The Pen Register

In the past 7 months at work, I’ve lost approximately 7 pens. As pens tend to do, they have disappeared one by one, through no fault of my own. They have obviously just grown legs and walked away. And they have obviously done this one too many times according to Alam our accountant/stationery manager. Because today I was asked for the first time to “sign here” on the BACE-CFDP Stock Register. One pen!? Come on! It’s not as if I asked him for a spare calculator or one of those business card flipping devices or anything.