Reddit mentions: The best store signs & displays

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Cow related glory

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Firefighters are heroes :)

Man(baby) of steel east

Lawful good fictional character, Maxwell Smart " Maxwell Smart lives to thwart evil and promote niceness. He's loyal to the law and his country, and is a stickler for the regulations, but is not above occasionally ignoring them to help his friends."

Wonderful father in my life is my husband, he sacrifices everything for his children. He started a business for concessions selling mini donuts so that we could provide better for our children. In addition to this every summer he works a full time job year round and then does taxes an hour away during tax season, meaning he works two full time jobs, sometimes putting in 120+ hours a week with very little sleep!


Two things that achieve maximum awesome!! Cheese and crackers baby!!

Bonus #1: I'm guessing he was born in 1979

Bonus#2: totally guessing one again lol

check your state for 1 party consent or 2 party consent. if its a 2 party, get a sign that says something like the amazon linked below. thats all you need and youre good. if its a 1 party state, you dont need to do anything, just get the dashcam and go! also, if youve seen in the news lately, consent is only good for private use. if youre thinking about putting this crap on youtube, thatll get you deactivated if they find out.

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https://www.amazon.com/3-5x2-5-Audio-Recording-Consent-Stickers/dp/B07D54N5KJ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1541802869&sr=8-3&keywords=audio+video+recording+sticker

Check out office and decor suppliers. This is as simple as it gets, but isn't very "sexy" haha.

These guys have some neat looking signs, but maybe a bit pricy.

on the DIY side you can have most local acrylics / plastics companies cut up a design for you, it would be pretty easy to build a small box to illuminate a sign.

As far as actuating it, you can do something like a motion sensor, a door closed sensor (door closed: sign is on) or tie that to something more advanced like an exchange or calendar based scheduling system. The easiest way to handle ~that~ is to process it with a small bit of code and run an arduino, or run a pi to handle both parts of it.

Blackview or 2 gopro's if you wanna ball out. I have a vantrue n2 pro that was cheap and worked well for about 18 months but it's starting to fail. I'm sure there are better options in that price range now. I'll probably rig up a couple gopro's as replacement soon.

Generally pax don't care. Some have commented that it makes them feel safer, or they acknowledge my personal desire for safety. Just make sure you follow the law, in California I have to have signs posted indicating a/v recording is in progress. $5 worth of stickers two rear windows.

Tbh, if pax aren't ok with it, they can GTFO. My car, I'm following the law, and Lyft terms of service. It's never been an issue though.

Vantrue n2 pro
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0742J69SQ/ref=cm_sw_r_fm_apa_i_Isb1DbNEFDNMS

Stickers
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D54N5KJ/ref=cm_sw_r_fm_apa_i_xwb1DbNFEYM4C

I would love to say you are just being silly but the truth is, you have to be observant and aware of where you are and who you are allowing into your car. The area you are in and the esthetic of your would be pax all have to be considered in a quick and efficient manner. You stay out there long enough and eventually you will run across someone NO BUENO.

Get yourself in the habit of keeping your doors locked when rolling up in sketchy areas and chat with them with your window down about 4-6 inches and your finger on the powerup button and the car in gear. Make eye contact - they are usually indicating they are your ride and are walking towards you.

Obviously you don't just assume they are your ride and allow them to take control.

Hi, I'm a Lyft driver picking up - are you waiting on a car? may I have your name please? (Do not just volunteer your name)

Or - Did you call for a LYFT? - may I have your name please?

if you sense a need for more information. Just remember to smile and keep smiling - a good pax will not get angry at reasonable questions, they can see the sketch too and should attempt to assure you they are ok. Bad pax will be quick to anger and try to intimidate you.

Questions you can ask before you let them in:

How many are travelling? Just you? Where to? (if they ask why you are asking, you tell them the truth , you don't get to see their destination until you have started the ride)

Do you need assistance with any luggage or service animals?

How's your day? Howyadoin? You doing ok? - this can be used in the car to feel them out a little more and clear the uneasy in the air and get them chatting just a little. good ice breaker, ectc

(by the way, I am not saying use ALL of these or in any particular order, ONE should be enough- it's just a list, folks)

If they indicate there are more than one and you can see plain as day there are multiple peeps, size them up and confirm what you see is what you get - some folks will put one or two IN the car and then the REST will come out and now you have a overcapacity problem when you have 6 people jammed in your 5 seat car.

You can ask: are all your passengers here? I can only take a MAX OF FOUR PLUS ME. Make them answer that they are 4 or less. If they hesitate and eyeballs start clicking , you know there is a problem. Best to move on.

Or you can stall a little more and keep chatting.

If they seem OFF, EVASIVE, or play the DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM? card before or after they get in and you feel even a little unsafe -

How's your day? You all doing ok?

Feel them out. If a dude blurts out ' I was FINE until that lying WHORE of a girlfriend screwed my best friend and then has the nerve to lock ME out? F-ing BITCH! '

Maybe you just need to move along if they are not already in the car. If you goofed and they are in the car, now you know the root cause and can govern your chat accordingly, adopt a sympathetic tone.

They may not be that obvious though and you can't stall forever. You do hit a point where either you are going to have to make the decision to let them in or not. Unless there is a straightup objectionable issue, you will probably move forward and load your pax.

If you DO have a dealbreaker of an issue, it's up to you if you want to allow them to correct it, or just move on. Many veteran drivers will just cancel the ride, tell them they will not be charged and call another car who maybe doesn't care - but you DO. Example, unaccompanied minor pax, no baby seats, etc.

IF YOU CANCEL THE RIDE YOU CAN NOT RATE THEM AND THEY CAN NOT RATE YOU.

But if you allow them in the car, EVEN THEN you can still maintain some control so long as you are not afraid to be assertive and exercise a little guidance while remaining polite. Think of yourself as the captain or cabin crew on a aircraft. IT'S YOUR SHOW TO RUN.

If they are alone, ask them to get in the backseat over on the right side and manually reach back and only open that lock vs using power locks to open all the doors and leave it up to them.

All you do is point to that door. They should understand. If not - and they are pulling the door handle on the door behind you "hop in - over there please - thank you!

NOTE: I usually roll up with the right side front seat all the way FORWARD so they can stretch out but when I direct traffic, it's also to see if they are compliant or looking for a problem. If they ask why I am directing them, I say they will be more comfortable in that spot because I put the seat in front of them all the way up.

Meanwhile - always be aware of your surroundings. Keep your eyes and head on a swivel.

If you have been maneuvered close to a wall or bushes , check your mirrors, keep all doors locked except the one you are directing your pax to use. Once pax is moving to that door, my window goes up. Have your finger on the lock button and keep your head on a swivel. If you see anything ALARMING like (suddenly 2 or 3 dudes jump out from behind a dumpster, another car etc. ) that you have somehow been maneuvered next to, , your car is in gear already, hit the power lock button and move along.

Little tips like this will stall and stretch the window you have to make a judgement and help you sniff out the bad pax or a trap that has been set for you.

You should have some sort of defensive spray on your person. I bought a little neck wallet for my ID and a backup phone + a knife + glass break and defensive spray and I keep it around my neck.

I'm 6'3 and 280 pounds. I could not imagine going out there any other way. Day or night.

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PRO TIP - get a dashcam , ideally one that backs up to the cloud, have stickers on your doors that alert pax you are recording. That really cuts down on the riffraff and keeps everyone minding their P's and Q's.

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TL;dr THE LINE: It is what it is. It's your life, your car, your rules, your line. You can be just a little assertive and weed out the BS without being hypersensitive and creating problems. Just remember to smile and keep it light.

Your best bet for something like that is probably to get some HUB75 RGB matrix panels like this one from Adafruit. The linked panel has 6mm center-to-center LED spacing; If you need exactly 10mm you can get p10 panels from some sellers on amazon or ebay. If you need a bunch of these, you can also order them from Alibaba or aliexpress.

To drive panels like these - and you may already know this - you'll need an arduino (for up to around 32x64 leds) or a Raspberry Pi (Up to 128x128 or more.) You can get pretty cheap hardware to hook the pi up to the HUB75 connector from Adafruit, and there's a good library for running them from the Pi that has python bindings here.

I saw these the other day, it seems like a pretty good deal, especially for Amazon Prime. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07LFJD5GY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_XVEVCb8JXSQ24

These are $0.0168 an LED
The best deal I've ever gotten on ws2812b's has been about $0.05 an LED.

Although, the pitch of a panel like this might be too small for some applications.

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Riddle 1: When me and my siblings would complain about something, my Father would always ask "Do you want some cheese with that whine?!?!?!" So naturally, I thought of cheese! http://www.amazon.com/dp/0756654424/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=17ZPJSM5809H6&coliid=I2YEKHEIIB1N03

Riddle 2: My Grandmother would always tell me stories about Broom-hilda when I was younger, and they always scared the shit out of me. So the word "broom" always brings up bad memories for me. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0448171104/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=17ZPJSM5809H6&coliid=IJ99FKLLUWPNZ

Riddle 3: The worst joke in the world: "For whom should you always remove your hat?" "The barber." So a barber pole seemed good for this one. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B3YFX7M/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=17ZPJSM5809H6&coliid=I1CCOIA6QPQK18

Riddle 4: A very educational book for people of all ages. http://www.amazon.com/dp/192913214X/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=17ZPJSM5809H6&coliid=I2LRKZHQKNTQA1

Riddle 5: I taught my brother how to play chess when he was 10 years old, and every day for the next few weeks he would come up to me and say "WANNA PLAY CHEST?" no matter how many times I corrected him. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007V0XQI/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=17ZPJSM5809H6&coliid=I16NBY6BIFLPDM

Bonus riddle: The most sound advice ever given to a superhero: "never wear a cape", by the fashion designer from The Incredibles. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TOLBNC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=17ZPJSM5809H6&coliid=I28CHT28NCJMA2

Thanks for running this contest, I had a great time coming up with these answers!

Photo backdrop: This tablecloth in Champagne (it’s a more like a light rose gold in my opinion). It’s very pretty and worked great as an actual tablecloth too.

5x7 Sign holders: These

Giant numbers: craft store, painted white

I clipped up the backdrop in my closet and photographed both of my dogs for each number. Each sign holder had two photos (one of each dog)

If I could do it over I’d probably just skip the giant numbers and digitally print them onto the photo. It was hard to lean the numbers against the dogs and keep them still

Just thinking about how to do it myself. I understand my method is most likely not how this was done but I can see it working still..

• Buy some of this stuff.
  
• Check the size of the image you would like to print.
  
• Buy some of these. in whatever size you'd like your image to be, maybe also grab an extra that is larger for a backplate.
  
• Buy a set of these to use as a stand for the printed plates.
  
• Grab something like this as a stand for the whole deal once done.
  
• Open up Photoshop and follow this guide on how to separate the colour channels into their own images.
  
• Print each channel to a separate piece of the Graphix film.
  
• Cut out your printed image and apply each to their own acrylic square.
  
• Take your larger square and drill two holes in it for the plate stands.
  
• Take two of the standoffs and put them in backwards. (these are designed to have the long metal tube behind the display, however we want it on the front.
  
• Remove two extra front covers (there are 20 standoffs and we only need 2) and then screw them onto the standoffs that we just put in backwards, essentially using the extra covers to dress up the front and cover the exposed bolt holes.
  
• Place your colored plates on the backing like in the photo and rest it on the stand purchased earlier
  
• In theory this should be complete now. I'm looking into buying the supplies and making one for a family member for christmas and if I do I'll post an update.

I take it small company? nobody above you at "corporate"?

my next move were I you, print off all laws applicable and laminate them, plaster them all over the door.

I'm super snarky and would also include this signand make a dry erase velcro word bubble and write passive aggressive messages for the "cow" to say.

if you are the end all, be all for HR, if anyone has issue with it, they you have to report to, well, you? check and mate, mama

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edit to add more signs lol
this one is simple and classic

universal

a magnet if your door is metal!

Wow that is really nice. I guess you could get some strips of felt or paper to do your own matting if you wanted to.

Edit: Looks like there's a 5% off coupon now, too. I'm going to try the one with a larger profile/wider border.

Dazzling Displays 6-Pack of Clear Acrylic Cell Phone Stands https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FAV8I0S?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

2 were cracked when they arrived. They work great because of the lip at the bottom. The stands they are on as well at the amiibos are spice racks from Bed Bath and Beyond.

My local Association sells good signs for $5.00 each but if you're willing to order over 100 you can get the price down to $2.50 each

This company is one of the best priced: http://www.yardsignwholesale.com/YardSigns.html#1cPackages

I'd order these heavy duty stakes:
http://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Duty-Coro-H-Frame-50pc/dp/B004L237GM

Thanks for the reply! I do like the foam board idea but I actually just found this set of plastic sheets on amazon, do you think these would be a slightly better idea? (since the plastic is waterproof) https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Replacement-Coroplast-Available-Multiple/dp/B07D3BTWM5

They were a gift from a friend because I told her that my only means of handling road rage was to scream "I hope you get hemorrhoids!" I found them on Amazon. Congrats, you made OP search for you...sire

http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Inc-Cure-Road-Rage/dp/B001L8KK00

Thanks for this idea. I'm thinking of just buying something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Headline-Sign-5694-Customizable-Double-Sided/dp/B001QAI4RE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1504891344&sr=8-3&keywords=tent%2Bsign&th=1

And then stringing battery operated lights around it like you suggested.

A couple posters in stands like this or this set up near your booth would be cool. Even better if you can encroach with them a bit on the walk path, so your booth is visible to people walking along the path, not only those looking to the sides.

On my personal vehicle i clean them with soap and water. Then i use either a powerball or a Cotton buffing pad with Mothers mag polish. Take your time and it will look amazing.

They have stuff that looks like a hologram, mainly for advertising. It's basically an LED fan that is capable of displaying images that appear to be 3D.

https://www.amazon.com/Hologram-Compatible-Floating-Advertising-exhibitions/dp/B07H3MSNH4/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=LED+fan+hologram&qid=1573567191&sr=8-3

https://www.amazon.com/CXGuangDian-Red-Advertising-programmable-led/dp/B01HGCPCDO/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_229_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=REXBB0JYDFXYG2CHPBMC stick something like this in there

https://www.amazon.com/CXGuangDian-Red-Advertising-programmable-led/dp/B01HGCPCDO/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_229_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=NG4M2D99H95PFSYMPR4J Apparently they're like $11. You might be able to find them for cheaper, I only spent about 10 seconds looking. This one is about 3.5"x1" and it says the battery lasts for 6-12 hours depending on how much of it is lighting up.

Not going to lie, I'm thinking of getting one...

StickerTalk Audio and Video Recording Consent Vinyl Stickers, 1 Sheet of 2 Stickers, 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches Each https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D54N5KJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_kJZrDbGDT55KX

https://www.amazon.com/StickerTalk-Recording-Consent-Stickers-inches/dp/B07D54N5KJ

This fits, if you don't want to spend the money for a professional job.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EVWDQ1M/

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