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SamuelsSteel t1_je9otis wrote

Reply to comment by rauls4 in Parker Jotter purchased when I started working 35 years ago by GoodGuyGlocker

Buy a good one and you’ll understand. You’ll just be more mindful of it.

Honestly it’s a GREAT proxy for any other BIFL product

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gourdeonkeek t1_je9r0on wrote

Unfortunately I only loose the expensive items I buy. Cheap pens, sunglasses, etc I have had forever.

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FriedDickMan t1_jea0i4t wrote

There’s a comedy skit idk if it’s bill engval about losing cheap and expensive glasses you could be leaning over the side of a cruise ship with a pair of cheapos on and they fall off and a GD scuba diver will come up from the depth hey anyone lose a pair of cheapers

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mcCola5 t1_jea8keb wrote

This is very true. I've had a five dollar pair of sunglasses for a decade. I've lost them multiple times and they always come back.

Meanwhile I've lost three expensive pairs. Of course, I'm sure when people find the nice ones, they just keep them. Because there are a lot of jabronis out there.

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Vairman t1_jeapqys wrote

> Because there are a lot of jabronis out there.

funny.

but true...

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gourdeonkeek t1_jecqvni wrote

Ah yes, I hadn’t considered the jabroni factor, but that does make sense

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Avock t1_jeaal38 wrote

For me it's specific items that get broken or lost for me regardless of value.

Sunglasses? My ADHD ass can somehow keep those for a decade with nearly daily use.

Pens? I can keep so long as they don't get stolen.

But earbuds? Broken in a month. Lost after a few months. Ruined in a week. I got gifted a pair of those Bluetooth earbuds that have the cord that goes behind your neck... They fell into a porta potty within 36 hours never to be seen again.

The longest I'd ever been able to keep some was a pair of nice Shure IEMs that had a replaceable cord. I bought them as a birthday gift to myself. Keep them a year and a half. About 2 months ago they just disappeared, I think they fell out of a coat pocket when I got a glove out of the same pocket and I somehow didn't notice. I died a little inside, thought I had finally beat that demon.

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Zooshooter t1_jeaeg3j wrote

My wife thinks I'm weird because I actually finish my chapstick tubes instead of losing them at some point. I have about a dozen tubes, mostly unopened, and they'll probably last me most of the rest of my life.

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OriginalJokeGoesHere t1_jec2tk9 wrote

Wow, are we the same person?

I've kept pens for years and I can't remember losing a pair of sunglasses (then again, I have rx sunglasses, so perhaps my mindset is a little bit different than most people).

But damn if I'm not hard on headphones. I finally learned to get ones with a really good warranty and/or replaceable cables because I am annoyingly good at breaking them.

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dngrousgrpfruits t1_jecgrib wrote

The findmy AirPods feature has gotten an embarrassing amount of mileage

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Avock t1_jec3865 wrote

Do you always lose sound in the right ear of all your earbuds? Cause if so I think we might be the same person.

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zombienudist t1_jeajuk5 wrote

I think it is much more how and where you work. I am in IT so do multiple onsites a day. So I wouldn't even bring a more expensive pen with me as I know what will happen. Those stay on my desk in my office. I just sit at too many desks and will eventually it will get put down and disappear. Nice pens are too pocketable and it will walk away. I usually carry something like a zebra 301 with me but I have been carrying a collapsible space pen with me that is a bit more expensive. I realized I bought it years ago to use on the road, and never really used it because, I was worried about losing it. Maybe in my old age I will be more mindful.

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m0h3k4n t1_jeal58s wrote

Fr, I used to deliver pizzas. Just any pen, yeah it’s gone by the end of the day. But the $20 pen my grandma gave me for Xmas. I’m not letting it out of my sight.

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chickenwithclothes t1_jecpfso wrote

But I managed to keep hold of most of my Jotters, even though they’re under 10, just bc I liked them so much

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HakaishinNola t1_jeavsuk wrote

make sense, but it still just writes like a common pen (writing quality aside)

is there a secondary market for designer pens?

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EDIT: trying to understand, because I would have lost it in a week.

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