A year in, it’s become clear that symptoms of Covid-19 include well intentioned but poorly executed signs. I have collected quite a few, so I’ll spread them over a couple of posts. The first one is a bit late, but I’ll post it anyway because Valentine’s Day should last as long as possible this year, which has been sorely in need of good feeling:
Here’s another emotion-packed message, not quite as upbeat as the previous:
This was on the window of a doctor’s office. I was tempted to call to say that I’d agree to STOP!!!! if the doctor would agree to drop three of the exclamation points. Well, four, because the one after NAME isn’t necessary. Maybe it can be recycled into an apostrophe for CANT?
The previous sign is a little rude, but at least it asks you to control yourself, not others, as this one does:
I have great sympathy for the struggling restaurant industry, but I don’t see myself (or any diner, in fact) pushing people apart who venture too close to each other. It’s my responsibility to MAINTAIN A DISTANCE OF 6FT from OTHER GUESTS, not BETWEEN. Nor should this responsiblity fall to the waiters. Diners, you know the rules. Please follow them. Or, as the person who fashioned the second sign in this post would put it, BEHAVE!!!!
Good finds, Gerri! I’m also not crazy about: 6FT
Of course it should be 6 ft. or 6 FT., if they insist on using ALL-CAPS, which is ALSO offensive!
Here’s a little conundrum for you: In Canada we spell it “offence.” Yet we write “offensive,” not “offencive.” Odd, eh? (I put in the “eh” as a Canadian-ism for you to chuckle over. 😁
Thanks for the Canadian-ism! In New York City the “eh” would be something like “am I right?” I like “eh” better!
I like the possibility of recycling the “!” into an “‘.”
Recycling is a good idea in many circumstances.
Recycling is certainly a good idea. I see a lot of unnecessary exclamation points and many missing apostrophes.