• abhibeckert@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    To be fair, there’s nothing wrong with bringing your own pen (or a pencil).

    Their reasons might be stupid but there are enough good reasons and lots of people carry a pen or pencil with them everywhere they go anyway.

    Those pencils the AEC provides are not free, they do wear out, and they do need to be cleaned/sanitised continuously throughout the day which is definitely not free. Tens of thousands of people were paid a lot of money to clean those pencils. Bringing your own reduces staffing costs for the AEC.