r/SipsTea • • 15h ago

Gasp! Just American things

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u/HumanContract 15h ago

Isn't it recycle bin? I'm confused by waste paper basket lol he's setting his ppl up for failure. He could've used thongs vs flip-flops to specify thongs for your feet vs your arse

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u/Staaaaation 13h ago

It's less common nowadays, but most home offices used to (80s/90s) have a "waste paper basket" next to the desk. It was usually those small wire mess ones. We called it that instead of a trash because the only thing we were throwing away in the home office was paper (opened envelopes, failed print jobs, old business cards, junk mail). We weren't recycling it back then, it was just temp storage that took months to fill before we emptied it into the real trash or burn pile.