The sign says “Please Ring Bell”. That was all it said. So I rang the bell and kept walking.
You see these signs all over. Very simple handwritten signs that say “Please Ring Bell”. It comes off to me like a command, a directive. It is telling me to ring the bell. So I ring the bell.
I did this once at a CVS. The clerk was ringing up my purchase and I saw the bell and the sign. I tapped the bell making it ring and the clerk jumped, suprised that I rang the bell. She then glared at me angrily so I sheepishly explained that the sign said to ring the bell. She proceeded to tell me that the bell was only to be rung if there was not a cashier at the counter and a customer needed service. I pointed out that the sign did not say that. The sign just simply said “Please Ring Bell” and that if it was only for service then it should say that. After my transaction I walked out of the CVS never giving it another thought. I did return a few days later to that same CVS and noticed that the sign was changed at the bell and now read “Please Ring Bell For A Cashier.”
So yesterday I am walking down this hallway in a building that houses different professional services and I notice a sign on the wall outside of the door. The sign said “Please Ring Bell”. It was a simple request so I did and I kept walking. A woman comes out the door and comes chasing after me. She was clearly disturbed by my ringing the bell and she loudly informed me that she is running a daycare there and I had disrupted the class by ringing the bell and walking off. Puzzled, I asked her if I would have caused her any less of a disruption if I had rung the bell and not walked off. Unamused by my questioning she demanded to know why I would pull off such a childish stunt. I politely explained my reasoning and how her sign more or less requested that I must ring the bell. She then explained to me for the third time that the bell was for enterance to the daycare and was not to be pulled as a prank. I told her that if she wanted the bell to be rung only by people gaining entry to her daycare then her sign should be written in a way that will prevent any future confusion from people like me.
Wouldn’t you know that I walked through there this morning and the sign now reads “To Enter The Daycare Please Ring The Bell”
Please Ring Bell
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The sign says “Please Ring Bell”. That was all it said. So I rang the bell and kept walking.
You see these signs all over. Very simple handwritten signs that say “Please Ring Bell”. It comes off to me like a command, a directive. It is telling me to ring the bell. So I ring the bell.
I did this once at a CVS. The clerk was ringing up my purchase and I saw the bell and the sign. I tapped the bell making it ring and the clerk jumped, suprised that I rang the bell. She then glared at me angrily so I sheepishly explained that the sign said to ring the bell. She proceeded to tell me that the bell was only to be rung if there was not a cashier at the counter and a customer needed service. I pointed out that the sign did not say that. The sign just simply said “Please Ring Bell” and that if it was only for service then it should say that. After my transaction I walked out of the CVS never giving it another thought. I did return a few days later to that same CVS and noticed that the sign was changed at the bell and now read “Please Ring Bell For A Cashier.”
So yesterday I am walking down this hallway in a building that houses different professional services and I notice a sign on the wall outside of the door. The sign said “Please Ring Bell”. It was a simple request so I did and I kept walking. A woman comes out the door and comes chasing after me. She was clearly disturbed by my ringing the bell and she loudly informed me that she is running a daycare there and I had disrupted the class by ringing the bell and walking off. Puzzled, I asked her if I would have caused her any less of a disruption if I had rung the bell and not walked off. Unamused by my questioning she demanded to know why I would pull off such a childish stunt. I politely explained my reasoning and how her sign more or less requested that I must ring the bell. She then explained to me for the third time that the bell was for enterance to the daycare and was not to be pulled as a prank. I told her that if she wanted the bell to be rung only by people gaining entry to her daycare then her sign should be written in a way that will prevent any future confusion from people like me.
Wouldn’t you know that I walked through there this morning and the sign now reads “To Enter The Daycare Please Ring The Bell”