Every workplace has somebody who quietly absorbed three jobs that were never in their contract ā the one who fixes the printer, mediates the disagreements and hears about everyoneās weekend regardless of whether they asked. This notepad exists for that person.
The cover reads āOther Peopleās Problems That For Some Reason I Have To Solveā, which does the complaining on their behalf. It sits face up on a desk and makes the point to everyone who walks past without a single word being said aloud.
The humour would wear thin quickly if the thing underneath were useless, so it helps considerably that this is a proper lined notepad. Meeting notes, to-do lists and the running tally of things being actively ignored today all fit comfortably.
It is compact enough to sit beside a keyboard without colonising the desk, which matters in an office where surface space is contested. The result is a gift that stays out in the open every day rather than being admired once and put in a drawer.
It is ideally priced for Secret Santa and Kris Kringle, where the brief is usually something funny, inexpensive and not so personal that it causes an incident. This clears all three comfortably.
It also works as a small birthday gift for a colleague, or as the sort of thing you hand a friend who has been venting about work for a month. The joke is pointed enough to be satisfying and general enough that nobody takes it personally.
ā Cover reads āOther Peopleās Problems That For Some Reason I Have To Solveā
ā A genuine lined notepad that gets used for real meetings and lists
ā Compact enough to sit beside a keyboard without crowding the desk
ā Priced squarely in Kris Kringle and Secret Santa territory
ā Makes its point to passing colleagues without a word being spoken
