There may be times when your staffers curse the technology they rely on day in and day out. Remind them it could be worse - they could have to work with these worst inventions of all time.

Crashing systems, jammed faxes, computer viruses - your people may wonder how they ever got along before all this technology came along!

But the next time Finance frustration levels are hitting an all-time high, try brainstorming some of the worst inventions of all time.

To get you started, here’s a list:

• Left-handed scissors. Never work - what’s the point?
• The “Flo-Bee” self haircut system.  There’s a reason no one over the age of six cuts his own hair.  
• A black highlighter. Otherwise known as a Sharpie.
• The pet rock. Unless you’re the marketer who came up with this one.
• The “Billy Bass” singing fish.  That should have been “the one that got away.”
• A battery-powered battery charger. This was not thought through.
• Re-usable toilet paper. This is one go-green strategy to flush.
• A pedal-powered wheelchair.  This individual should have been fired.

If you have an invention to add to the list add it here.

Tags: Brainstorming, Frustration, Lighter-side, Technology