dashboard employee names + GE monogram fallback + kiosk startup sweep

plugins/employees/api/routes.py

@@ -124,23 +124,41 @@ def resolve_employee_display_name(sso):
     None on any miss."""
     if sso is None or not str(sso).isdigit():
         return None
+    # 1. The employee directory (selfhosted table or external wjf_employees).
     if _selfhosted():
         emp = db.session.get(DirectoryEmployee, int(sso))
         if emp:
-            return f'{emp.firstname} {emp.lastname}'.strip() or None
-        return None
+            name = f'{emp.firstname} {emp.lastname}'.strip()
+            if name:
+                return name
+    else:
+        try:
+            conn = employee_connection()
+            with conn.cursor() as cur:
+                cur.execute(
+                    'SELECT First_Name, Last_Name FROM employees WHERE SSO = %s',
+                    (int(sso),))
+                row = cur.fetchone()
+            conn.close()
+            if row:
+                first = row.get('First_Name') or ''
+                last = row.get('Last_Name') or ''
+                name = f'{first.strip()} {last.strip()}'.strip()
+                if name:
+                    return name
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    # 2. Fallback: a shopdb login account for this SSO (e.g. a user from another
+    #    location not carried in the directory). Their name lives on the User
+    #    record; GE usernames are the SSO. Photo still falls back to the GE mark.
     try:
-        conn = employee_connection()
-        with conn.cursor() as cur:
-            cur.execute(
-                'SELECT First_Name, Last_Name FROM employees WHERE SSO = %s',
-                (int(sso),))
-            row = cur.fetchone()
-        conn.close()
-        if row:
-            first = row.get('First_Name') or ''
-            last = row.get('Last_Name') or ''
-            return f'{first.strip()} {last.strip()}'.strip() or None
+        from shopdb.core.models import User
+        user = User.query.filter_by(username=str(sso)).first()
+        if user:
+            name = f'{(user.firstname or "").strip()} {(user.lastname or "").strip()}'.strip()
+            if name:
+                return name
     except Exception:
         pass
     return None