Good morning reader(s)!
I had to make a sticky note to remember to blog this morning. I had to write another sticky note to remember to call back a customer today, and as I look around my vibrant cube, I see two dozen sticky notes to remind me to do various tasks, remember various passwords, and sticky notes with arrows pointing to the most important sticky notes.
I am a little disturbed at how quickly we go through sticky notes. Those poor little guys have a shelf life of 24 hours at the max and get thrown away right after they serve their purpose.
I walked into my bosses office today and saw sticky notes overlapping sticky notes. Half of the notes couldn't be read and had clearly outlived their 24 hour shelf life. I saw notes with sketches on them and some with what looked like code scribbled with colorful pens.
I came in this morning and there were two sticky notes on my computer screen from co-workers who stayed longer than I had yesterday. You have to stick them in the most obvious places, you see - places like on your computer screen, or on the numbers on the telephone. I always appreciate when people get creative with where they stick their post-it notes. They are always in places where you are forced to see them. Once I found a sticky note under the lid of the toilet seat saying "Please hold down handle when flushing". Of course there is always a sticky note in places that need special attention, like the sticky note in our fridge reminding us to take our leftovers home, and the sticky note by the light switch that says "we love the earth, turn off the light!"
Sticky notes are an easy way for people to avoid confrontation and often a nice outlet for frustration. The post-it serves its purpose, helping to make our work day just a little easier.
I'm disturbed Lauren! Simply disturbed! It's so crazy that we even need sticky's. We have become so multi-task these days that our brains no longer have the capacity to remember simply tasks. I'm pretty sure Daniel Boone didn't need any stickey reminders. My sticky's often remind me of this simplest stuff, "e-mail Bob" "take out the trash" "call mom"... It won't be long before we have stickey's reminding us when to sleep, when to eat and when to poop. Sticky's = disturbing sign of the times.
ReplyDeletei have a sticky permanently attached to my monitor that says "go poop at 4pm". This is regardless of the necessity of the fact, but to "ensure" a high level of regularity and familiarity in my schedule. for ages man (and women, but they don't admit it) has been plagued with the sheer disdain and confusion of planning their day- in fear of the unknown time in which they will "brb". So, I've personally had enough! 4pm is taken, and "yes, I'm busy at 4pm..how about tomorrow around 2?"
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