It's mind boggling how a person can take something so easy and simple and transform it into something very hard and complicated. Take this broken water fountain for instance.
Can you read the "Out of Order" sign on this water fountain? No, because there isn't one. Instead there is this rather cumbersome and awkward message.
Not only is the English bad but they set a target completion date a whole month away! Is repairing this water fountain really that involved of a project that they have to set aside a whole month to fix it? And what if the target date is not met? What if this water fountain does not get repaired until October? Or even December!?
You can't even see this sign until you are already bent over to take a sip of water. That's then you realise you got gypped. What a waste of your time. Here you are expecting a cool burst of water to cool your throat and some idiot maintenance man who was thinking way too hard decided to write a convoluted and un-understandable message in tiny print which you can't read until you walk up to the fountain. By then it's too late for you sucker!
Frankly I don't care if it ever gets repaired all I want is a drink of cold water. Courtesy would dictate that patrons be told if the fountain is in working condition or not. Instead of this stupid message they should have just placed a huge "Out of Order" sign on the water fountain.
See how much easier and convenient that is for everyone involved?
Of course it will take a month or longer. Takes that long to find the biggest kick back.
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