Emotionally intelligent signage

That’s the question that power-mad (in the electrical sense) travelers ask when they arrive at an airport with their phones and laptops screaming “battery low.”The search can quickly lead an upstanding citizen down the low road. I’ll cop to: scouring every baseboard in a terminal in a mouse-like quest for a power hole; pinching the […]

Jennifer Davis — and her trusty four-legged companion, Priest — send this example of an invoice that uses empathy and emotional intelligence in an intriguing way. On the initial patient visit to Leawood Animal Hospital outside Kansas City, Jen explains, “the nurse snaps a shot of your pup (or kitty) and before the doctor finishes […]

Tom Isaacson of New Zealand sends this 90-video of the Papkura District police’s efforts to get drivers to slow down in inclement weather. The technique is a bit disturbing — and, to me at least, evokes religious associations — but maybe it’s effective.

Here’s one that’s hard to categorize. In Durham, North Carolina, a few neighbors distressed at cars ripping through their traffic circle took signage duties into their own hands and posted the sign below.Is this emotional intelligence (“Made you look!”)? Or is this a threat from a bunch of vigilantes (“Slow your butt down ’cause I’m […]

Carl Webber sends this terrific sign from Epping, New Hampshire and reported in the Manchester Union-Leader.It’s a classic example of emotionally intelligent signage: It aims to bring compliance with the rule (don’t speed through construction sites) by encouraging empathy on the part of the sign viewer. Added bonus: Some of these signs replace “Dad” with […]

Nicolae Halmaghi sends, via Fubiz, these examples of emotionally intelligent signage, seen on the streets of Elm Grove, Wisconsin.

(via John Wiseman) 

Seen at the end of a seemingly interminable circular driveway at the Denver Convention Center.

On Sunday afternoon, I spotted this sign in my neighborhood. It’s not exactly emotionally intelligent, but it is pretty funny. And it might actually work. Anybody remember the famous “Delaware is closed” episode on Candid Camera?

Tanny McGregor of Cincinnati sends this example of emotionally intelligent signage that she saw on the streets of Aurora, Indiana.