I always carry a pen with me. My usual habit is to stick a pen inside my messenger bag or my backpack so that when the need for a writing implement arises, I can just get the pen inside my bag. It’s my scout preparedness at work. But preparedness is one thing and actual things working quite another. More often than not, that standby pen that I place inside my bag won’t work when I need it. Oftentimes, it’s because the pen would inadvertently move around the bag and go upside down so that the ink will flow back up the shaft. What I get would be a pen that skips like hell. Other times, the ink will just completely dry up so what I have is mocking reminder that I brought a pen for nothing. [Read more…]