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Florida Reading Problems

Not only do some Floridians have trouble reading and understanding how to correctly execute a political ballot, requiring state intervention, via the courts, to clarify a vote, apparently some Floridians in Destin, Florida have trouble reading and understanding bathroom signs, which also required state intervention.

Like the dollar bills hanging from the ceiling or the signature drink the Irish Wake, the craftily worded signs on the bathroom doors are part of the charm of McGuires’s Irish Pub.

It takes some careful attention to the fine print to end up in right bathroom, but it’s all in good fun, said General Manager Billy Martin.

“We’re not trying to be malicious,” Martin said. “It’s an Irish joke kind of thing.”

For those who haven’t seen them, the gist is the men’s room sign has large print that reads “Ladies” and smaller text clarifying they shouldn’t go in there because it’s the men’s room — vice-versa for the other bathroom.

But not everyone sees the humor, and the signs have been removed by order of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

The agency threatened McGuire’s with closure for a six-word violation — “Lack of signage properly designating bathrooms.”

The problem, here, wasn’t a lack of signage, but a lack of reading comprehension, and a sense of humor.

State forces McGuire’s to remove ‘joke’ restroom signs

Via The Obscure Store.

Posted by on 05/18 at 11:11 AM