take some from work
It's your duty as an oppressed worker to steal from your exploiters.
It's gonna be an outstanding day.
Take stuff from work.
And goof off on the company time.
I wrote this at work.
They're paying me to write about stuff I steal from them.
Life is good.
-King Missle
Wonder if this has anything to do with business decisions like the one that led to Office Depot opening a store 1000 feet away from an Office Max in my hometown.
Just like Taco Bell was the only surviving restaurant from the Franchise Wars, Office Max will be the only surviving office-supply franchise.
@PresidentBeeblebrox: OfficeMax has pretty much disappeared around my area. Staples was the big winner here.
My husband called me from work yesterday. He works for O.D. He didn't want me to freak out if/when I heard the news. The store he's at (here in SW Oregon) is safe for the time being. I can only speak for his store but its been a great place for him and others that work there. The management (well with 1 exception) is pretty good.
@Canino: Also I hope that didn't sound snarky or mean because I didn't mean it that way, in fact i posted because i saw that as an erroneous sentence too, before a few re-reads.
I stopped shopping at office depot when they decided that all their coupons and specials did not apply to "technology" items, and oddly everything I buy there seems to be defined as a "tech item".
My last straw was going in there with a buy 2 get one free on cases of printer paper,
-->with a picture of the cases of paper in question on the coupon<--,
I was told I could not use the coupon because "Well that paper is for a printer so it's a tech item".
After a futile attempt at logic, including the fact of the item being pictured on the coupon, I ended up telling the manager that it was the last he would ever see of me or my company's money and split.
I went across the street to Office Max & bought 3 cases of paper for less than it would have cost me with the coupon.
Lesson learned.
I feel bad for the general employees that are loosing their jobs but at least that office depot deserves to close.
@PresidentBeeblebrox: Depends on where you live. In the Seattle area, there are very few Office Max stores, Office Depot is much easier to find.









Well, crap. That sucks.
I guess Ross Perot was sorta right about letting all industries in the US fold up and set up in other countries. We produce nothing and have been swapping houses with each other for years... making no real wealth.