I steal office supplies

I have a terrible habit.

Actually, in the grand scheme of things, it's probably not so terrible. But I've had this habit my whole life. I steal office supplies.

I got the habit when I was a kid. I used to take a pen or paper clips from my father's office. Later, in school, I would take supplies from the teacher's desk or the supply cabinet. In high school I almost got caught stealing a whole box of office supplies. That would have been grounds for immediate expulsion.

Later in life, when I got a meaningless low level job in a boring company, I figured out how to divert entire shipments of office supplies to my car. I don't know why I do it. I don't use it. I don't even need it. At home I have unopened boxes of ball point pens, legal pads, staples, letter openers, paper products. Sometimes I have to throw out unopened boxes of office supplies.

I still do it today. I smuggle the supplies out when I leave the office at night. I can't resist. When I see a box from Office Depot I can help myself. I sneak a glimpse of the contents of the box, consciously scoping out the new stuff that I want to take with me.