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    oblivious

    My hotel lobby has a beautiful white marble floor. This means every time it rains, I have to put up the large, bright yellow, 3' tall, free-standing 'caution wet floors' signs.

    Everytime I do, at least twice per shift, someone will trip over it. 1 in 10 will complain there wasn't a warning sign warning them about the warning sign.
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    They trip over the warning sign? Not READING signs is bad enough, but ignoring their presence completely...?

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    • #3
      Aaaaargh head explody

      That means that you'd have to have signs for the signs for the signs, and on and on until the floor was completely jammed with them and nobody would be able to walk at all. Which I guess would solve the problem, in a way...
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        Ugh. At my first theatre, the number of people who not just tripped over, but booted those signs across the floor because they didn't see the sign... if I had a dollar for each, I'd be a rich man. An extra $20/shift, minimum. Maybe more.
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        • #5
          I've never not seen one as far as I know - doesn't take much awareness of your surroundings to spot 'em. Having said that though, I have often wondered why they don't make them taller, or make something like a cyclist's flag for them. At a c-store I worked in, we had to place one around the corner of an aisle pretty often, and an orange or yellow flag at about six feet sure would have helped.

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          • #6
            Quoth sms001 View Post
            Having said that though, I have often wondered why they don't make them taller,
            cyclist flag, sure, but how tall do you want them? I've seen 'em 3 ft tall. Much more and it's going to be difficult to move around to where you need it, and take up too much horizontal space to make it stable.
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            • #7
              If they put flags on them, I can see people walking off with said flags quite regularly. I give that a week. Good way to improve the visibility, tho
              "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
              "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
              "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
              "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
              "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
              "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
              Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
              "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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