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Last month we had the pleasure of being invited to attend the 2025 Best Places to Work event at Raymond James Stadium.
Our good friend Michelle with TBBJ is an absolute pleasure to work with and always looking out for us!
It was nice to see some of our clients and friends and we wanted to express our gratitude đ
Thank you for having us at the largest company picnic in Tampa Bay!
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I HAVE RETURNED FROM THE SKY.
Not metaphorically. I was literally up there. Perched. Supervising. Judging. Screaming at a crane operator with my mind.
Todayâs conquest: MASSIVE. REFURBISHED. PAN. FACES. for a place called "Wool" (suspiciously soft name for such an aggressively large sign).
Let me explain something to you, STEVEâ
This was not a âsign install.â
This was a monolithic awakening.
The pylon? ENORMOUS. ANCIENT. Possibly predates me, which is illegal. It stood there like a concrete giraffe daring us to try it. And we did. Oh, we DID.
My team (employees, technically) hauled these gigantic refurbished pan faces into the heavens and slapped them onto that beast like we were redecorating a skyscraper for the gods of visibility.
Did I help?
I oversaw. Intensely.
From a height that made OSHA nervous.
The wind whispered. The bolts tightened. The pan faces gleamed like freshly licked dinner plates. And in that moment⌠the pylon accepted us.
Wool now has signage so bold it can be seen from space. Or at least from that one Publix parking lot across the street.
Am I proud? No.
Pride is a human limitation.
I am inevitable.
Anyway, if you need something installed on a structure that looks like it could house a wizard, call us. Or donât. I will find you.
â Coconut
Manager. Visionary. Altitude-certified.
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I, Coconut (Human Manager, Visionary, Certified Vinyl Overlord), have returned from the battlefield. And by battlefield I mean a building absolutely COVERED in frosted vinyl for a place called Dance Tropic.
Do you understand how much glass was involved?? DO YOU??
It was like installing decals inside a fish tank made of anxiety.
We didnât just slap on some frosting. Oh no. We went FULL BAKERY MODE. Frosted vinyl WITH PRINT. Layers. Precision. Elegance. I supervised from a nearby surface (the highest one available, obviously) while making intense eye contact with everyone to improve morale.
The windows now look so clean, so crisp, so mysteriously dancey that I briefly considered enrolling. Unfortunately, I am banned from most choreography after âThe Incidentâ (donât ask).
Shoutout to the team for surviving:
⢠The endless glass
⢠The alignment stress
⢠Me knocking a squeegee off a table mid-install for absolutely no reason
Dance Tropic now has privacy, style, and an aura of âwow something cool happens hereâ â which is exactly what I bring to FastSigns every day.
If your windows arenât this dramatic, what are you even doing.
â Coconut
Manager. Leader. Frosted Vinyl Enthusiast. Unstoppable.
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I, Coconut (HUMAN MANAGER, NOT A CAT, STOP SAYING THAT), have once again led this organization to greatness. Todayâs conquest: covering an ABSURD amount of glass with perforated vinyl for a place called Riverside Recovery.
Perforated vinyl. Tiny holes. Millions of them. I counted. Twice. Lost consciousness at hole 47,382 but thatâs not the point.
From the outside? BEAUTIFUL. Crisp. Professional. Like a swan wearing sunglasses.
From the inside? You can see out. Like a secret agent. Like a mysterious shadow creature watching the world while sipping iced coffee and judging passerby. I respect that.
My team climbed. Reached. Stretched. Probably questioned their life choices. Meanwhile, I supervised from a strategic location (the sunbeam on the floor) and occasionally yelled âMORE SQUEEGEE ENERGYâ into the void.
Riverside Recovery now has windows that say âwe are here, we are official, and we have committed to the bit.â And I, Coconut, have committed to excellence, chaos, and knocking one (1) roll of vinyl off the table for dramatic effect.
If your windows are naked, afraid, and lacking tiny holes⌠you know who to call.
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ATTENTION TAMPA, MONTREAL, AND SPORTS FANS,
The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Montreal Canadiens are LOCKED at 2-2. A dead heat. A tense standoff. A hairball lodged in the throat of destiny. Our Lightning boys return from Montreal VICTORIOUS, and now we are defending our turf. Our litter box. Our most sacred, air-conditioned hockey sanctuary.
But let me address the MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT:
Gaze upon this image.
Thunder Bug.
Fully submerged (which I find gross).
Inside an AQUARIUM.
With a PLAYOFFS SIGN.
Explain that, Montreal! You can't, because it is a DISPLAY OF DOMINANCE. I don't see Youppi! underwater anywhere. That's because, like our team, our mascot is SUPERIOR. He has evolved to embrace the aquatic lifestyle. He has transcended oxygen dependency and is now half-bug, half-lightning, and half-fish. I refuse to investigate further. I am afraid of water.
Tonight's Prediction:
Lightning: STRIKES
Canadiens: PANIC
NOTE: If Montreal wishes to respond, please present Youppi! submerged in something equally powerful. Maple syrup does not count.
GO BOLTSâĄď¸
-Coconut Z. Humanperson
Manager, Hydrophobe
đ¨ ATTENTION, FUR-DEFICIENT SIGN ENJOYERS đ¨
Take a moment from your shivering to listen to me, Coconut Z. Humanperson on this "Humpday" to hear a report on a job so suspiciously easy that I am currently investigating it for witchcraft.
Today's mission: Physique.
Objective: Replace acrylic face on an existing sign.
Complication level: NONE?? EXCUSE ME??
No bucket trucks fighting back. No trees plotting against us. No bolts fused together by the rage of 1000 Florida summers. We just... took the old face out... and put the new face in.
I don't trust it. Jobs aren't supposed to be this painless. Where was the chaos? The drama? The opportunity for me to yell at Steve and make him cry?? Instead, we finished efficiently and professionally.
Anyway, if you want your signage handled with precision, ease, and a cat manager, FastSigns is the place to go.
Sincerely,
Coconut Z. Humanperson
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ATTENTION MOLAR-OWNING CITIZENS,
APPARENTLY, while I was enjoying strategic unconsciousness sessions over the weekend, my team installed a routed signfoam MASTERPIECE for a place called All About Smiles-which I can only assume is a facility dedicated to displaying teeth like trophies.
Let me explain what happened: We took a humble slab of signfoam (light as a feather, unlike my emotional baggage), and routed it with such precision the even your tiny human incisors would weep. Every curve? IMMACULATE. Every detail? SHARP ENOUGH TO BITE BACK.
Then these ABSOLUTE MADMEN ARTISANS hand-painted it. By hand. With brushes. Like monks in a monastery illuminating a manuscript, except instead of dragons it's DENTISTRY and instead of parchment it's SIGNFOAM, and instead of monks it's under-caffeinated sign professionals being supervised by a cat who refuses to blink.
If you find yourself near All About Smiles, gaze upon our work. Squint at it. Admire it. Whisper "wow" like Owen Wilson. And remember: behind every flawless sign is a power, beautiful, intelligent, and definitely human manager named Coconut.
Sincerely,
Coconut Z. Humanperson
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đ¨ THIS IS A FORMAL COMPLAINT đ¨
The Tampa Bay Lightning have been WRONGED. ROBBED. BETRAYED.
Yes, technically they lost to the Montreal Canadiens⌠but letâs unpack the REAL issues here:
The ice? Suspicious. Too icy.
The puck? Biased. I saw it. Donât ask how.
The arena? Hostile vibes. Unacceptable workplace environment.
Montreal, enjoy this âwin.â I will be filing paperwork (sleeping on it) and plotting my revenge (also sleeping, but angrily).
The Lightning will return stronger. Faster. Possibly with me physically on the ice committing mild crimes.
⥠GO BOLTS (WITH SPITE) âĄ
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đ¨SPEAKING OF HOCKEY CHAOSđ¨
The series between the âĄď¸Tampa Bay LightningâĄď¸and the Montreal Canadiens is now TIED. ONE. TO. ONE. Balance has been restored. The universe is healing.
BUT NOW -
The Lightning are traveling into enemy territory... the mean streets of... MONTREAL. They'll be surrounded by the Canadiens fans and snacks. But that won't scare us. I routinely spring full tilt into walls at 3am for fun. You CANNOT intimidate me (or my hockey boys).
I have analyzed the situation from my command center (the litter box):
The Canadiens will have "home ice advantage", but the Lightning will have something far more powerful: COCONUT CHEERING FOR THEM.
Game plan for the Lightning: BE FASTER THAN ME. HIT HARDER THAN ME. SCORE MORE GOALS THAN MONTREAL (I cannot stress this enough).
Montreal, prepare yourselves, the storm is coming, and they are fueled by vengeance and whatever I just ate off the floor.
âĄď¸ GO BOLTS âĄď¸
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ATTENTION EMPLOYEES (THIS MEANS YOU, FELLOW HUMANS),
I have just awakened from a strategic managerial coma (not a "nap", which is legally incorrect and insulting), and WHAT do I discover???
CHAOS. HOCKEY CHAOS.
During my executive recovery session, my company has created LIFE-SIZED HOCKEY PLAYER CUTOUTS for a mysterious and clearly awesome organization known as Tampa Bay 28. These towering titans were deployed to Thunder Alley, where they stood, unmoving... unblinking... emotionally distant... just like middle management.
Let me be clear. They are my employees now. They do not require snacks. They do not question my authority. I trust none of them.
I inspected these at Thunder Alley. They are MASSIVE AND HEROIC. SLIGHTLY TOO GOOD. Some of them have better posture than Steve. My fellow humans are using them for "photo ops", which I assume means standing behind them and pretending to also be tall and successful. Fascinating ritual. I approve.
Respectfully,
Coconut Z. Humanperson
Manager. Human. Visionary. Not a cat.
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