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title: "Down with Fax Machines: What Office Mainstay Would You Throw Out?"
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Look around your office. If you could find one piece of equipment — some relic that you don’t need anymore — that you’d like to get rid of, what would it be? *(Eyeing the fax machine, are you?)*

[LinkedIn asked this question (opens in a new tab)](http://press.linkedin.com/node/1229)
 to 7,000 professionals worldwide, and found out a couple of pretty interesting details, some of which we’ve highlighted in the graphic below:

“You don’t have a big Rolodex anymore because you’re using an Outlook contact database,” LinkedIn’s connection director, Nicole Williams, [explained to the New York Post (opens in a new tab)](http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/business/jobs/tools_of_the_trade_ApsYcp99iAjEg3OxoLIEnO)
. “We don’t have these physical tools that encumber us.”

But what about stuff you’d like to actually have in your office? LinkedIn’s study covered that too, noting that some workers really want a sunny spot to take a nap.

No, really — 25 percent of respondents wanted some natural sunlight, and another 22 percent wanted a good spot for a power nap.

Personally, we can’t blame them! Our cubicles are sort of uncomfortable. Bean bags next to a window would be great!

What would you like to chuck from your office, anyway? Let us know.

(Photo via Sxc.hu)

[Ernie Smith](https://associationsnow.com/author/ernie-smith/)

Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.

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