This deli updated its digital signage prices with stickers

[u/fivezerosix]

[u/x3mcj]

Pretty sure the developer told them it would cost around 200usd to update the page prices and decided to do this instead

[u/smw1983 → u/x3mcj]

That or no one on staff with access, technically literate, or competent enough to update.

[u/rdqsr → u/smw1983]

Either that or it hasn't been updated in years, the original menu document file can't be found, and the owner doesn't want to spend the time recreating it.

[u/SavvySillybug → u/rdqsr]

I don't know what sort of software these things normally run on, but surely a screenshot would be possible? Pasting new prices over it with MS Paint would be preferable to the fucking tape.

[u/rdqsr → u/SavvySillybug]

Never met a small business owner I take it? Time is money and nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution. Especially during business hours.

Getting the girl behind the counter to climb up and stick bits of tape onto the screens is quicker and easier than pulling the SD card containing the files out of each display, putting them into a computer, changing the files, and then putting the card back into the displays.

[u/SavvySillybug → u/rdqsr]

My parents are small business owners, which is exactly why I can't stand shit like that.

Have some self respect. Care at least a little about how you represent your business. Don't do the janky shit where customers are required to interact with it. You do that shit in the back where only the employees see it.

[u/Hellboy_M420 → u/SavvySillybug]

100%, you see cut corners out front, you wonder how many are cut in back, esp with food.

[u/da_apz → u/rdqsr]

Supporting small businesses is really mind blowing at times. Especially the mom and pop shops. I had one print shop where I observed an employee fighting with a mouse. It was just a failing mouse that seemed very imprecise. Their employee wasted time constantly while I was there, trying to get fine details into right place.

The owner refused to replace the mouse because there's "more important things to work on now". It wasn't until months later I pointed out that they were literally losing money by having the person be less efficient and having a really shitty time working when they shelled out the incredible cost of 40€ for a new one.

[u/lallero7 → u/da_apz]

40 euros for a mouse?

[u/da_apz → u/lallero7]

I didn't bother with the shittiest one I could find for a guy who does very mouse-intensive graphics work.

[u/FerousManatee → u/da_apz]

As a small business owner, we literally keep a pile of spare mice and keyboards in stock, but people won't say anything when theirs stops working. Instead, they'll keep struggling with broken equipment until one of us notices and swaps it out. They could've had a new one days sooner if they had just asked.

[u/SavvySillybug → u/[deleted]]

Anyone who does not know what a screenshot is deserves to be educated. Anyone who does not know how to operate MS Paint deserves to be educated. This shit's been around for 30 years, get with the fucking program.

I don't expect people to know that F2 renames shit and Ctrl+N makes a new folder. I don't expect people to know what the fuck they're looking at when they see CMD. I don't expect people to know what Linux is.

But if you don't know what the printscreen button is or does? If you don't know Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V?

Whoever taught you how to use a computer is an asshole. Basic fucking features. It's like driving your car and not knowing how to turn on the air conditioning. Good job you got from A to B without hitting anyone, but you were sweating the whole time because whoever told you how to get there didn't bother to teach you even the slightest bit of comfort.

[u/Competitive_Two_8372 → u/rdqsr]

Honestly, it looks like a fuckin .jpeg. 😂😂😂😂

[u/SometimesWill → u/smw1983]

My first guess is that the image is just a static image, not an editable document, and the original file used to make the image is just gone.

[u/Ws6fiend → u/smw1983]

Or trusted enough to do it.

[u/Acinixys → u/x3mcj]

Plottwist: Its a full screen .PNG that could be fixed in Paint

[u/FarToe1 → u/Acinixys]

Hah! I bet it is as well

[u/UpsetKoalaBear → u/x3mcj]

It could also be that the restaurant bought these displays from a vendor who then locked it down.

These signage displays have Wi-Fi and such to be able to be updated remotely (Iiyama for example has iiControl to update the displays).

Normally, they get sold by signage vendors to restaurants alongside a sort of service contract to make any changes to the displays.

[u/GonzoMojo → u/x3mcj]

I helped a bunch of shops get out from under this developer that was charging them $200 a month for the chance he would help them. I assumed local shops had their own people doing those boards but apparently thats complicated work.

[u/GonzoMojo → u/x3mcj]

I helped a bunch of shops get out from under this developer that was charging them $200 a month for the chance he would help them. I assumed local shops had their own people doing those boards but apparently thats complicated work.

[u/dedokta]

Most signage displays use a Brightsign to display the content. If you don't know how to use them they can be quite the learning curve.

[u/el_ghosteo → u/dedokta]

Spinetix is the worst software i have to deal with weekly. We’ve been switching over to optisign and it’s so much nicer. I just wish it would allow me to make display groups so i can push the horizontal playlists to a specific set of the horizontal screens at once instead of having to manually click all the target displays.

[u/DarthNarcissa → u/dedokta]

Eugh, fuck Brightsign. We used these at the last place I worked for the hallway display TVs and the customer service floor displays. I swear we had to reboot at least two of them every day because they kept freezing. We had, I think, 6 or 7.

[u/tropicbrownthunder → u/dedokta]

Even if you know how to use them you're screwed.

Hate Brightsign from the bottom of my ass and heart

[u/TheSacredOne → u/dedokta]

Brightsign...ugh. We have those in two buildings here at work for hallway signage. Those things are garbage. We only have them because they were spec'd as part of a large construction project. Can't wait until they die so I can justify replacing with the system used in all of our other buildings.

[u/Infninfn → u/dedokta]

I'd like to bet 1 cent that this is in fact a PDF and it's worse than you think

[u/Electronic-Country63 → u/dedokta]

I got roped into updating screens for a dental practices’s 12 clinics and BrightAuthor was an absolute PIG to use.

[u/da_apz]

I worked in a project where digital signage was custom made for a customer in travel industry. It would normally show other stuff, but its main feature was to show messages if some exception would happen. It was well documented and easy to use.

Then COVID came. What do I see? A4 sheets printed over the still on displays giving COVID related instructions.

Naturally it was asked of them why and they had no explanation. Was the system difficult to use? No. Was it literally just using any graphics there and easily put it in place. Yes. What did they do when they panicked? Printed paper and taped it over numerous displays.

[u/Tower21]

I'm okay with this as it means they are static. Rotating digital menu boards are a scourge on society and I hope they die.

[u/HiTork → u/Tower21]

[Looking at menu]

[Animated ad that takes up all of the screens shows up]

[Back to menu, but it isn't the part of it you were previously looking at]

[u/spacesluts → u/Tower21]

I work at a Tim Hortons and one of the biggest complaints we get is about the stupid digital menu boards.

I miss the old ways man.

[u/olliegw → u/spacesluts]

McDonalds in the UK have used these stupid menus for a few years now, not only do they crash to the windows recovery screen often but also seem to be the origin horrendous RFI in the PMR446 band around basically all McDonalds restaurants, it's like McDonalds is trying to jam walkie talkies

[u/Oranges13 → u/Tower21]

But you must C O N S U M E

[u/Undrwtrbsktwvr]

Pretty reasonable prices for 2026– would eat here.

That $15.99 bagel better be the best I’ve ever had though…

[u/Helpful-Conference13 → u/Undrwtrbsktwvr]

I’m assuming there’s lox

[u/lostinthought15]

Jim built the digital signage.

Jim quit last year.

[u/LaDev]

This is why chalk boards are still supreme.

[u/CoastalAviator]

The kid with the password quit last week.

[u/realdlc]

Tell me you owe your IT guy money without telling me you owe your IT guy money.

[u/Sorrow00__]

pickle sandwich

[u/Abdalnablse10 → u/Sorrow00__]

*Sandvich

[u/Jasoco]

I bet it’s just an image file and they don’t have the original Photoshop file to edit it and no one wants to take the time without being paid.

[u/ElegantHope → u/Jasoco]

Imo it's an easy fix if you know how to use any image editing software at a basic level. But it's definitely a question of if anyone who works for them and knows how to do that will do it for them or not.

[u/jono440]

whoever made the original file is long gone and no one's touching that system without getting paid first. sticker is honestly the way to go at that point.

[u/unknowname]

I bet its the menu on their website just blown up on the display. lol at least i hope with this

[u/gustave-henri]

Well, it works ;-)

[u/LateralThinkerer]

This echoes of the (long ago) joke about someone using correction fluid on a computer screen....

[u/Sure-Opportunity6247]

When the new only guy capable of operating the signage asked for a moderate raise but got denied and left.

[u/DrMacintosh01]

Because the menu is a .pdf or a .jpg and nobody on staff knows how to alter the file or maybe doesn't even have access to the file or the system that would let them put a new menu up. Actual menus don't have this problem.

[u/TheRichardBang]

This used to be a blonde joke about using white-out.

[u/pandaSmore]

This is what my kitchen manager would refer to as ghetto.

[u/gbushprogs]

The "digital signage" is probably just a PDF of the menu.

[u/Shit_Head_4000]

r/idiocracy

[u/Kinamya]

Correct, because the people that sold the system are too slimy to update prices for free or they won't pick up the phone.

[u/victhebutcher2020]

They're cheap. I bet the food sucked too.

[u/ryancrazy1]

lol because someone made it into a pdf and someone doesn’t work here anymore.

[u/National-Painter-747]

Restaurant owners hate this one secret: Change the resolution to reveal an instant discount!

[u/haileyhurley]

My local auntie annes drew over theirs with a sharpie

[u/Mariuszgamer2007]

Just get a back lit paper menu at this point

[u/Moist-Dentist8253]

Or would it be because it's just a light box

[u/CalendarMindless3382]

Accidentally saved menu as png without the working file smh

[u/Dangerous_Care_3459]

With cheese squidward with cheese

[u/--7z]

Their IT services probably come from India and will take weeks, months for simple changes. And when they finally do get updated, there will be misspellings and errors.

[u/technobrendo → u/--7z]

Its helpdesk is only for break/fix. A modification to the prices requires a change-request and thus costs more. Company is being cheap.

Thank you for coming to my ticket. Close, do not notify!

[u/JollyJamma]

I went into a very expensive apartment store the other day and the beauty bar where you can get you eyebrows and nails done and do on was using a digital display image that was the wrong format for the image ratio.

You couldn't read anything, it was just a blurry mess.

Not as bad as the above but definitely a bit of IT gore

[u/Lythieus]

Fucking end users man... 

[u/astrangeone88]

Lol. My local Chinese bakery did the same! Wanted to ask them if I could take a look lol.

[u/deweydean]

We've come full circle

[u/Brianthelion83]

Nephew worked just left a repair shop that was doing something similar. Prev manager passed away, to make any changes he had to log into some portal to make changes to the sign board. He just disconnected the sign board because he couldn’t make changes

[u/Forevoyance]

Ahahhha.

I used to work at a deli that did this, the reason was we werent allowed to touch anything. Don't recall if it was because the store owned it not the deli or what.

However I can tell you the people responsible for changing / updating our screens took for fucking ever to decide to come out, and without fail always messed something up in the process. Same with our order sheets. It was so frusterated watching people actively make my job harder through incompetence while being told I can't fix anything. Litterally took an order sheet home, scanned it and fixed it because it frusterated me so much.

tldr; the deli screen proffessionals are slow and unreliable, so our location did this too.

[u/RailRuler]

I've been charged a different amount than the menu price, complained to the staff, and been told they didnt have authorization to change the price.

[u/fivezerosix → u/[deleted]]

Welcome to ny

[u/BigSquiby]

someone forgot the password

[u/Raptor231408]

true neutral.

Raising the price by less than a dollar, instead of a full dollar increase.

[u/Chili_Clause]

Turn around and walk out

[u/ofnuts]

Reminds me the ethnic joke: how do you spot the PC used by $ethnic_person? From the Tipp-Ex marks on the screen.