3M Post-it® Notes: Strange But True

Note-Sized Wake-Up Call

Post-it® Note Travels By Air It's another all-nighter at the airport. You're burned-out. You're jet-lagged. You're the epitome of the weary traveler. You need a few winks of shut-eye, but you're afraid to nod off and miss your connecting flight. A veteran business traveler found himself in just that position at the Atlanta airport in 1998. He wrote his flight information on a Post-it® Note, along with a plea to wake him in time for his flight. Then he went to sleep. Yes, he made his flight. Who knows? It might work for you, too!

The New Currency

Post-it® Note ON Moving Truck When a Minnesota woman traveled to Siberia to adopt a baby girl, she found herself in the awkward position of having to bribe a Russian official to get his signature on the birth certificate. Caught off-guard and short of cash, she offered him some Post-it® Notes and pens instead.

Giving Thanks

Post-it® Note Stcuk At Sea Patients, staff and visitors at an Arizona hospital wanted to find a way to celebrate all the things for which they were grateful. They came up with the idea of a "quilt" of thanks. On Post-it® Notes, they each jotted down the things that made them thankful. Then, they arranged the notes on the wall to form a "quilt" of thanks, reminding each of them of the funny, poignant and simple things that life offers us all.

Passport Please

Post-it® Note Makes it through the MailWhen a businessman from the United Arab Emirates had to make a last-minute business trip to the U. S. shortly before a scheduled vacation to Egypt, he discovered, to his horror, that he had only one blank page left in his passport. Since there was no time to apply for a new passport, he took a friend's advice and inserted a Post-it® Note onto his one remaining blank page. From the United Arab Emirates to the U. S., six different immigration officers stamped the Post-it® Note, looking slightly puzzled. Upon returning home, he removed the Post-it® Note and still had a blank page for his trip to Egypt.