Caution: great big yellow warning sign

[simont]

The entryway to the office gents' currently contains a big yellow warning sign saying ‘Caution: wet floor’.

In fact the floor isn't perceptibly wet at all, and certainly not nearly wet enough to cause an increased risk of slipping; but I nearly tripped over the sign. I'm therefore unconvinced that this safety measure has reduced the risk of me falling over and cracking my head…

Comments

[gerald_duck]

I've tripped over a "caution: trip hazard" sign before now.

I've also visited a pub in which there was a big sign on the wall saying something like "stop reading this sign and pay attention to the low ceiling joist", but I can't remember where.

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

‘Caution: wet floor’.

Is it an instruction?

[naranek.livejournal.com]

There really should be a risk assessment form for filling in risk assessment forms.

[shadowphiar.livejournal.com]

That very much reminds me of this sign (http://lushlush.livejournal.com/190093.html) (which I saw on slashdot last week).

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

But it probably would have five minutes previously when the floor really was wet.

[kaet.livejournal.com]

For ages at work we had an unmarked cone right in the middle of the doorway, just inside, for everyone to trip over. Nobody knew why it was there. I came in one morning and someone had put a sign on the door saying, "danger, cone behind door".