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Published Date: 07/12/06

Ballpoint pen

I admit it, I'm prejudiced. Yep, you heard me. I reject certain writing utensils because they are not to my liking. For instance, I only use a blue ink ballpoint pen. I will only use one with black ink if I am absolutely forced to in a certain situation, but in my house and at my desk at work, they are all blue. It has to be a ballpoint pen; I can't stand writing with a pencil or markers. Whenever my co-workers want to play a joke on me, they will make my blue ballpoint pen disappear and put pencils on my desk. I pretend to laugh and joke around about it but I'm secretly wishing someone would swipe the one thing they are adamant about and see how they like it!

I'm not sure why I have a blue ballpoint pen fetish. I never used to be like that until I began college. I mean, in my younger school years, we were always required to use pencils. So, I'm not really sure where my addiction to the ballpoint pen stems from. Why I only like blue ink is another mystery to me. I tried to force myself to use a black ballpoint pen for an entire week once and it was incredibly annoying. I didn't last more than two days. My husband made fun of me for weeks. Much to my pleasure, there are many styles of ballpoint pens in existence these days. I can special order them or buy them in packs. With as quickly as I go through a ballpoint pen, I hesitate to special order any and spend the money. My boss gives me a new box once a month. He has come to learn how I am. Sure, I could order the refillable ballpoint pen but that can also be an inconvenience. As most households have, there are several dozen ballpoint pens to be found throughout my home.

I can even find a stray ballpoint pen in my vehicle or my purse from time to time.

Of course, they are always with blue ink. Some of my co-workers get a kick out of telling people that I'm prejudiced against black ink. At first, it was funny. After hearing goofy humor about it for a while, it grew old. Just because I prefer to only use a blue ballpoint pen doesn't make me a joke, it just means that I'm very picky and decisive on what I want. I hope that all of their ballpoint pens leak all over them. So there.

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