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[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 16 points 8 months ago (3 children)

"I know accounting needs this on the 2nd Floor but that pile of papers is too big to fit in the tubes in one go"

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I always thought that banking drives through a with tubes were the coolest

[–] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm actually sad to see the end of pneumatic tubes, one of my old sites still had the infrastructure but no one had turned it on in more than a decade.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I mean, you can't send someone a handful of candy in an email right?

I knew tubes were the superior technology.

[–] MonkeMischief 1 points 8 months ago

I wasn't around in the workforce at this point but even I feel like email just doesn't have the same "hisss-PHWUMPH" to it y'know?

[–] MonkeMischief 1 points 8 months ago

This just brings back memories of the LucasArts classic "Grim Fandango".