Friday, October 12, 2007

Sign Sign, Everywhere a Sign

My next project is in the style of Telstar Logistics, i.e. Urban Camouflage, or social engineering.
"One day, I had an epiphany -- if I disguised the van to look like a work vehicle, I'd be able to park in yellow-curb zones without getting parking tickets. "
People love signs, especially low wage, rules-oriented mindless zombies. These people can be found everywhere such as DMVs, utility companies, airports, and especially universities. You can tell you're dealing with someone who values rules over reason if the conversation goes something like this:
"Hi, I'd like to do X"
"I'm sorry, sir, you can't do X"
"Why not?"
"It's policy"
"Who has the authorization to override this?"
"It's policy"
... as though that is the final answer.

OBEY! (corporate phenomenology, I'm sure you've seen these stickers)

Anyhow, let's mess with these people. Around LSU you will often see little yellow laminated signs stapled to sticks in front of random parking spots that say "Reserved for ####, good for TOWING ENFORCED". No one ever parks in front of them.
The other day I went to school and saw a plastic sign in front of some spots that simply said "No Parking", and sure enough, no one parked there. I knew there was no event or anything, and the parking nazis never question their bosses or consult reason so these signs tend to stay. The next day, the sign was still there and still no one parked there... so I did. And then I kicked over the sign. When I got back to my car, I had no ticket and the sign was gone!
So now I've made my own laminated sign on a stick and I'll keep it in my trunk and park wherever I feel like.
Some people said, "but that's illegal!" Huh? Not unless you want to count it as littering. It's not my fault if other people listen to my signs! Freedom of speech baby!
Pics coming soon.

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