If you use staplers long enough, you'll probably end up jamming one. The more often you have to try and fix a jammed stapler, the more likely you are to experience the dreaded pricked fingertip.
The stapler has had an unexpected longevity in the age of the paperless office(JD Hancock; Flickr.com/CC/by/2.0) The ‘paperless office’ never fully materialised ...