Modern offices run on Slack pings and endless Teams calls, but some old-school gadgets had a certain charm. Rank these workplace relics from most missed to least lamented.
Put the items in your preferred order.
The Fax Machine
Once the lifeblood of every British office, the fax made sending a single page feel like a moon landing. Bonus points if it jammed right before a deadline.
The Overhead Projector
Before PowerPoint there was the OHP, complete with smudged transparencies and a bulb that always blew mid-presentation. School and office staple alike.
The Filofax
A leather-bound diary that doubled as a personality. Losing one was basically a career-ending event in 1987.
The Dictaphone
Recording memos onto tiny cassettes for some poor typist to transcribe. The original voice note, only worse.
The Rolodex
Your entire professional network on flippable cards, sitting proudly on the desk. LinkedIn could never look this satisfying.
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