I just wanted to finish my errand as quick as I could because I don't want the boy to wait long outside of the school on a very cold day. A gray haired tall Caucasian male sales clerk offered to help me with the ink. Thank God because I forgot what was the exact type of ink that's compatible with our printer. He asked me if I needed anything else too, and...
Me: Do you know where's the bond paper?
Him: I'm sorry?
Me: Bond paper! I don't know where to find it in this store!
Him: What was that again?
Me: Bond paper!
Completely clueless of what I was asking for, I showed him a whole piece of white paper where I printed the 20% off coupon that I was going to use on my check out!
Him: Oh! You mean copy paper!
What?! No one informed me that the term bond paper is obsolete already. Or was the term never used in America back in the day?
Today, I told my daughter about my experience yesterday, she shared that one time her father asked her about xerox paper, and she had no clue what it was. Hehehehe. Now I know that in America it is called a copy paper or a multipurpose paper.
On my way to the counter to pay for my stuff, I saw this camera post-it dispenser. I wanted it, but I don't need it. So, I didn't buy it. When I looked closely at the photo today, that was when I realized it was on sale for a half off.
P.S. The clerk gave me the wrong ink, and I had to come back today to exchange it for the right one. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.
6 comments:
Muahahahahaha! I have been in the advertising and print industry all my life so I know names of papers almost by hard.
My humble guess, I think Bond paper was never used for copier machines as it is an expensive material of superior quality. Those copy paper are commonly known but the actual name of that copy paper is "Simili Paper" where only paper merchants refer them when they order containers of them to be shipped to US. Over here in Malaysia, I think the folks call them A4 paper and understood.
Happy weekend!
Yes, we called them A4 printing paper.
Dito po sa atin nung bata pa ako (elem days) ang tawag po ay 'coupon bond', eh mahirap i-pronounce yung 'coupon', kaya minsan ang banggit ng mga bata ay 'kokom-bond' hehehe.
At mas gamitin ang term na 'bond paper' dito po sa atin :)
But for an office supply store, how come there is no bond paper available at all?
Good to know that the copy paper is called A4 in Malaysia. It's different in the Philippines too, as I remember.
I only heard of the coupon bond during college. Mas social pala tayo kasi ang bond paper ay good quality of paper daw.
Thanks Nancy. I learn a lot from comments.
Post a Comment