When people are in need of differing things for the office I am sometimes amazed at the number of things that are invovled: from staples to pencils to box cutter to glue and paper and of course post-it notes.
Of course what I find odd is that trying to get those supplies to the classroom. I have many friends who complain that the classroom has a hard time getting supplies. And it gets worse as the time goes on within the school year. Several friends I have talked to hoard supplies at the start for the end of the year.
Have a good day!