MEGATHREAD Signing Tips, Tricks and Quips (along with howls of despair)

[can't touch this]

I built 6 display bookcases/desks yesterday. Easy enough if you don't follow the diagram in the instruction manual (it's printed backwards) and swiped PMT's power drill (fuck the police) so I didn't have to screw in 10,000 screws by hand. Cam bolts are annoying as fuck but I'd say pulling the POGs was the worst part because backroom idiots keep stowing the heaviest shit at the very top of the steel. Someone else detrashed the lamps, PRAISE JESUS.

 

[Walmart]

I have this issue with one of the seasonal ones. I have to take the PMT's lift and do it. I hate using it. It's terrifying.

I have the same issue. Didn't realize the lift can extend like that. You need to be certifed to use it? I've just been taking down that section and been using a high ladder. A PITA.

 

[SugarSugar]

I built 6 display bookcases/desks yesterday. Easy enough if you don't follow the diagram in the instruction manual (it's printed backwards) and swiped PMT's power drill (fuck the police) so I didn't have to screw in 10,000 screws by hand. Cam bolts are annoying as fuck but I'd say pulling the POGs was the worst part because backroom idiots keep stowing the heaviest shit at the very top of the steel. Someone else detrashed the lamps, PRAISE JESUS.

Heck yea, take that Target! Safety first my ass.

 

[oath2order]

I have the same issue. Didn't realize the lift can extend like that. You need to be certifed to use it? I've just been taking down that section and been using a high ladder. A PITA.

I have to get someone to use one of those red ceiling stick things that we hang overheads with to prevent the fabric from falling though.

 

[Walmart]

I have to get someone to use one of those red ceiling stick things that we hang overheads with to prevent the fabric from falling though.

I solo it with good heavy duty gorilla duck tape. Works pretty well.

 

[oath2order]

I solo it with good heavy duty gorilla duck tape. Works pretty well.

And that doesn't tear the fabric or anything? Hm. Might be a good idea.

I built 6 display bookcases/desks yesterday. Easy enough if you don't follow the diagram in the instruction manual (it's printed backwards) and swiped PMT's power drill (fuck the police) so I didn't have to screw in 10,000 screws by hand. Cam bolts are annoying as fuck but I'd say pulling the POGs was the worst part because backroom idiots keep stowing the heaviest shit at the very top of the steel. Someone else detrashed the lamps, PRAISE JESUS.

I consider myself lucky/cursed that backroom refuses to backstock displays and just dumps them in the fixture room.

Though I do find a few floating around that are in locations but NOT FUCKING LOCATED

 

[Walmart]

And that doesn't tear the fabric or anything? Hm. Might be a good idea.

Perfectly safe on the fabric, just don't tape it on the wall, it will pull the paint off. I start off with 3-4 strips of tape then 1/3 of the way I start using 2 and less the further I go.

 

[Walmart]

It might take a 2nd pass though if you don't stretch the fabric enough to close it off.

 

[Walmart]

Ok what's the trick to putting on large clings at the front doors without air bubbles? I thought I did an okay job until I looked at the other side when store opened. Bubbles galore lol

I used a spray bottle with soap, maybe I didn't spray enough?

Edit: I should have used a flashlight, can't see bubbles in the dark.

 

[Go2TL]

I have this issue with one of the seasonal ones. I have to take the PMT's lift and do it. I hate using it. It's terrifying.

You have a lift? I want one!

 

[SugarSugar]

You have a lift? I want one!

I thought all store would have them. How do contractors get above ceilings to route cable/power and such. Unless you have some really short ceiling.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

We have one, too. 25 foot single manlift

 

[SigningLady]

Ok what's the trick to putting on large clings at the front doors without air bubbles? I thought I did an okay job until I looked at the other side when store opened. Bubbles galore lol

I used a spray bottle with soap, maybe I didn't spray enough?

Edit: I should have used a flashlight, can't see bubbles in the dark.

I always unpeel and start in one corner or at the top. Get it lined up and stick it down, smoothing from the center out. Then I continue to unpeel down slowly, smoothing as I go. I do have a tool that can help eliminate the bubbles as you stick, usually is sent with the clings, but I rarely use it. It does take a lot of practice to get the hang of it.

 

[Go2TL]

I thought all store would have them. How do contractors get above ceilings to route cable/power and such. Unless you have some really short ceiling.

Nope. We have just 2 WAVE's and if contractors are in the store, they bring their own scissor lifts.

 

[SigningLady]

Nope. We have just 2 WAVE's and if contractors are in the store, they bring their own scissor lifts.

I'm jealous of your 2 WAVEs; we only have one. 😕

 

[Go2TL]

I'm jealous of your 2 WAVEs; we only have one. 😕

This is how the other TM and myself had to put up the Fabric CSE. Me on one wave and the other TM on the opposite end with the other wave. We started on the corners (Top right and top left) and then met in the middle and repeated it for the bottom of the graphic. It's great when there are no obstructions but dam it's really difficult over the really deep shelves. I think we used a step ladder on the very top shelf just to get up high to install the graphic on one corner frame because you really could not reach it from the wave. Probably breaking major rules and OSHA violations but no one gave us alternatives so we did what we needed to get the job done.

 

[oath2order]

How do I contact the Nintendo representative

I need them ro put up the Switch display

 

[OCDsigning]

I need help. So a few months into being the signing specialist. Having a really hard time with time management. My TL wants me to be setting with the plano team and do signing. People are mad because i have so much signing when we are just setting Halloween this week. By sunday i have to be out of my signing area in receiving and into the fixture room because they are giving it to ship to store. Also just finished the displays for domestics reset with no help from anyone. Took me three days. In over my head and ready to quit. Any advice on how to know what really needs to stay or go with signing. Might only get two sections in the fixture room for everything. Thank you!

 

[SigningLady]

How do I contact the Nintendo representative

I need them ro put up the Switch display

The interactive one? Or the one with the red pegboard?

Either way, the electronics team should have vendor contact info in a ring binder somewhere.

 

[SigningLady]

I need help. So a few months into being the signing specialist. Having a really hard time with time management. My TL wants me to be setting with the plano team and do signing.
This is how I spend a lot of my time, especially for the bigger sets or transitions. The faster Plano can get an area set that has a lot of signing, the faster I can get that signing up. However, I am only able to set along with them because we are not behind on workload. Falling behind on setting often creates a snowball effect and then I get behind on signing. I try not to let either one happen often.
People are mad because i have so much signing when we are just setting Halloween this week.
You are likely sitting on a lot of signing because you are setting Halloween 2 weeks late. That's not good for sales or your workload.
By sunday i have to be out of my signing area in receiving and into the fixture room because they are giving it to ship to store.
Per Best Practice, you should be allowed at least 8 ft of steel space, but a lot of signing TMs are losing this space due to new backroom constraints. I am lucky and still have mine, right outside of our fixture room.
Also just finished the displays for domestics reset with no help from anyone. Took me three days.
Furniture displays? Your TL should have helped with those because technically those displays were THEIR responsibility to build.
In over my head and ready to quit. Any advice on how to know what really needs to stay or go with signing.
When sorting through your signing, anything with a salesplan set date from 2 months ago that isn't set, can be tossed. This is also usually true for softlines signing. It likely will never get set or has already become obsolete. Keep any core (seasonal/holiday) signing until after that holiday has passed. Pog signing should be kept until the pog is set.
Might only get two sections in the fixture room for everything.
For storing signing, that should be enough if it 2 full sections. What will be trickier for you is where to keep your signing pallet(s) until you can sort them into your new space.
Thank you!

See bold answers above.

 

[BigEyedPhish]

I need help. So a few months into being the signing specialist. Having a really hard time with time management. My TL wants me to be setting with the plano team and do signing. People are mad because i have so much signing when we are just setting Halloween this week. By sunday i have to be out of my signing area in receiving and into the fixture room because they are giving it to ship to store. Also just finished the displays for domestics reset with no help from anyone. Took me three days. In over my head and ready to quit. Any advice on how to know what really needs to stay or go with signing. Might only get two sections in the fixture room for everything. Thank you!

I need help. So a few months into being the signing specialist. Having a really hard time with time management. My TL wants me to be setting with the plano team and do signing. People are mad because i have so much signing when we are just setting Halloween this week. By sunday i have to be out of my signing area in receiving and into the fixture room because they are giving it to ship to store. Also just finished the displays for domestics reset with no help from anyone. Took me three days. In over my head and ready to quit. Any advice on how to know what really needs to stay or go with signing. Might only get two sections in the fixture room for everything. Thank you!

I went through this samething, when I became Signing TM. It is not worth it, especially since Signing TM will more than likely no longer be a position. I also had to shove all of the Signing in my fixture room,.................an extremely small fixture room, that has created numerous Safety Issues (enough, where I have literally threatened to call OSHA, and meet them at Guest Services, to give them a tour of safety violations).

 

[oath2order]

The interactive one? Or the one with the red pegboard?

Either way, the electronics team should have vendor contact info in a ring binder somewhere.

what there's two?

IDK it's one that goes on top of the lockbox.

See bold answers above.

When you say "8 feet", I know that means width, but what about height?

I honestly have no clue what my store is doing. Everybody says "signing is getting cut and so is plano". My hours vary week to week, sure, and so does plano's but somehow we're still finishing shit on time. I'm about to start some of the small appliance revisions on Thursday (mostly because I will not let other people touch my display-heavy POGs).

It's like the slowest cutting of a position ever.

 

[oath2order]

I went through this samething, when I became Signing TM. It is not worth it, especially since Signing TM will more than likely no longer be a position. I also had to shove all of the Signing in my fixture room,.................an extremely small fixture room, that has created numerous Safety Issues (enough, where I have literally threatened to call OSHA, and meet them at Guest Services, to give them a tour of safety violations).

Fire tunnel has been crammed with stuff for the past month. Corporate AP visit and WOW IT'S ALL GONE.

At least the stuff that went in the fire tunnel today was new stuff from today's truck.

 

[SigningLady]

what there's two?

IDK it's one that goes on top of the lockbox.



When you say "8 feet", I know that means width, but what about height?

I honestly have no clue what my store is doing. Everybody says "signing is getting cut and so is plano". My hours vary week to week, sure, and so does plano's but somehow we're still finishing shit on time. I'm about to start some of the small appliance revisions on Thursday (mostly because I will not let other people touch my display-heavy POGs).

It's like the slowest cutting of a position ever.

One is more signing than a display; has red pegboard that goes up in front of the other pegboard. Haven't done that one yet. We had to move our Switch display from one side of the gondola to the other ourselves. Which I thought was dumb since Nintendo came in to put the display in themselves last year and did not want us touching it. Took 3 of us to move the damn thing.

Yes, 8 ft width and I probably have 10 ft in height with some open space next to the steel for taller boxes and to store the seasonal tables. Used to have to whole section all the way to the top but I've weeded out a lot of stuff I didn't actually need to keep and as long as I keep up with my pallets, don't need to store a whole a lot for long.

I don't like other people touching my display pogs either. For some reason, displays confuse everyone even when I tell them to treat it like a product. Just can't wrap their heads around it. I really need to get into small apps too, the displays are eating up my steel space right now! But I am stuck running the sporting goods transition moves and attempting to finish fillback for domestics/decor from last week.

Kinda feel in the same boat as far as the positon. We too are rocking through all our work and there has been no concrete talks of changes. It's alluded to once in a while but here we still are, the darling of our district.

 

[oath2order]

One is more signing than a display; has red pegboard that goes up in front of the other pegboard. Haven't done that one yet. We had to move our Switch display from one side of the gondola to the other ourselves. Which I thought was dumb since Nintendo came in to put the display in themselves last year and did not want us touching it. Took 3 of us to move the damn thing.

Yes, 8 ft width and I probably have 10 ft in height with some open space next to the steel for taller boxes and to store the seasonal tables. Used to have to whole section all the way to the top but I've weeded out a lot of stuff I didn't actually need to keep and as long as I keep up with my pallets, don't need to store a whole a lot for long.

I don't like other people touching my display pogs either. For some reason, displays confuse everyone even when I tell them to treat it like a product. Just can't wrap their heads around it. I really need to get into small apps too, the displays are eating up my steel space right now! But I am stuck running the sporting goods transition moves and attempting to finish fillback for domestics/decor from last week.

Kinda feel in the same boat as far as the positon. We too are rocking through all our work and there has been no concrete talks of changes. It's alluded to once in a while but here we still are, the darling of our district.

We store the NextGen seasonal tables in the upper steel, and the Old seasonal tables will be swept back after Christmas. Gondola pegboard in the seasonal stockroom (We're a seasonal-corner store), along with various pieces. Gotta utilize space to keep shit out of my fixture room.

I have not heard talk about the changes because to mention them would be admitting I go on this site. But yes, we are the darling of our district. Our PMT keeps getting dragged to other stores to either deliver gondola parts because other stores are irresponsible as fuck, or fix shit.