moral dilemma

are you allowed to throw away the crap that the lexis and westlaw reps give you?

in law school, i just reached the point where i told them no thanks on most of the stuff and then loaded up on the highlighters. oh how i loved those highlighters.

but i haven't developed a relationship with these guys like i had with marva and lynn and i couldn't bring myself to tell the man, who prefaced handing me a travel coffee mug with the phrase, "this is the really good stuff," that i have a hundred travel coffee mugs and i don't use any of them and i was really interested in the booklet of search tips (yes, i am a nerd) and not another damned coffee mug.

but those are not as bad as the little tablets. oh how i wish i had taken a picture of them. they're like the ones you take to interviews, only in far smaller sizes. and of course they say westlaw and lexis in huge letters. and of course i work in a law office, where there is no shortage of lined notepads and pens. and really no reason to carry them around in a leather tablet.

i'm thinking, however, that i should keep them in case i quit. the one is the size that really would be perfect if i was a detective.

i would be a great detective.