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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 02-13-2004, 12:53 PM:
 
We are looking for new name tags for our employees. Does anyone have any suggestions for non-engraved theater name tags? Please enclose how/where to purchase them! THANKS!
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 02-13-2004, 02:27 PM:
 
You could make custom nametags that include a photo ID or other picture by using the Kodak Picture Easy software:

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/plus/chapter4/lesson3/part3page5.shtml

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/plus/chapter4/lesson3/part3page6.shtml

As you may know, most Kodak employees have business cards with a photo on them. I always get a positive response when trading business cards with someone. I have also used the card as an ID badge.
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 02-13-2004, 02:37 PM:
 
Actually turns out I found what I was looking for...odd story though.

I wanted a theater based name tag and we used to have some at the last theater I worked for back in Massachusetts, they were the clapstick ones. I called up my old boss and asked for the contact information - he gave me a phone number but didn't have the company name.

I called the place and told them I was calling from the Strand Theater in Manitowoc WI and that I was looking for the name tags that Hollywood Hits in Danvers MA uses. The operator referred me to a sales lady who was very suprised that a company in Massachusetts was referring the theater in the companys home town to them... They are based in Manitowoc and I didn't even know.

Good thing about it is that they're personally bringing over my order today, the day I called! They have two kinds of theater name tags - the Clapstick name tags and an oval nametag with a popcorn background. Both can have the theater logo put on them. Good prices too! (Must promote local companies!)

Company: Cawley Company
Contact Phone: 800-822-9539
 

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Posted by Mike Spaeth (Member # 524) on 02-13-2004, 02:41 PM:
 
Try the Cawley Company as well ...
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 02-13-2004, 02:51 PM:
 
Sorry Mike, wrote the wrong name... Must have been editing it at the same time as you posted!
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 02-13-2004, 07:24 PM:
 
Oh well now the secret is out. I'll order some and start going to movies for free. Oh wait...I already see movies for free. Ok, do they have library name tags, too? Then I can get books for free. Oh wait...they already do that. Drat.
 

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 02-13-2004, 08:08 PM:
 

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I have also used the card as an ID badge.

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Which is kind of strange considering that anyone can make such cards on a computer. When I came here and wanted to open a bank account, they always wanted 2 picture IDs. They would accept my passport, but they wouldn`t accept the work visa because it was glued into the passport and therefore in their eyes not a separate ID. But they would have accepted a company or student ID which everyone can print out and laminate...
So, they would have accepted a homemade ID over a work visa (which also has a picture) which is issued by the State Department after literally months of checking my data by the INS and the Embassy and which on top of that is also tied to my current job and employer. So that is basically the most secure ID you can imagine. No wonder identity theft is such a big crime here.
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 02-16-2004, 12:30 PM:
 
Obviously, the ID Badge would only be for informal identification, not requiring any security. I sometimes use my photo business card as a clip-on ID when teaching a course or attending trade shows.

Kodak has provided secure ID badge technology and services for major events like the Olympics. My Kodak pass has a picture, encoded magnetic stripe, and a encoded RF identification module (like the "Mobil One-Pass" used to buy gasoline without needing to swipe your credit card, or the RF "rice" implants for pet ID).

I haven't let them implant my ID in my body yet.
 

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Posted by Gary Crawford (Member # 2038) on 02-18-2004, 02:20 PM:
 
If done right the name badges can have a classy look to them, rather than cheesy "Hello, my name is..." tags that will all disappear before the shift is over.

Years ago I worked a theater that had a changeable black felt sign on a tripod that listed the staff working that day, right as you walked into the lobby. Nice.
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 02-18-2004, 03:36 PM:
 
I've never understood the point of name tags in a retail environment. They seem tacky and "corporate" and really don't serve any useful purpose (are customers really supposed to call the employees by name?). It's kind of like waiters at restaurants who introduce themselves--unnecessary and a bit too personal for my taste.

As for business cards, I haven't seen the Kodak ones, but I like the picture idea. For a company in the photographic industry, it's a classy way to promote their product. Pictures on business cards would probably be considered tacky in the software industry, however.
 

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Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 02-18-2004, 06:06 PM:
 
I heard once that you should never have a job that requires you to wear a nametag after you are 30-years-old. I'm 41.

We are supposed to answer the phone around here by saying "Rialto Cinemas Lakeside, this is Ian." But I hate it when people say, "Ian..." It feels like I'm supposed to know them. So I just say "Rialto Cinemas Lakeside." Of course the solution is to say "This is the manager" or "This is Mr. Price." But Mr. Price is my father and I'm not quite ready for that yet.

I have had to wear name tags at conventions. I was once walking through a hotel lobby in Las Vegas, where I had never been before and some guy walks up to me and says "Ian Price, how are you?" like I was supposed to know him. It was because I was wearing my convention badge. Now I always tuck it in to a shirt pocket unless I need to get through a door.
 

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Posted by Mark Hajducki (Member # 1732) on 02-18-2004, 06:54 PM:
 
If a chain uses mystery shopper reports it makes it easier to reward (or punish) those who give good (or bad) service
 

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Posted by Carl Martin (Member # 1146) on 02-18-2004, 08:11 PM:
 

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We are supposed to answer the phone around here by saying "Rialto Cinemas Lakeside, this is Ian."

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As for business cards, I haven't seen the Kodak ones, but I like the picture idea.

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As for business cards, I haven't seen the Kodak ones, but I like the picture idea. For a company in the photographic industry, it's a classy way to promote their product.

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Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 02-19-2004, 12:50 AM:
 
The place I work now requires me to wear a little badge that identifies me as a "Style Associate".

I think that I'm supposed to answer the phone with "Thank you for calling Payless, this is Gracia, how may I help you?"

BUT, I never add the bit with my name, as it seems to baffle people. I do however add 'Good morning / afternoon / evening' (matched to the time of day), to the beginning of the spiel.
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 02-19-2004, 12:33 PM:
 

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I've never understood the point of name tags in a retail environment. They seem tacky and "corporate" and really don't serve any useful purpose (are customers really supposed to call the employees by name?). It's kind of like waiters at restaurants who introduce themselves--unnecessary and a bit too personal for my taste.

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Well, I'm down on the floor a lot and I love talking to the customers. I've had a lot of people come up to me and say things along the line of: "What a friendly staff you have, the girl behind the concession stand last week was very helpful". I want to know who is really helping the customers...with the name tags the customers can actually tell me who they dealt with. Same in the reverse situation, if a employee wasn't being friendly, I want to know.
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 02-19-2004, 09:45 PM:
 
William: Wow! That Kodak business card is an "oldie but goody"!
 

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Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 02-20-2004, 09:01 AM:
 
How many people put their real name on a name tag? We've had a few girls who didn't want their real name displayed. In a world full of weirdos, I can't blame them..... I can hear them sometimes, shortly before opening, saying, "I was 'Mary' yesterday.. do we have a 'Britney'....?"
 

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Posted by Mark Hajducki (Member # 1732) on 02-20-2004, 11:13 AM:
 
In most cinemas/shops etc. there is a collection of old name badges (from former staff members) that are used when a name badge is lost. It does look a bit comic when Britney is tall and sports a large amount of facial hair.
 

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Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 02-20-2004, 02:17 PM:
 
I don't like the idea of name tags at all. It makes people obnoxious for one. The fact that they know your name but you don't know theirs gives them some sort of omnipetent mindset. When a customer walks up with "How ya doin there..., Tom?" I just read whatever is on their shirt, making a point to lean towards it like they did to my nametag: "Not too bad, and how about yourself... Ralph Lauren?" Sometimes they laugh, sometimes they mutter, "asshole"

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If a chain uses mystery shopper reports it makes it easier to reward (or punish) those who give good (or bad) service

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Ah yes. The trials of working for a chain. Gotta make sure they upsell and tell you to have a nice day so that you can dangle the proverbial carrot in front of their faces. Screw that. If I'm doing a good job, fire the secret shopper and increase my salary by what they were making!

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I want to know who is really helping the customers...with the name tags the customers can actually tell me who they dealt with. Same in the reverse situation, if a employee wasn't being friendly, I want to know.

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