How you can tell I'm not in charge

[christopher575]

How you can tell I'm not in charge, originally uploaded by christopher575.

This is a crappy handwritten sign above another sign. I would never, ever allow this. If more attention needs to be drawn to the sign, it should just be redesigned.

I was quite happy when I ran a computer lab for two years, mainly because I got to enforce my "no handwritten signs" rule. There is no reason in a computer lab with a nice color printer to ever have a handwritten sign, unless it says "Sorry, we are closed, no electricity".

The only place handwritten signs look right is in front of cutesy little stores, and only if the person who did it has amazing handwriting.

Comments

[my-ophelia.livejournal.com]

Agreed. This new job (and part of my last) gives me the opportunity to say "Eh, that could look better" and then implement a branding package for the entire organization.

Can you believe when I worked at Qwest Field, there were still signs in the elevators that said "Group Health Meeting, Suite Level", sloppily written by whoever decided to?

I put a quick stop to that, and designed the most easy to use form possible. Everything but the text field was locked down, and all they had to do was click and type. Everything else was branded, and it was then placed in a plexiglass holder.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

My other rule about signs in the lab was that the tape had to go all the way around, kind of like a frame. They stay up so much better that way and it's actually pretty easy to peel them off the wall and move them if need be. Plus, for some reason, people always had to lean against the doors to open them as they left, so the tape all the way around made them last for a few months instead of, like, a day.

[my-ophelia.livejournal.com]

laminate and double sided tape. Only acceptable way to do it.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

If lamination is not available, tape all the way around. Aw yeah.

[my-ophelia.livejournal.com]

I'll allow it.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

I have been guilty of this. But then I might qualify as "cutesy"?

[wring.livejournal.com]

you dont even have a printer!

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

No, but I have lovely writing!

[scearley.livejournal.com]

I merely see these signs as opportunities to allow for my own edits. The 'wiki' version of printed signs.

[wring.livejournal.com]

oh my god i forgot to take a pic of sign at work that said "READ SIGN BELOW" and there's a crappy sign at the bottom. nobody read it or paid attention

[muriel-puce.livejournal.com]

OMG this.