Thursday, April 17, 2008

It's Different Here: Part 4

Paper here is different. It's bigger, (A4 sized) and it usually feels a little thicker. Sometimes the extra long page is nice, but it means that everything else has to be bigger: binders, folders, drawers, basically everything paper related. 

The really weird part about the paper story is that they use two-hole punches instead of three. This seems silly because the giant A4 sized page is left hanging on two holes that are pretty close together. What if one rips? I'm not sure what the benefit of the two hole punch is yet, but it makes me wonder if people from other countries wonder why Americans insist on that extra third hole.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I've wondered the same thing about the 2-hole punch. Someone told me that it's so you can flip through the top of the pages or the bottom of them. Even if that's true, I think the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

Sounds like you're having a great time, Trevor.

- Damon