Marketing vs Reality...

Crodface · 2012-10-25T16:24:06+00:00

There is nothing that irks me more than seeing "simulated images" in fine print. Technology commercials are the worst.

millertime369 · 2012-10-25T15:42:00+00:00

Chris rock is white?

Lawma · 2012-10-25T16:23:30+00:00

0% hardness brush? Get it hard, bro.

Navevan · 2012-10-25T16:38:59+00:00

I tried to sign for a UPS package the other day and the same thing happened. That shit is impossible.

caliform · 2012-10-25T17:18:50+00:00

Not in this case, actually. They made a post on spline smoothing and other things they do to make a smooth signature. It's pretty nice.

Javindo · 2012-10-25T16:35:04+00:00

Can't believe people still rely on signing as a method of verification for transactions... chip and pin reduced credit card fraud in the UK by an unprecedented amount when it became mandatory.

Corporal_Sissypants · 2012-10-25T16:22:06+00:00

The perfect use for the Galaxy Note.

sryan2k1 · 2012-10-25T17:25:43+00:00

Whatever, Square is still awesome.

HittingSmoke · 2012-10-25T17:45:42+00:00

Signatures always look like this on digital signing devices that aren't wacom. Most grocery store signature pads don't do much better.

I use Square for on-site job payments and I have a capacitive stylus. It doesn't help at all. Capacitive touch-screens just aren't designed for such precision. They're designed for touch control.

Using a Note or Note 2 would make the top picture entirely accurate, except for the finger part.

elastic-craptastic · 2012-10-25T16:22:37+00:00

Shit was funnier yesterday.

slapded · 2012-10-25T17:25:47+00:00

I also always see commercials of people in cabs, on their tablets, doing graphs n shit for work. If you gotta do that shit in a cab because you are late for a meeting, you've already fucked up.

mtd14 · 2012-10-25T17:28:00+00:00

Didn't even change the title.

No, adding "..." does not count as a new title.

tswpoker1 · 2012-10-25T15:08:09+00:00

In reality the price (top right corner) is probably different too

cosalich · 2012-10-25T16:04:17+00:00

As someone involved with marketing, shh, don't let them in on it!

skysinsane · 2012-10-25T16:11:17+00:00

Personally, when I have to sign something like this I just draw a smiley face. Works just as well

2012-10-25T15:45:21+00:00

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newmodelno115 · 2012-10-25T16:44:12+00:00

I always just swipe my finger back and forth on the screen a couple times in lieu of an actual signature.

Jeffro1265 · 2012-10-25T16:50:07+00:00

This is the truth. As one of the IT staff here at my agency we often see contractors bring these in. I have signed numerous devices and none of them look anything like the first picture.

DontKickMeBro · 2012-10-25T16:56:17+00:00

Old ladies flipped out over these, they assume I am trying to steal their information.

animal900 · 2012-10-25T17:32:00+00:00

I actually have one of these devices for my business (from a different vendor, but also for the iPhone), and while people love it and ask lots of questions about it, they always laugh at the signature portion.

Besides, has anyone here actually done their signature properly on a credit card transaction recently? Between the chips and PINs, signing is ridiculously antiquated and being phased out.

mrdoink20 · 2012-10-25T17:32:16+00:00

Maybe your pointy pointy fingers but I have big ol' chubbers on my man hands.

Timelord2 · 2012-10-25T17:32:46+00:00

I actually have the square card reader and use it on my HTC rezound and let people sign with my stylus from my ipad.

MajorWeenis · 2012-10-25T17:36:41+00:00

Clearly, in reality, the person's finger nails would not be so perfectly manicured.

heyfella · 2012-10-25T17:37:08+00:00

my real world experience with square has caused many people to say "wow, that is my exact signature" upon seeing their signature on screen. looks like whoever made this picture signed the 2nd panel with a mouse anyway.

CidO807 · 2012-10-25T17:42:55+00:00

reality is the damn card swipe component rarely fucking works -.-'

kevie3drinks · 2012-10-25T17:45:14+00:00

Is that the signature of Dr. Chim Richalds?

whomad1215 · 2012-10-25T17:47:29+00:00

Needs a stylus

Black_Sam · 2012-10-25T17:48:50+00:00

BAHAHHAHA ITS SO TRUE

Shock_and_Awwwwww · 2012-10-25T17:49:29+00:00

I usually just say "fuck it" and draw a picture on the ones at the store.

smileyman34 · 2012-10-25T17:51:02+00:00

Apparently the signature doesn't matter at all in any way, so instead my girlfriend draws relatively elaborate scenes and cats while she waits for the cashier. It was so sad when she did her most detailed one yet, but something went wrong with the card, so they had to restart the transaction.

LuigiBrotha · 2012-10-25T17:54:40+00:00

This was the first thought I had when I saw the original image.

eldog · 2012-10-25T17:57:10+00:00

I always just draw a curved line.

skysignor · 2012-10-25T18:00:11+00:00

It's like the burgers you see in menus. Damn those things look perfect

tolegittoquit · 2012-10-25T18:05:24+00:00

What I never got is that why would you want a stranger's fingerprints all over your phone that you also hold up to your face and talk with? When people ask to use my phone I cringe, especially strangers.

BCRamsey14 · 2012-10-25T18:07:09+00:00

Glad i'm not the only one that experiences this.

verugan · 2012-10-25T18:19:19+00:00

I don't get it, I mean everyone else learned how to sign their name with their pointer finger, right?

Saint947 · 2012-10-25T18:19:57+00:00

Provided anyone actually gets to use their Square Reader; people assume almost automatically that you're trying to steal their card information.

epoc · 2012-10-25T18:20:17+00:00

Close enough

punkisdread · 2012-10-25T18:24:46+00:00

Square is rad. We use it in the food cart I work at. Though we had to turn signatures off because drunk kids can't be trusted with cell phones.

btownMIDZ · 2012-10-25T18:26:02+00:00

Very true! Marketing is about branding and image, and this is just classic marketing at its best.

wookiesandwich · 2012-10-25T18:28:40+00:00

when did Chris Rock become a cracka assed cracka?

pelanderfunk · 2012-10-25T18:32:02+00:00

I'm just happy I can blame my horrendous signature on technology.

Butthooker · 2012-10-25T18:33:52+00:00

Totally unrealistic- the card reader still works? Bullshit.

NesoConQueso · 2012-10-25T18:36:12+00:00

Yes its impossible not to fuck up your signature. I feel like people/businesses like apple should carry little stylus pen that way people can either choose to do it by their finger or a more natural way people are use to do it.

BoilerMaker11 · 2012-10-25T18:49:01+00:00

bastards

dunchen22 · 2012-10-25T18:50:15+00:00

I'm pretty sure those are two different hand models...

TremendousPete · 2012-10-25T18:50:52+00:00

Being fair, my actual signature looks exactly like the one on the right.

CantConveyShit · 2012-10-25T18:51:01+00:00

Still easier than the UPS delivery handheld.

Vitagox · 2012-10-25T18:52:42+00:00

When you have to do these in super markets, does anyone else just draw a smiley face?

JPplaneswalker · 2012-10-25T18:55:28+00:00

Any vendor that buys a card reader and forgoes buying a stylus is the devil

RydotGuy · 2012-10-25T18:58:43+00:00

Am I the only person reading the signature as Chim Richalds? Anchorman reference if your not getting it.

Lots42 · 2012-10-25T19:00:56+00:00

Eh, it would be the same if I did use a pen.

0311 · 2012-10-25T19:06:11+00:00

Whenever I have to make a digital signature I just make a scribble. It's almost pointless to try to make a real signature.

Misha_Vozduh · 2012-10-25T19:06:57+00:00

DAE know today is marketing day in some countries =\

lostmygravitas · 2012-10-25T19:13:44+00:00

I hate marketers. They have made it so you cannot trust anything that is said in advertisement or promotional materials because they are such fucking lying twats.

xvsero · 2012-10-25T19:17:41+00:00

My sister can actually write pretty good on these. I on the other hand cannot.

pusangani · 2012-10-25T19:20:58+00:00

What is that attachment on the iphone?

gav1n_h · 2012-10-25T19:22:32+00:00

This is dumb. Would you rather have someone scribble some bullshit to make it realistic? For me at least my signature is various lines that resemble a G. This is the same thing as a picture of any food in a restaurant.

Toad32 · 2012-10-25T19:26:25+00:00

Anyone who signs there electronic name perfectly and takes time doing it, is an idiot. I just scribble, same difference. No one is going to look at it.

MasterMeme · 2012-10-25T19:36:43+00:00

Use a stylus.

Ocdrummer7271 · 2012-10-25T19:40:16+00:00

Anyone else find it strange that it plugs into the headphone jack?

ImAshleyK · 2012-10-25T19:49:48+00:00

I used the Square when I was a cab driver. Imagine drunks trying to use this. I usually just scribbled something for them. I don't want a drunk holding my iPhone!

Edindro · 2012-10-25T19:52:39+00:00

Maybe...phones don't need to do everything?

Weird...my ears are bleeding.

OMGjustin · 2012-10-25T20:02:44+00:00

This is like "everybody else in Draw Something" vs "me in Draw Something"

ucsarge · 2012-10-25T20:02:56+00:00

But if you have a stylus you are doing it wrong... lol

fetissipenkki · 2012-10-25T20:24:23+00:00

And where's all the ads?

JimmFair · 2012-10-25T20:52:44+00:00

Repost from /r/apple ಠ_ಠ

me-tan · 2012-10-25T20:55:43+00:00

What is the weird square thing plugged into the headphone socket?

exconvictriddick · 2012-10-25T21:02:27+00:00

With galaxy note 2, it's possible!

schmidtwerd · 2012-10-25T21:03:10+00:00

As a bike messenger I get signatures on my phone all the time. We use something similar to this. And let me tell you, this is so very accurate.

Jta2u · 2012-10-25T21:09:19+00:00

Fixed: 28.50 on reality is now 45 dollars.

Too lazy to repost and fix.

thepager · 2012-10-25T21:15:59+00:00

Does it smudge if you write left handed?

timo103 · 2012-10-25T21:17:52+00:00

Doctor Approved.

cdunks22 · 2012-10-25T21:18:56+00:00

As a marketer I can confirm this

K3TtLek0Rn · 2012-10-25T21:28:45+00:00

That's an app for diagnosing Parkinson's.

Beginning_End · 2012-10-25T21:40:21+00:00

Obviously the user in this picture just isn't holding the phone the right way.

cooltom2006 · 2012-10-25T22:14:49+00:00

What on earth is that weird white thing sticking out of the top of the phone?!

ebosia · 2012-10-25T22:17:56+00:00

Kinda like the game Crossfire.

anxiouswreck · 2012-10-25T22:35:02+00:00

we use those where I work. It's gotten so bad, I just tell people to draw a pretty picture

weabot · 2012-10-25T22:43:36+00:00

Congratulation! This phone turned you into a doctor!

ElvinFrish · 2012-10-25T22:50:55+00:00

yeah those things are fucking impossible to sign IRL

dolphinwrangler · 2012-10-25T22:57:28+00:00

Is that a white girl trying to sign Chris Rock's name?

Mikulak25 · 2012-10-25T23:21:37+00:00

Someone replace it with the Jesus and restored Jesus painting.

jorwyn · 2012-10-25T23:57:31+00:00

We have used those at work - and you are SO right.

TbanksIV · 2012-10-26T01:35:06+00:00

Wait. Is that contraption a device to allow you to accept debit / credit cards, straight to your bank account?

If so, selling drugs just got way cooler.

PacloverN1 · 2012-10-26T02:11:05+00:00

Both sigs are crappy

PazingerZ · 2012-10-26T06:03:51+00:00

That's not realistic at all. I can still make out a letter or two.

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