Imagine one day, our friends at Severn Trent Water were, one day faced with a broken sign. A few of the guys got together and hammered out a solution. I'm sure this meeting had coffee and no doubt biscuits were served but that's all ok as these people had a problem and they were damned if they weren't going to collectively solve it.
I must ask, how many hours were collectively spent brain storming before they came upon this inventive stop-gap? Amazing!
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and don't you think that it's reassuring to know, even in times of global economic crisis, there are people out there who still get paid for coming up with this kind of thing...
absolute genius!
Genius indeed. Gotta love the wit.
Hi Josh
I wondered if you could let me know where this "under repair" sign resides? I'd like to have a word in someone's ear about this...
Cheers
Anon, why do you ask? You're not one of the original designers who wants to show off his handwork?
If so, it sounds like you've earned 2 fans in ER and Muhamad above...
Life is demanding, without understanding. Ahem.
Hey Josh - I work for Severn Trent Water and want to discuss the futility of making signs to tell people we're fixing signs with appropriate staff.
This kind of stuff isn't owned centrally - signage and ad-hoc comms are particularly difficult to manage in a company of 4,000 - but I do work with alongside the people who can take ownership of withdrawing such idiocy from service.
And, umm, as it's picked up an account I didn't know I was signed in as, I am the previous anon poster!
Jman, I can certainly appreciate where you are coming from but I feel that perhaps a broader policy might be in order here but suffice to say, the sign I'm talking about has already been taken out of service.
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