Bons Mots
The farewell card signed by the whole team — without touring the desks
A colleague is leaving, and the tradition kicks in: a card bought at the pharmacy travels from desk to desk, hidden in a brown envelope, with instructions to sign "without Marc noticing".
The outcome is predictable: the first signers take up all the room, the last ones write "Good luck!" diagonally in the margin, and the remote colleagues learn the card existed on departure day.
Why the paper card can't keep up
The problem isn't the card, it's the logistics: a single physical copy, limited space, a secret that's hard to keep in an open-plan office, and no way to include the absent. The bigger or more distributed the team, the more the formula cracks.
An online collective card flips the logic: everyone gets a link, writes a message as long as they like, whenever they like, and the card assembles itself. Nobody to chase down with an envelope, no accounts to make anyone create, and the recipient sees nothing before the handover.
A collective card in three steps
Open the card
Create the page in two minutes, no signup. You receive a contribution link and a reading link.
Circulate the link — not the envelope
Send the contribution link to the whole team, including people on leave or working remotely.
Give the card at the farewell
When the day comes, hand over the reading link: every message, gathered on one beautiful page.
Frequently asked questions
How do you keep the secret in an open-plan office?
Everyone writes from their own screen, whenever they want. No envelope making the rounds, no card to hide in a drawer: the recipient can't catch anything.
Is there a space limit like on a paper card?
No, everyone gets as much room as they need. No more messages written in tiny letters in the corners.
Is it free?
Yes, for a small team. For a big one, a one-time unlock of CAD $7.99 — no subscription, no ads.
Bons Mots is the farewell card, rethought: collective, secret, and impossible to lose between two desks.