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Anecdote: the office management/finance/HR people in the european office where I work really, really hate US Letter formats, because they don't really fit in "n

Anecdote: the office management/finance/HR people in the european office where I work really, really hate US Letter formats, because they don't really fit in "normal" binders. They're the ones who really suffer from this, because they're the only people who deal with paper format documents these days, I guess.

couchand 12y ago
I can feel their pain: I have two binders from school in Germany that don't fit on the shelf with my other (US-sized) binders. They're destined to be lying down for the rest of their days.
sschueller 12y ago
Also the fact that the US punches 3 holes instead of 2 or 4
smackfu 12y ago
US Letter is shorter than A4, so it seems like they should fit fine? I guess it's 6mm wider but that is not much.
- vmarsy 12y ago
  For some important documents that you want to preserve and/or don't want to pierce there is a solution: store it in a plastic sleeve like this one: http://i01.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/1777660007/100-X-A4-CLEAR-font-b-PLASTIC-b-font-PUNCH-PUNCHED-POCKETS-font-b-FOLDERS-b.jpg http://i01.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/1777660007/100-X-A4-CLEAR... If you happen to receive US letter sized paper, it won't fit because of the width, that is too much for these, and they get crumpled.
- johansch 12y ago
  Never underestimate the level of OCD in good finance/office management people. :)
mjevans 12y ago
It's worse over here in the US. At least in Europe the paper doesn't require a different shelf height when dealing with printed materials from 'across the pond'. I would find it ever so sensible if we would just let imperial measures die over here so we could end the pain of international business.
lobster_johnson 12y ago
As a European, I would also like to point that the U.S. doesn't use the Letter format exclusively. Bills, in particular, come in all sorts of weird formats. Things like electricity bills sometimes come in long, narrow formats that don't fit in any kind of binder!

couchand 12y ago

I can feel their pain: I have two binders from school in Germany that don't fit on the shelf with my other (US-sized) binders. They're destined to be lying down for the rest of their days.

sschueller 12y ago

Also the fact that the US punches 3 holes instead of 2 or 4

smackfu 12y ago

US Letter is shorter than A4, so it seems like they should fit fine? I guess it's 6mm wider but that is not much.

vmarsy 12y ago
For some important documents that you want to preserve and/or don't want to pierce there is a solution: store it in a plastic sleeve like this one: http://i01.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/1777660007/100-X-A4-CLEAR-font-b-PLASTIC-b-font-PUNCH-PUNCHED-POCKETS-font-b-FOLDERS-b.jpg http://i01.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/1777660007/100-X-A4-CLEAR... If you happen to receive US letter sized paper, it won't fit because of the width, that is too much for these, and they get crumpled.
johansch 12y ago
Never underestimate the level of OCD in good finance/office management people. :)

mjevans 12y ago

It's worse over here in the US. At least in Europe the paper doesn't require a different shelf height when dealing with printed materials from 'across the pond'. I would find it ever so sensible if we would just let imperial measures die over here so we could end the pain of international business.

lobster_johnson 12y ago

As a European, I would also like to point that the U.S. doesn't use the Letter format exclusively. Bills, in particular, come in all sorts of weird formats. Things like electricity bills sometimes come in long, narrow formats that don't fit in any kind of binder!