THERE’s a surprising customizable option on staplers that you likely never knew existed — and it could change how you use it.
Krista Marie posted a tutorial revealing a hidden feature found on staplers, but people are divided on what the purpose of the hack actually is.
Krista Marie discovered a hidden feature in staplersGetty
She said she never realized it before and questioned the point of itTikTok/kristamarie1982
In her TikTok video, a viral audio played over it, saying: “I was today years old when I found this out.”
Krista filmed a close-up of her using a stapler, first showing the inside of it.
On the inner part of the base, there is a metal plate, which is where the top of the staple clamps down on.
On the plate, there are four thin rectangular indents. On one side, two indents are close together. On the opposite side, there is a larger gap in between the other two indents.
With the two close indents closer to the edge of the stapler, Krista placed a sticky note on the base before stapling it.
From the front of the paper, the staple looked normal, like a thin strand of metal.
From the back of the paper, the ends of the staple clamped inward, with a small gap in between them.
But then, Krista shared the hidden hack. She partially lifted the metal plate and turned it so that the side with the wider indents was now closer to the edge of the stapler.
She took the same sticky note and proceeded to staple it near the first staple.
From the front, the staples looked identical.
But when she turned the paper over to the back, there was a dramatically wider space in between the ends of the staple. The gap was actually wider than the front of the staple.
“Can someone explain what the point is,” Krista wrote in the caption.
Krista showed what the metal plate of a stapler looks likeTikTok/kristamarie1982
Then she partially lifted it up and spun it so that it was facing the opposite directionTikTok/kristamarie1982
Many people were in total shock over the hidden feature, with one person testing it out and writing: “I immediately grabbed my stapler and it worked omggg.”
But most of the comments were between people who knew about the hack and debated over what the different staple styles are intended for.
“The second one is for when you have to staple thicker amounts of paper together,” one person wrote.
“The instructions that came with my 50-page stapler say exactly this!” someone agreed.
But another person replied: “Nope the wider one is to easily undo lol.”
Many people seemed to agree with this, with one writing: “The first one is for like ‘permanent’ staple while the second one is for ‘temporary’ stapling.”
“The smaller one is for a firmer bond, the larger one is so you can easily remove the staple without wrecking your paper,” someone similarly wrote.
Krista showed the difference of how the metal plate position affected the staple shapeTikTok/kristamarie1982 Read More