Highlighters

If office supplies were a family, the highlighter would be the alcoholic uncle.

Extremely loud, only situationally beneficial, and seen way more frequently than would be optimal, the highlighter is a very potent tool.  It is easy to get carried away with a highlighter, making note of unnecessary things.

Take, for example, this paragraph of text I found.  I have highlighted it in a normal manner, ensuring I will easily be able to remember the contents when I look back on it later.

By only reading the highlighted portions, you can see the point the author was trying to make quickly, without having to read it all over again.  For the purpose of visual demonstration, here is an incorrectly highlighted passage:

Not only is it impossible to read, it looks as if a middle school girl got her hands on your paper and thought it was a submission for a coloring contest.