Buying Hearing Protection for a Job

I used to buy|Previously, I bought|At one time, I bought 3M ear plugs in bulk quantities on behalf of the educational institution I worked for at that time. It’s mind-blowing what discounts institutional customers can access, whether or not they don’t necessarily buy frequently or in large amounts. I would often buy all sorts of things, in fact. I was an institutional buyer, a purchasing agent (technically, an assistant purchasing agent, the most junior job title there). I would buy for the school everything from paper clips and such sundry supplies to furniture and complete audio-visual installations. We’re talking tens of thousands of dollars, typically – and this was a publicly funded school, one that had been undergoing endemic budget cutbacks for years at that time.