1. Ask boss "Can I get a dry erase board?" He says, "Sure!" 2. Boss finds out where to get it and what part number to order 3. I write a PO 4. Boss signs and turns in PO 5. White board show up couple days later 6. With no hangers 7. I ask around, people say "Just steal them from the empty cubes" 8. I poke around, no hangers 9. I ask somebody on the second floor, they have a spare 10. An empty cube on that floor has a coat hanger 11. I take coat hanger (not the wire kind) and saw off the hook part and drill a holl in it using a non secure bench vice, a hack saw, and drill in the lab that used to be battery powered but now has two wires sticking out the battery compartment that you plug into a high current power supply. 12. I borrow some screws and nuts from equipment engineering 13. I assemble white board with vice grips from our lab and hang in cube 14. I visit supply room in search of pens/erasers 15. Found pens and a very dirty eraser 16. I try it out, eraser doesn't work worth beans. 17. Google tells me to wash it with soap and water 18. Wash eraser in restroom 19. Working whiteboard setup complete
how to get a whiteboard in 19 easy steps
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wait…I didn’t get that first part, could you go over that again??
lol, sounds complicated
Here –
1. Ask secretary (me)
2. Secretary orders white board, hangers, pens, eraser and cleaning liquid
3. Comes next day with hangers
4. Secretary hangs.
5. Done
You need a secretary. 🙂
nice work! do you have a photo of it?
Say……., could I borrow that drill??