Yes, I have a pigeon-holed desk.
I find it very convenient to stow away articles therein.
Taking them out again and finding them when required is of course quite another matter. The - pigeonhole was invented by a man who took no thought for the morrow. He must have been an optimist who believed that by tucking a memorandum away in its appropriately labelled niche it would automatically be attended to. it is a great pity that things are not arranged on that basis in this world.
Of course the pigeon-holed desk has its advant.ges.
If ever one should become possessed of a guilty secret it would be quite worth one's while to purchase a. brand new desk and tuck away the secret in one of its recesses where it could moulder away unobtrusively along with a miscellaneous assortment of documents. It is an excellent idea to post one's angry letters, written in a mood of extreme exasperation, in such a desk. It eases the mind and involves one in no further difficulties. Unwelcome invitations, too, are advantageously parked there, and bills can find no better resting place.
But as for depositing anything there that you may wish to meet again, as an Efficiency Expert 1 must say, Don't! When it comes to filing things away for future reference the same caution applies. It is like putting money. into a wildcat investment, easy enough to deposit but impossible to locate it afterwards. Moreover, it is only the young and inexperienced who believe that by placing a memmorandum in a hole marked Immediate it will be done forthwith or that by consigning another item to an opening placarded Pending it will receive continuous attention.
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