I Really, Really Need You to Clean Up After Your Dog
2007 November 28
This New York City street sign just sounds so desperate to me. I think it has to do with the lack of periods. Both the initial sentence, and the final “Please” drag on and on without periods to formally end them. Also, the “Please” is in slightly smaller type, which makes it even more pathetic. I wonder if that makes the sign any more successful in its goal of changing dog-walkers’ behavior (at the expense of grammatical correctness).
Happy Holidays, Scott! (*’-‘)b Hahahahaha, you are right, using “please” in smaller type makes the sign pathetic! How funny is that?
I saw more than one pattern of street sign designs about dogs in NYC. It seems desparate as well to me in that the City is trying to carry the dog message from various angles to appeal wide range of people, saying “this message got to you? No? How about that one? No?”
ai :)
Comment by ai — 2007 December 24 @ 2:30 pm
I just watched “Three Days of the Condor,” a Robert Redford film from 1975, and saw this same street sign design in the background. So this particular sign has been around for at least 30 years.
Comment by Scott — 2007 December 24 @ 3:11 pm