Month: October 2012

Columbus Day 2012: here, have some fun trivia.

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So, Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, but how old is Columbus Day? Office Ink rounds up some Columbus Day trivia.

  • New York City held the first America’s first Columbus Day celebration in 1792 to celebrate the 300th anniversary.
  • One hundred years later, President Benjamin Harrison issued a proclamation encouraging Americans to mark the anniversary of Columbus’ voyage with patriotic festivities. “On that day let the people, so far as possible, cease from toil and devote themselves to such exercises as may best express honor to the discoverer and their appreciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of American life.”
  • President Franklin Roosevelt finally made Columbus Day an official federal holiday in 1937.
  • Columbus day was originally observed every October 12, but was fixed to the second Monday of October in 1971.
  • For many, the holiday is a way of both honoring Columbus’ achievements and celebrating Italian-American heritage. That’s my excuse for having a big plate of spaghetti tonight.

You can find out more about Columbus, and pick up all sorts of historical trivia at history.com. Whether you’re at work or enjoying a day off, I hope you’re having a great Columbus Day!

Getting to know OnTimeSupplies.com.

Posted on by Frankye

We’re starting new series here at the Office Ink, introducing you to the people at OnTimeSupplies.com. We thought you might like a peek behind the curtain. We’re a small business, with just a handful of employees running a 24 hour online office supplies store. First up is Rachel, an OnTimeSupplies.com Customer Service Representative in Atlanta, and one of the newer members of our team. Rachel talks about the ins and outs of her job, her favorite office supplies, and how she stays sane and productive while working from home.
Rachel, OnTimeSupplies.com Customer Service RepresentativeHow long have you worked for OTS?
A little over a year.
How has your job changed since you started at OTS?
When I first started with OTS I was part-time but now I’m full-time. Originally, I was taking calls and processing orders but now I do that and some other things as well.
What does your current job entail?
I have the privilege of serving our customers. Sometimes that involves taking an order and other times it requires getting them product information, assisting with a return, or finding the right product to meet their needs.
What’s your favorite part of the job?
I love our customers and that we are company that seeks to make our customers happy and to give them the best experience we that we can.
What’s your favorite/handiest office supply?
I have two – my wireless mouse and my personal organizer. I hate the mouse on laptops and am so glad I have the wireless mouse to ease my frustrations. I’m really big into priority planning. My husband teases me because I’m a little old school and prefer hard copy calendars over electronic assistants so, I have a personal organizer by Franklin Covey to help me manage my time and commitments.
Do you have any tips for other people working from home?
Make sure you have a space that you can work from that is separate from the rest of your home life. It is way to easy to open your laptop in the kitchen and get distracted by dishes sitting in the sink. I have a dedicated work space in my home which allows me to set boundaries to go “to” and “from” work as if I worked away from home.

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: win Pink Ribbon Products

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Update: this contest is now closed. Find out if you won. 

The popular National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Give-Away is back at OnTimeSupplies.com. Enter today for your chance to win tons of cute Pink Ribbon products and support Living Beyond Breast Cancer, an fantastic organization dedicated to improving the lives of women living with breast cancer. OnTimeSupplies.com sends LBBC a donation for every valid contest entry, so enter today.

How to enter the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Give-Away:

Sign up today.
OnTimeSupplies.com accepts contest entries until October 16, 2012.

Tell your friends!
We donate to LBBC for every valid contest entry, so tell your friends on Facebook and Twitter to enter too!

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We’ll announce the winner here October 19th.