We all have them--the dried-out Sharpie, the unrefillable mechanical pencil, the leaking pen. Why do we hang on to them? Why do we refuse to throw them away when they so obviously no longer do their jobs, and continue to irritate us?
Why have I just reached for the same offending, leaking pen (with the globbed-up tip) when it just not ten minutes ago left a stain on my hand?