Helpful Signs
Posted on March 6, 2006
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Christie had a recent post in which she chronicled several adventures we had over the weekend. We were amazed at some of the signs we saw. Her post reminded me of a very helpful sign that I saw while on holiday in Washington DC. We were there to celebrate my 30th birthday (can you believe it has been 4 years!!). On our nighttime tour of the city we got to go to the Roosevelt Memorial and walk through the whole memorial. It is a pretty interesting place… although not my favorite spot in DC. These signs were posted everywhere, since there were water features or “fountains” if you will all over the place. What is particularly interesting about this sign is that they did not just say… “Don’t throw coins in fountains!” Instead they tried to guilt you into not doing it, since you would clearly understand that your actions would damage the fountains, and they assumed that the guests there would never want to see a fountain damaged. The whole thing made me think of other signs that could be posted… “Running red lights can damage your car” or “Driving slowly saves gas and can keep you from getting a ticket!” Oh well… most things in DC were very politically correct, so why should it be any different for signs in memorials.
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