The Great Pencil Holder Caper of '04

A few weeks ago, on order from my boss boss, I put out some lovely pencil and scrap paper holders at some of our "look up station" computers. Now (shudder and gasp) they are missing! Shocking, isn't it?

The boss boss wants pencil and paper out for our dear patrons, yet our dear patrons are hoodlums who would steal the lovely holders, yet the boss boss will not have ugly holders that could be chained down. Would she accept the anarchy of pencils and paper outside of holders?

Oh, confusion!

And to top it off, my contact at the mousepad vendor is an idiot, but I cannot use another vendor because only the idiot is university approved.

Oh, fiery confusion!

THIS IS MY LIFE!