One of the many underrated perks to living downtown is the availability of construction sites pretty much everywhere. I don’t know the construction-to-Starbucks ratio, but we have a lot of Starbucks, and I’m pretty sure we have more construction. And sure, it means noise, closed streets and sidewalks, and other inconveniences, but you gain the advantage of clearly identified dangers!
I don’t know when it started, but at some point construction companies started giving names to their dangers instead of just using generic “Danger Keep Out” signs. So you get lots of stuff like this from the fine folks at Safety Media:
And you can write whatever you want in there! And many people do. But this isn’t about them, it’s about me, me, me, because I have a camera.
Today it’s all about holes. Because holes are dangerous. Especially when they’re called “excavations”
Of course, some people might not know what an “excavation” is, especially when they’re distracted by the big gaping hole, so the site this picture was taken from was helpfully bilingual:
Sometimes these signs are a little more descriptive. Perhaps too descriptive:
Note that there were no holes or excavations in sight, so I can only assume they were talking about the out house. Yep, that’s a danger zone.
My personal favourite though is one near my house, which never stops making me smile:
Sure, I may be only 12 years old in a lot of ways, but hey, at least I’m safe from the dangers!