Little File Storage

Mobile Pedestal: another endangered species?

To reimagine a well known children’s song (and show my age) I wrote the following, an ode to steel if you will:

I’m a little storage unit, Pedestal is my name.

They won’t let me store big files isn’t that a shame?

One day I’ll be big enough to store every file.
When there’s a file around QUICK

Call the little storage, call the little storage, call the little storage

Pedestal!

While the ambitions of the little pedestal are lofty, it’s an inevitable and sad fact that the modern office scape will reduce the once mighty pedestal to a top 20 placing on the endangered species list along with the Kakapo. Unlike the Kakapo we won’t be creating an under desk mobile sanctuary with strict pest control and didymo sensors to prevent it from dying out.  It’s made from electro galvanized steel and won’t rust, so you must recycle it.

With office space at a premium why take up 400mm of it with a steel box that houses pens, perished rubber bands and your lunch? We’ve all heard anecdotes of companies holding an amnesty to redeploy the piles of stationery contained in these under desk daleks only to discover they have a bounty of neon Post It Notes and will not need to order office supplies for the next three months. Its cup-o-soup and handbags storage jokes a-go-go, it’s basically a mobile and lockable dairy.

There are smarter, better and more efficient ways to store the gamut of office items than using a mobile pedestal.

Taking the pedestal away makes it easier for side by side collaboration with a work colleague at your desk allowing more under desk space and with the growing trend to move to a 1600mm desk space, you, your shins and your Hugo Boss suit pants will appreciate it.

Removing a little at desk storage to a shared storage area also encourages a bit of movement throughout the working day, you have to get up and grab a few things from time to time, and we know we’re sitting too long. Furthermore, your handbag or leather satchel can only hold so much dairy purchases so all in all it’s for the good of your health.

Fear not little steel pedestal; when the time comes for your graceful departure from the corporate storage market, we’ll throw you a farewell soiree befitting of your service and stature. An under desk party for about two sets of feet and a bit of ankle and shin, ok maybe one knee, but that’s it!