Showroom The ideas wall
The queue with a game in it
This is a working demo of one idea from the showroom: a walk-in barber’s page where you join the queue from your phone, watch your place move, and play a small game while you wait. Have a go. Nothing you type leaves this page.
Example business, for illustration
Briggs Barbers
Walk-ins only. No appointments, no phone bookings. Join the queue here.
Mon to Fri 9am to 6pm, late till 8pm on Thursday. Saturday 8am to 4pm. Sunday closed.
In the chairs now
- Chair 1KwameSkin fade
- Chair 2OllieShort back and sides
6 waiting. About 30 minutes for the next to join.
Join the queue
Briggs BarbersSkin fade
Your ticket27
Your place7th
About 35 minutes
6 ahead of you
The queue moves on its own here. In a real shop the barber taps Next on their phone when a chair is free, and everyone’s place moves at once. The demo runs fast: a half-hour wait goes by in about a minute.
Ticket 27
You’re up, chair 2
Head in and sit down. The barber is ready for you.
In a real shop your phone gets a text now, and another when you are two away. This demo does not send one.
While you wait: Sweep Up
Catch the falling hair in the dustpan. Miss the scissors. Arrow keys to move.Drag, or hold the arrows.
The regulars
High scores this month. Beat one and your name goes up on the board, on this device only.
You’re up, chair 2.
How it works in a real shop
- A QR code on the door and in the window opens this page. People join from the pavement or the pub.
- The barber taps Next on their phone when a chair comes free. Every ticket moves at once.
- A text goes out when you are two away and when you are up, so nobody loses their place by nipping out.
- The regulars board resets each month. The shop picks the prize; a free beard tidy for the top score works.
Why bother
A full bench puts people off. A queue they can see from their phone does the opposite: they join, go and get a coffee, and come back on time. The game is the bit they tell their mates about.
It fits a Premium build, on the site you already have or a new one.