suggestion-box 的詞源

「鎖住的容器，用於接收對於變更或改善機構或行政管理的私人書面建議」，來自 suggestion + box (n.1)，1883年提出：

WHAT funny creatures girls are! I'm sure no one can talk faster than the girls of our mission band when the meeting is out, and yet how hard it is to get them to "speak in meetin'." For this reason we found it good to institute a "Question Box" or perhaps "Suggestion Box" would be a better name. ["Miss M'Gilvary," "For the Young People," in "Woman's Work for Woman," September 1883] 

女孩們真是有趣的生物！我敢肯定，當我們的使命團會議結束時，沒有誰能比我們的女孩們講得更快，然而要她們在會議中「發言」是多麼困難啊。正因為如此，我們認為設立一個「問題箱」或許「建議箱」會是一個更好的名字是件好事。[「Miss M'Gilvary」，「為青年人」，在《婦女為婦女的工作》，1883年9月] 

這個東西在1889年以這個名字在圖書館中使用（用於建議新書），1898年在工作場所中使用（通常是 complaint and suggestion box）。

This 'Complaint and Suggestion' box is under lock and key, and Mr. Jacobs carries the key. All complaints that he takes out of this box will be strictly confidential and will be investigated, so you need not fear to make any complaint as long as it is just. The name signed to a complaint will not be divulged. It is only our true friends that will criticise us. ["The NCR," employee publication of the National Cash Register Company, Aug. 1, 1898]

這個「投訴和建議」箱是上鎖的，雅各布斯先生持有鑰匙。他從這個箱子中取出的所有投訴將被嚴格保密並進行調查，因此只要投訴是正當的，您無需擔心提出任何投訴。簽署投訴的名字不會被透露。只有我們真正的朋友才會批評我們。[「The NCR」，美國國家現金登記公司的員工出版物，1898年8月1日]