Woulda Coulda Shoulda

Sign Company Would Love to Say This to Problem Customers

Sometimes hard to ID, they want to order and swing by the pick-up window.

Published

3 months ago

February 5, 2024

Signs of the Times Staff Signs of the Times February 2024 Issue

Things you wanted to say to frustrating clients, but didn’t.

“We’re not a sign drive-thru.”

Problem customers are often hard to ID at the start, but we try. Some people are just problems looking for a place to land. Sometimes one gets “thru” and then I adjust my prices for them in the future… if there is one with that client.

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