Posts Tagged ‘signage’
Signs should not have attitudes. They should also be grammatically correct.
This is a sign in the parking lot of a local Starbucks. It’s a stupid sign. Signs should inform and instruct. They should not have an attitude, and this one has an attitude. See it? After politely but sternly warning that “Continued use of these spaces will result in your car being towed,” there is…
Read MoreThe ineffectiveness of signage
A rule of signage that people don’t seem to understand: Signs only work on people who obey signs. I worked with teachers this summer who wanted to hang signs on campus to enforce rules that they already had the power to enforce. Parents who were visiting the school weren’t adhering to the limitations outlined during…
Read MoreManagement: Please stop signing your signs. It looks ridiculous and serves no useful purpose.
This sign was posted beside a plastic lion at Safari Golf, an excellent mini golf course near my home. The message itself is fine. Sadly, it’s probably necessary to remind brain damaged teenagers not to sit on the pretend animals. But here’s the problem: What causes business owners to think that they need to sign…
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