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Is this even considered "news"?
- by NewsReader_ August 25, 2008 3:25 PM PDT
- I heard they are using a different strategy to save costs...
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(3 Comments)To deter people from eating too much free food, they are switching toliet paper from Charmin to the contents of the recycle bins in the copy rooms.
You can expect a lot of thinner Google employees after a few months of being forced to use 8.5" x 11" sheets :-). Either that or I would buy some stock in whoever makes Preparation H.