A : This is my first time applying for an official seal for a contract. What do I do?
B : Print two copies of the contract first. Then fill out the official seal application. After your supervisor, the legal department and the president sign everything, take it to the administrative center to receive the company seal.
A : How many days will it probably take to obtain the seal?
B : Usually three to five days. The center will notify you by telephone once it’s ready.
A : 我第一次跑合約用印的流程，請問該怎麼做？
B : 先列印合約一式兩份，填好用印申請單，給你主管、法務和總經理簽過後，再送到行政中心去用公司大小印。
A : 大概幾天可以用印下來呢？
B : 一般是三到五天，用印後行政中心會打內線電話通知你去領回。
Many consumers are guilty of filling drawers or closets with old laptops, cellphones, fitness trackers and other electronic devices once they are no longer needed. It’s hard to know where to recycle such items, or it seems costly and inconvenient to do so. The world generates millions of tons of electronic waste — also called e-waste — each year. According to the UN’s most recent estimate, people worldwide produced 62 million metric tons of e-waste in 2022, and only about 22 percent of it was properly recycled. The US’ Environmental Protection Agency estimates that less than a quarter of e-waste is
You’re sitting in class when a classmate asks to borrow a pencil. It seems like a small favor, so you agree without hesitation. The following week, the same classmate asks to share your notes. Later, they request help with a group project. You agree each time — after all, you helped out the first time — but before you know it, it has become automatic. This scenario demonstrates the “foot-in-the-door technique,” a psychological concept that shows how agreeing to small, acceptable demands makes it easier to accept larger ones later on. The name for this strategy comes from door-to-door
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