In my early days as a magazine editor, I had one of those signs that said, "a clean, uncluttered desk is the sign of a sick mind."
Actually, these days, between the phone, laptop, paper clip holder, wide screen monitor and lamp, there isn't much room on my desk for "stuff."
But I love my growing collection of post it notes or sticky notes, which are attached to a wooden pallet.
I started out with a 3 1/2" square pallet of notes from PalletPallet Inc.
Then the ULine salesman came one day and brought me a gift - a 2 1/4" mini pallet of ULine sticky notes.
But it was at the grocery show in Chicago that I hit pay dirt!
The folks from IFCO - a pallet company - were giving away the 3 1/2" pallets of notes. I asked if I could have one for my burgeoning collection, and they said yes.
But at the IGPS booth - Intelligent Global Pooling Systems - they had the cubes of sticky notes, but not on a wooden pallet....they had them affixed to a prototype of their Supply Chain Solution special pallet that has the new tracking technology!
Their website is www.igps.net
Do I sound like a geek?
Actually, since I started in the grocery business in the 60s, I have always been fascinated with pallets...go figure.
The Yiddish word Tchotchkes may describe this collection of desk toys...that's ok. I like 'em.
