Office Supplies

The confab stems from the Latin officium, as its equivalents in distinct mainly romance languages. Interestingly, this was not necessarily a place, but rather an often mobile 'bureau' in the appreciation of a human cast or even the abstract notion of a formal position, such as a magistrature. The relatively elaborate Roman bureaucracy would not be equaled for centuries in the West after the fall of Rome, even partially reverting to illiteracy, while the East preserved a more sophisticated administrative culture, both under Byzantium and under Islam.

Theft Office Supplies in the workplace is a humdrum occurrence. Surveys indicate that the majority of office workers (58%) have admitted to having taken office supplies for their personal use. The most commonly stolen office supplies include pens/pencils (77% admit to this), followed by self-adhesive "sticky" notes (44%) and paper clips (40%). Some employees (2%) are even taking decorations like plants, paintings and office furniture (i.e. stools, chairs, shelves) (2%).