Paperwork stories

Documents have always been part of the human story.

Some protected rights. Some recorded taxes. Some settled arguments. Some were complaints about bad copper. Here are a few short stories about the surprisingly long, strange and occasionally funny history of paperwork.

The world's oldest customer complaint is almost 4,000 years old

Bad copper. An angry customer. Same problem, different millennium.

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Writing was invented. Paperwork followed almost immediately.

Some of humanity's earliest writing was about keeping records. Naturally.

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A4 paper is not 210 × 297 mm by accident

Those oddly specific numbers hide a surprisingly elegant idea.

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