Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Sticky Notes

published in 2009
in the Stockton Sentinel
Stockton, Kansas
 
I once read that women over 50 don't have babies because they would put them down and forget where they left them. That used to be funny until I became a part of that group. I don't go anywhere anymore without my trusty notepad. If it's not written down, it probably isn't going to happen.

And then there are those wonderful sticky notes. Whatever did we do without sticky notes? I have them stuck everywhere, of course, reminding me of something to take care of. I've even written a note on a sticky note to remind myself to buy more sticky notes.

Did you know a church choir member invented the sticky note during a sermon? He was frustrated that his bookmarks always fell out of his hymnal, making him lose his place, so he began thinking of ways to remedy the problem. Makes me wonder, though, what creative thoughts are churning in the minds of my choir members.

Strangely enough, the 3M company where the inventor worked first thought the idea of a "reusable bookmark" was wasteful and silly. Well, believe it or not, those wasteful little notes are now over 40 years old, which means that many of you reading this have not known a life without sticky notes.

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