Goodbye old friend, I?ll miss you. The obituary below is in memory of a companion that has been with me for over a year, a Bic pen.
Bic pen was lost late Thursday night somewhere between Conference Room 1 and cube number 414 in the old Lotus Development Building, 55 Cambridge Parkway. The pen, a classic ballpoint black ink office stationary standard, will be remembered as loyal, trustworthy and reliable. The pen accompanied David Dobrindt for the past 12 months on trips to Springfield, NY City, Philadelphia and most recently Lincroft, New Jersey. Bic pen was there when Mr. Dobrindt, a new homeowner and management consultant for IBM, signed the contract on his house. It was also involved in countless credit card transactions, executive interview notes, schematic drawings for home improvement projects and TO-DO lists. Bic was a throwback to the days when a pen was a constant reminder of who a person was, and not something to pick up from someone else's desk only to be discarded without a second thought. This particular Bic wrote flawlessly, never spotted or smudged, ended in a sharp point and had a crisp, clean and neat writing style on any standard notebook or printer paper.
Bic pen was erroneously left unattended on Dobrindt's desk when he left for the night on Thursday, September 11. David realized the mistake on the subway ride home when he wanted to jot down the name of a song he heard so he could download it later. Calls to the office to ask someone to put the pen in his desk went unanswered. A Friday morning search of his desk and Conference Room 1 failed to locate Bic pen.
Bic pen leaves behind an Altria promotional pen, a Waterman France pen and a yellow Sanford highlighter. Mr. Dobrindt had this to say "I hope the SOB who took it off of my freakin' desk uses it to sign a speeding ticket or something. I mean come on! The jerk also left an empty water bottle on my desk. At least put it in the trash, and leave my s**t alone".
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