The old "we're improving your service" hustle

Virtually every weekend barring holidays, the New York City subways A, C or E line experiences weekend repairs "to improve service." This means that weekend service is never improved. Someone with a green pen interjected a humorous/hopeless graffitti reality check into the signage. For a taste of what "service improvements" amount to on weekends, watch the accompanying YouTube, which I made when they stopped the train two miles from my stop, in the middle of the night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WqhB_0VgwM

IMO, failure to tell the truth on the PA system is the same as lying.

Apparently, they can't spell.

New model: The Chevy Mailbu!

A little mixup down at the repair garage...

Saw it while taking two customers around Times Square on Valentine's Day night.

Hitler's lookin' buff!

This ad for Worst Week Ever was on the wall separating street work on 6th Ave. from the Blackrock/CBS Building. Looks like someone put a little electrical tape on the guy's upper lip, or whatever medical science calls the area between the upper lip and the nose.

Does this tell what someone thinks of the show?

TourguideStan

The first bad sign

Each day I bike the streets of New York City, which is simultaneously the most literate city in the United States, and the home of several hundred thousand people who can't spell. Bad Signs For you will bring you their mistakes. Signs from NYC that took little forethought, and are displayed without any afterthought, will be the staple here.

Misspellings

mixed intentions

unwitting double entendres

juxtapositions

...all these and more!

Bear in mind that I am a sightseeing guide, travel a lot, and take pictures elsewhere too.

The first month of Bad Signs will be photos I took myself, sent out to you at one per day. After my own supply is exhausted, Bad Signs For You may post submitted photos. Feel free to email a photo of something misspelled to stanoconnor@gmail.com. Make sure it's something you photographed yourself, and not an email forward that has been around a while.

Since this is the first blog entry, let's start with something wholesome, something fresh!

TourguideStan

www.oconnorgreentoursnyc.com