actually the reason for wet floor signs is because an owner has an obligation to warn invitees on their property of latent hazards which the owner is aware of. Since this ‘hazard’ isn’t latent, it was of no legal consequence at all. It’s more likely that the photographer himself put the sign there, thinking it would be funny…
Actually, that is the quad at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and that was a joke. Don’t know if the photographer was the one who put it there, or if someone else did, and the photographer just thought it was funny.
The fountains are probably on intermittently but a photo of the sign with them off would not be funny. What is funny with fountains like these is watching people walk across them not knowing that it is a fountain.
We’re slowly forgetting how to think for ourselves in many situations and relying on little yellow/red signs to tell us. Put another way: as we become over-reliant on signs, our brain intuitively stops thinking about certain things in certain situations.
To tell you the truth, I now feel that such signs may be warranted in the US because of people actually not thinking about such things rather than as a result of businesses not wanting to get sued.
Summary: Overuse of signs has made us stupid enough to necessitate the ubiquitous use of signs.
If you’re a drudge fan: http://www.drudgetracker.com
Actually it is the water itself that has been photoshopped to make it appear there is a fountain there. This is actually a photo of an ordinary wet floor.
Americans have become so reliant on being told what to do & where to do it. Litigation has also become the way of life over there, slip on a slippery surface that you damn well knew was slippery but sue the owner anyway when you slip on the slippery surface, hence the need for all these obvious warning signs.
Nice. Take a slightly amusing picture (whether real or not) and turn into a lawyer-bashing session. Clever, and not trite at all. This sarcasm was not photoshopped.
It’d be even more funny with a fallen person in the background.. haha
— johnnyb · Apr 23, 05:37 PM · #
actually the reason for wet floor signs is because an owner has an obligation to warn invitees on their property of latent hazards which the owner is aware of. Since this ‘hazard’ isn’t latent, it was of no legal consequence at all. It’s more likely that the photographer himself put the sign there, thinking it would be funny…
— suckmyball · Apr 23, 06:30 PM · #
penis
— penis · Apr 23, 06:34 PM · #
What kind of photographer carries around a Wet Floor sign in his pocket! Dumbass!
— WTF? · Apr 23, 06:35 PM · #
maybe there was one around the corner or not too far away =]
— anon · Apr 23, 06:41 PM · #
Actually, that is the quad at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and that was a joke. Don’t know if the photographer was the one who put it there, or if someone else did, and the photographer just thought it was funny.
— the dude · Apr 23, 06:42 PM · #
PHOTOSHOP DOES THAT !
— WTF? · Apr 23, 06:42 PM · #
Can’t be Photoshoped, look at the reflection in the ground… too perfect for photshop
— WTF! · Apr 23, 06:52 PM · #
americans are a weird species..
— gatzke · Apr 23, 06:53 PM · #
Well if you’re good enough with photoshop you can make it so that the human eye cannot detect the difference.
— WTF? · Apr 23, 06:54 PM · #
The fountains are probably on intermittently but a photo of the sign with them off would not be funny. What is funny with fountains like these is watching people walk across them not knowing that it is a fountain.
— Radar · Apr 23, 06:55 PM · #
The Pic was taken today…
— Johnnyb · Apr 23, 06:55 PM · #
I GO TO DREXEL!
— sajal · Apr 23, 07:04 PM · #
I DON’T GO TO DREXEL!
— not sajal · Apr 23, 07:14 PM · #
I sure as Hell Don’t Go to DREXEL!!!
— Def not sajal... · Apr 23, 07:15 PM · #
That’s actually pretty interesting.
We’re slowly forgetting how to think for ourselves in many situations and relying on little yellow/red signs to tell us. Put another way: as we become over-reliant on signs, our brain intuitively stops thinking about certain things in certain situations.
To tell you the truth, I now feel that such signs may be warranted in the US because of people actually not thinking about such things rather than as a result of businesses not wanting to get sued.
Summary: Overuse of signs has made us stupid enough to necessitate the ubiquitous use of signs.
If you’re a drudge fan: http://www.drudgetracker.com
— Jimmy L · Apr 23, 07:21 PM · #
Yeah lawyers suck… unless it is you who is crippled by an incompetent or negligent corporation, then its “wah wah wah”.
— pish posh · Apr 23, 08:12 PM · #
I’ve seen fountains like that, which only go off at timed intervals maybe they need to have that sign there for when the fountain isn’t going?
— sill nill · Apr 23, 09:15 PM · #
Actually it is the water itself that has been photoshopped to make it appear there is a fountain there. This is actually a photo of an ordinary wet floor.
— Jimbo · Apr 23, 11:48 PM · #
That’s in Drexel’s Quad. Not a lawyer, just some kid who thought it would be funny.
Again, not photoshopped, but not a lawyer or custodian.
Just some kid who would also think stealing a traffic cone is the most fun thing in the world
Seriously, I can’t believe people think this is a real warning…
— DJN25 · Apr 24, 02:34 AM · #
haha that’s really funny
— bernard · Apr 24, 08:31 AM · #
Actually the water was photoshopped in, i can tell because i use photoshop every day
the sign was there all along because water is much easier to photoshop and blend.
— steve · Apr 24, 10:57 AM · #
Jimmy L, you’re right.
Americans have become so reliant on being told what to do & where to do it. Litigation has also become the way of life over there, slip on a slippery surface that you damn well knew was slippery but sue the owner anyway when you slip on the slippery surface, hence the need for all these obvious warning signs.
— Cloudmaster · Apr 24, 11:04 AM · #
gatzke
your so right
— blaah · Apr 24, 12:36 PM · #
Nice. Take a slightly amusing picture (whether real or not) and turn into a lawyer-bashing session. Clever, and not trite at all. This sarcasm was not photoshopped.
— supercynic · Apr 24, 08:30 PM · #
Fuck Me
— ?:Ed · Apr 24, 09:16 PM · #
Lolol Nigger.
— NIGGER! · Apr 25, 05:11 PM · #
yea definitely drexel
i love that theres like 6 people that have seen this
— cheese · Apr 26, 06:59 PM · #
Boy with Down syndrome assembling a bookcase.
I jacked off to this picture. Thanks.
— Bob Dole · Apr 27, 05:49 AM · #
joan wagar and eric carlson
poisoned me and others, and
they have framed their victums
as pedophiles so no one will
care if I and their other
victums are murdered.
joan and eric have powerful
friends in authority who are
protecting them from
prosecution, mainly by
ignoreing my charges against
them.
a john ray is one of them, and
a blond lady named erica, are
helping joan and eric get away
with this.
their powerful friends in
authority are preventing me
from getting help for this.
they put something on my record
which causes hospitals to not
want to treat me.
eric changed his name and dyed
his hair so he can continue his
crimes without me knowing, that
didnt last long.
all this is happening here at
portland oregon, my name is
terry wagar, im backing up
these charges, and why are the
authoritys ignoring my charges?
and why is eric hideing his
identity and apearence and then
joan tried to set up eric on a
date with shawna, my oldest
daughter, eric now going by the
name gashel.
— terry wagar · May 1, 12:12 AM · #
THE GALACTIC EMPIRE REGULATES ALL SAFETY RELATED PRECAUTIONS TAKEN ON THE MAJORITY OF THE PLANETS
LooL361
— HAN SOLO, ESQ · May 20, 11:39 AM · #
Lawyers are assholes, end of discussion!
— johnnyb · Jun 12, 10:07 PM · #
Hey I’m a Lawyer, and you criminal punks are assholes!
— whoasaid · Jul 15, 08:20 AM · #
Holy shit
— It's a sign · Aug 9, 08:38 PM · #
It’s THE Sign!
— no · Aug 13, 03:39 PM · #