#5: Failure to Escalate
“Out of Order” signs are usually pretty standard and boring. However, this creative sign at the Euston railway station in London threw us for a loop. Most people walking around the station probably saw a broken escalator and turned around in frustration without reading the sign. Those who were paying attention were in for a real treat.
“This escalator is refusing to escalate,” the sign read, “This has been escalated to the engineer who is on their way up (or down) to check it out.” We are literally laughing out loud. We’ve never seen a sign that escalates so quickly. The best part is that this sign appears to be permanent. That means the Euston station made the sign, had it approved, and professionally printed it for repeated use. We love it.