Park Howell, owner of Park & Co.
In an effort to “go green,” Mr. Howell is paying a $2 per month fee per employee for a software program that allows his employees to submit ideas to reduce the business’ ecological footprint. What was the best idea they could come up with? Why, to limit everybody to only one ream of paper per year.
According to the Wall Street Journal article, Mr. Howell is proud of his environmental crusading:
“They’ll have to petition the entire agency for another ream,” he says.
No doubt this petition process will include a number of (paper) forms, and plenty of wasted time and effort, not to mention the $2 per month software fee that could have simply been spent on buying paper for those who need it.
Word of advice to this guy’s employees: Get out now, before the real hard-core idiocy starts. Also, stop printing stuff you don’t really need to print: You’re making your boss crazy.