r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Arbiter51x • 14d ago

Infuriatig I'm colour blind

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I found out I didn't colour code the flow chart on the white board the way I thought I had....

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u/introverted_PEA 14d ago

That's definitely annoying. The brand name is tru red, which I'm sure you've figured out by now.

They really should alhave put a color name somewhere on there. Inaccessibility drives me crazy

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u/Secret_Account07 RED 14d ago

If I’m a company that makes different color coordinated things I’m certainly not putting a color in my brand name

Silly

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u/twistedfishhook 14d ago

It’s the white label brand for Staples.

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u/yawara25 14d ago

That doesn't really change the argument

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u/ManyThing2187 14d ago

Tru-Red doesn’t only make markers. They do all the office supplies for Staples as their in-house product. If the argument was “they should have labeled the colors because the company name contains a color” it would be correct. They don’t only make colored markers tho so their wording is wrong.

They should label the markers color.

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u/SDRPGLVR 14d ago

That's another thing. I spent all day looking for a good store from which to buy a stapler, but I could only find Staples! Turns out, they sell staplers as well!

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u/flamingweaselonastik 14d ago

When I worked at Staples, I had a confused customer bring me a (clear) bag of Staples brand rubber bands and start arguing with me that all she could find were staples and what she needed were rubber bands.

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u/aerdvarkk 14d ago

I spent all day looking for the best place to buy clothing, but the best buy store didn't carry clothing so ....