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March 20, 2006 12:03 AM
Broken: Smoothie menu
With all the warning signs, I decided not to order.
Also, it's broken for people to use genuine warning symbols (like the radioactivity icon) as jokes. That "crying wolf" makes them less effective in the real world, outside the smoothie shop.
Ok, this has nothing to do with this item, but...
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! http://www.mlaw.org/wwl/pastwinners.html
Go to this website! It's hilarious!
Those must be some X-TREME shakes!!!!!!
Honestly, although I think it's stupid, I get what they're trying to do with the warning symbols. But even then, why would you ever want to use the word "contamination" in any form when relating to food product?
If you think a radiation warning symbol on a smoothie menu is legitimate, then the menu ain't the only thing broken...:-)
That is definitely true about the non-serious over use of universal hazard warnings like the radiation indicator. If you see it enough on shop fronts and whatnot, you begin to filter it out like you do the rest of the ad fluff - and that makes it dangerous if you continue to filter it out while you are walking through, say, a hospital.
Hmm, I dunno. I think people are generally smart enough to figure out when it is being used legitamitly.
Legitimate use of the symbols or not, that menu is just stupid. It looks cluttered and clumsy to navigate. The little warnings aren't cute, and I agree that using the word "contamination" in any context when ordering food is bad.
On second look, I guess I'd know what to tell the counter-person to order one of thse drinks. My local coffee shop's sign is more difficult (but no warning symbols).
One problem with using those warning signs out of context isn't day-to-day, it's when your shop is burning down and the firefighters won't go in until their hazmat team arrives.
gotta have the biohazard sign. for that favorite "raw pork aplenty" smoothie, or the "salmonella strawberry slush".
and if you're going to give your food categories unappetizing labels like "liquid" and "solid," shouldn't you label the third one "gas" or "plasma" - just for consistency?
Our EH&S (Environment, Health, and Safety) folks would have kittens on the spot.
Misuse of hazard warning labels, even as a joke, will get you in serious trouble.
has anyone noticed that they have a worm coming out of an apple as a logo? these people need marketing help pronto
I really hate it when people go all clipart happy. it's really hard to take a buisness seriously when my neighbor used the same picture on a garage sale flyer.
broken broken broken!!!
When this place gets a health inspection, or if the labor board ever came to inspect they should under the law be fined HEAVLY. Your health and safety people are anal about the misuse of these signs because 1) its dangerous, 2) they can be fined for inproper signage.
When I clicked on the picture, my very first impression was that "Liquids" and "Solids" referred to bodily waste. From there, I somehow mentally associated "Smoothie" and "Additives" with laxatives. (I know, I'm probably more twisted than the sign designer!)
And the bio-hazard and contamination symbols didn't exactly help clear things up, either. Only upon closer examination do you realize it's a menu. But by then, you're no longer hungry.
I'd say the sign's broken, but what do I know. Maybe it works (and is funnier) if you're actually in the shop. Or maybe not.
It could be worse, they could be using signs like the one that shows you why you should not stick your fingers under a lawnmower.
Liquids, solids, and additives. Along with biohazard signs, a "contaminated area" warning, and various other cautions.
What exactly are they trying to sell here?
The feds are paying them millions to put their toxic waste into their smoothies so they can say they found a safe way to dispose of the hazardous material that is a byproduct of their nuclear fission plants.
Joe: The feds are paying them millions to put their toxic waste into their smoothies so they can say they found a safe way to dispose of the hazardous material that is a byproduct of their nuclear fission plants.
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It's been done before with city water companies. (Flouride)
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what kind of a clientele are they expecting?
Posted by: gmangw at March 20, 2006 12:32 AM