I started working at my current company in 1999. It took them a couple days after my start date to get me an electroic swipe card to get in and out of the building. The short-term solution: a paper card with the signature from the head of HR authorizing me to get into the building and onto my floor, as nobody recognized me yet.

I still have it. I do not know why but it’s been with me ever since, moving from wallet to wallet.