I forgot to mention the red pens in my one-person library that never left to back cupboard, or the enquiry phone. Maybe the universe doesn't like red ink.

The only other pens that stayed with the phone were those I taped to a piece of string & attached to the phone!

I remember shaking my head watching a colleague as she wrote BOOKSHOP in small letters on pieces of paper & taped these labels to a few pens. It wasn't long before they disappeared, some to colleagues desks, others journeyed out into the universe.

Some of our customers left their pens with us, but never as many, tho some of these pens were very expensive. I have to pay almost $10 to get a refill for the one I keep in my wallet! Another pen was sterling silver.

sandra