On everyone’s desk was an inbox and an outbox, except they were actual boxes (or trays) containing paper equivalents of what you might find in your email box: interoffice mail (in those stringed envelopes), personal or departmentaly memos, maybe a funny cartoon someone photocopied and passed on, perhaps a party invitation.
Then, there would be your outbox, and that would contain the same type of stuff. A few times a day, someone from the mailroom would come by with a cart to deliver and pick up the stuff from your outbox and deliver things to your inbox.
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On everyone’s desk was an inbox and an outbox, except they were actual boxes (or trays) containing paper equivalents of what you might find in your email box: interoffice mail (in those stringed envelopes), personal or departmentaly memos, maybe a funny cartoon someone photocopied and passed on, perhaps a party invitation.
Then, there would be your outbox, and that would contain the same type of stuff. A few times a day, someone from the mailroom would come by with a cart to deliver and pick up the stuff from your outbox and deliver things to your inbox.
—Interesting thread on what offices were like before email. [via Maciej ]