Property News · April 30, 2018

Witty signs in the workplace – viral gold or twee clickbait fodder?


A wry sign in a soon-to-be-closed branch of Maplin is the latest to get attention online – but is it always worth the trouble? Workplace signs have come a long way from the era of someone hanging up “You don’t have to be crazy to work here, but it helps” at the back of the office. The advent of social media means there is always the chance that an improvised sign at work could go viral with a huge online audience (indeed, that may be the main reason the sign has appeared in the first place).The latest effort to do so is from a branch of Maplin in Shrewsbury. With the troubled electronics chain about to close down, staff there have put a list of answers to an unseen FAQ in the window – with the reader left to imagine the questions and conversations that have led to the list. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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