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Subject:Re: raison d'être From:"Lin Sims" <linda -dot- sims -at- verizon -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 02 Oct 2002 14:17:09 -0400
One person I repeated this to suggested that it meant the stairwell had
no exit to the outside of the building and shouldn't be used to escape a
fire.
I'll concede that this could be the case, but if so, the wording left much
to be desired.
On 2 Oct 2002 at 14:13, Kevin McLauchlan wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 October 2002 14:01, Lin Sims wrote:
> > I'll admit I hadn't thought of this sign as a cry for
> > help from a real technical writer, but it's one that
> > always made me say "huh?".
> >
> > This sign was on a stairwell door, and it said (wait for
> > it):
> >
> > "Use Stairs Between Floors Only"
>
> Oh gawd! This is worse than having a stupid tune
> running through my head.
>
>
> er... wait a minute... could that have been somebody
> trying to say something like:
> "No exit to lobby, except in emergency." ??
>
> Excuse me. I'm going to re-read all my manuals, now,
> to see if I left any of bloopers like that in them.
>
> /kevin
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