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Broken: Target sign
Jul 19, 2007
From the inside of a Target store, submitted by Deluxx at our This Is Broken group on Flickr.
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Jul 19, 2007
From the inside of a Target store, submitted by Deluxx at our This Is Broken group on Flickr.
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This isn't broken - though I admit it looks kind of funny. It is a picture taken from inside the store. The door is an 'Entrance' door, not an 'Exit' door. The 'Do No Enter' sign is to keep you from going out the 'In' door....
Wow...broken, impossible, AND confusing...
AT THE SAME TIME!!!!
Since the Do-Not-Enter sign is standard, and in this case used correctly, changing the "Enter Only" portion to something less contradictory would work. It appears that they meant "Entrance Only", but "Not an Exit" may work better. It is common for stores to put Do-Not-Enter signs on the inside of doors to indicate that they are not an exit, and they normally do not try to clarify that by adding additional text to explain the exact meaning, because it should be fairly evident to anyone who has a driver's license (although that leads to a completely different rant altogether), so omitting the "Enter Only" altogether would probably be best.
I've always wondered why they don't just put up a sign that says "wrong way" or "entrance only". Personally just consider those signs nonsense and use the door anyway.
Bob: That's true, but it should still say "DO NOT EXIT" rather than "DO NOT ENTER".
Don't say "entrance only" or "not an exit".
Let's create a good experience. The sign should read "exit to your left, behind checkouts" (or whatever).
It's clear that the sign is intended for people wanting to exit, and about to do so improperly.
Don't tell me what I can't do - that's your viewpoint. Tell me what I *can* do, and how to accomplish what I want to do.
Isn't "No Exit" standard?