Misleading sign in Starbucks
I saw this sign above a loo in Starbucks last week. I’m sure they don’t actually want people to put toilet tissue and nothing else down the loo but I did feel like I was breaking the rules when I had a pee.
It’s a bit like the ‘wet paint’ signs one sees around. It always looks like an instruction rather than a warning to me.
Zach Everson wrote:
It’s great to see that I’m not the only writer and editor who takes pictures of signs above toilets (although your camera is nicer):
http://zacheverson.com/2006/02/14/i-saw-the-writing-on-the-bathroom-wall-that-this-job-would-be-tough/
Posted on 27-Mar-07 at 1:58 pm | Permalink
Janet wrote:
Actually, I think it’s saying that the only action you should take with toilet tissue is to put it down the toilet. That’s not what they meant either. But it’s better than strewing the tissue about on the floor, which appears to be what some people do in public toilets.
Posted on 27-Mar-07 at 3:40 pm | Permalink
Patricia wrote:
It’s not as funny or open to interpretation, but my gym recently installed a sign in the locker room saying, “Please use hand dryer for hands only.” I wanted to edit out the first “hand.”
Posted on 27-Mar-07 at 6:25 pm | Permalink
Zach Everson: Writer. Editor. Consultant. » I’m not the only writer and editor who takes pictures in public restrooms wrote:
[...] he mentioned on his blog Bad Language, Matthew Stibbe thought, “I’m sure they don’t actually want people to put toilet tissue [...]
Posted on 29-Mar-07 at 12:49 pm | Permalink
David Bradley wrote:
The lift in the chemistry building at Newcastle U (my alma mater) had a sign that said “Do not use in case of fire”
I guess those cogs and ropes could build up heat through friction or something…
db
Posted on 30-Mar-07 at 5:56 pm | Permalink
Bill Payer wrote:
Don’t laugh, in desperation I erected a similar sign, in various European languages, in a shower block of a campsite in France. I put it there after we had to rod the drains for the umpteenth time. On this occasion we found a pair of underpants, complete with the elastic waistband, which had blocked the pump that moved our waste away. Previous finds had included chicken entrails and feet and heads along with the inevitable, almost obligatory, female hygiene products. The sign must however have confused an African visitor, who, thereafter for the remainder of his stay, wrapped his “Deposits” in toilet tissue and put them in the bin alongside the WC, which was, by strange coincidence, clearly marked in several languages, “Female Hygiene Products”.
Posted on 11-Apr-07 at 3:18 pm | Permalink