Saw the most bizarre elevator sign at a hotel in Branson last weekend

I was visiting family and staying at this big hotel off the main strip. Went to use the service elevator near the laundry room and there's a laminated sign taped to the door that says, in huge letters, 'DO NOT USE ELEVATOR IF FLOOR IS WET. USE STAIRS. MANAGEMENT.' Okay, fair warning. But then, handwritten underneath in Sharpie, someone added 'OR JUST WALK REAL CAREFUL.' I stared at it for a full minute. First, who thinks that's good advice? Second, the handwriting looked exactly like my old foreman's. Made me wonder what chain of events led to that 'clarification.' Did someone actually try it? Was there a slip and a report filed? I'm dying to know the backstory. Has anyone else come across a truly unhelpful 'fix' like that on a job?

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lindaw293d ago

My neighbor's "wet floor" sign just says "oops" now.

christopher_singh923d ago

That Branson sign reminds me of a safety poster at my old warehouse. It said "Report all spills immediately," but someone had drawn a tiny arrow pointing to the word "immediately" and wrote "like, now-now" next to it. In my experience, those handwritten notes usually come from someone who saw the official rule get ignored one too many times.