Funny Signs in Singapore

In Singapore you will find many warning signs that inform you of things you cannot do. There a lot of things that are not allowed in Singapore and you will get hefty fines otherwise. For example, eating and drinking but also chewing gum are completely banned in trains and I must say they are very clean because of this. I have selected a few funny signs that are used to warn or communicate something.

You would expect these things to be common sense but they are probably there to prevent legal problems when it goes wrong. They are like all those warnings on the back of your products that tell you what you should definitely not do!

Time for a chuckle? Here are some funny signs in Singapore:

Seriously, this is a warning sign for an escalator! Never in my life have I seen someone ride an escalator like that but Singapore has a warning sign for it. Shouldn't this be common sense? The escalators are moving fast anyway so you better find a bench to sit rather than on the escalator.

I also wonder how came up with this sign: was this behaviour a serious problem for a while so they decided to make a sign for it? I have asked a local Singaporean and it turns out they indeed had problems where children were playing on the escalator like that. It is better to prevent incidents of course but I do feel common sense should serve to prevent this (e.g., "do not put your dog in a microwave").

Here is another one on how to use a escalator correctly:

It won't be long before they start selling booklets on how to use an escalator properly! Usually it suffices to have a warning sign that you should be careful with your hands and legs near the edges of the escalator but this sign is a full-blown guide on using the escalator. I can imagine it arose out of the same situation as before: building management does not want to be responsible when these things happen and people start complaining to them.

In many countries you simply need to press a button to indicate that you want to cross the street. When it is time to do so, a green walking man will be lit so that you know that you can cross the street. But in Singapore you actually press the button to get the Green Man.

So how do Singaporeans cross the street? They wait for the Green Man. But how do you get the Green Man? You press the button for the Green Man! See, very organized and it is very clear how you should cross the street!

To be fair, this is actually more accurate than a message like "Press button to cross" because you cannot immediately cross after pressing the button, you have to wait for the green man first.

Be careful! If the auto barrier is coming down and you are standing there, it will hit you on the head. If you didn't see the auto barrier then you probably also didn't see the car that drove past recently; what caught your interest that you failed to see all of this?! Perhaps a minor blow on the head is a good way to start paying attention again!

Do you know any other funny signs in Singapore?

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