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what's the best solution to take a portfolio with clipboard with you when your hands are full moving a cart from point a to b? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by ricesoup@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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my new job involves taking labor samples from point a to point b in a huge university campus involving several buildings using a cart. There are lots of downtime and many of my talkative future coworkers sip coffee and smoke several times a day, which I find boring, unhealthy and a waste of time. They're not interested in learning something new.

I'm studying to be a Physician Associate, so my job is not completely unrelated to my major. I plan to use my downtime to learn chemistry, anatomy, active ingredients...

Most of my learning materials are printed in A size papers, ANSI standard, which is perfect to be stacked, put in a portfolio with clipboard and study on the go during downtime.

Obvious solution would be to use a portfolio bag, but I wanted to ask you if you can think of something better.

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Velcro on the back of the clipboard and on the side of the cart? Stick the clipboard to it for easy retrieval, and you don't have to carry a bag.

[–] dusty_raven@discuss.online 2 points 1 month ago

Another idea is to Velcro one of those wall mount inbox paper holders to the side, so you could just slide the clipboard in and out without having to align Velcro or pulling the cart with the board.

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I may be missing something obvious here, but put it in the cart?

Of course carrying a bag of some kind would also be an option, just a small backpack, messenger bag, etc. I have a surplus Czech military map bag I use for some d&d boosk and a folder of character sheets and such that would probably be about the right size for a portfolio, pretty sure there's a ton of them still available from various military surplus websites for pretty cheap.

If you can put Velcro on the portfolio and the cart that could work. If the cart happens to be steel you could also do magnets

You could also strap, Velcro, magnet, clip, zip-tie, etc. some kind of bag, bin, etc to the cart specifically for it. Not sure exactly what kind of cart we're talking about but some sort of a bicycle backpack with hooks to mount on a cargo rack may be an option to hook right onto your cart

If you want to get really extra, you can get an auto follow drone to carry it around for you, or if your workplace is cool with pets, get a dog with a backpack to follow you around, or perhaps hire a personal assistant (these last suggestions are not meant to be taken literally)