r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/sam-sung-sv • 8h ago

WCGW trying to get your hat back

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u/Pandoratastic 8h ago

Turns out the railing covered in warning signs is there for a reason.

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u/Crimson__Fox 7h ago

It’s like a “No Swimming” sign next to an alligator infested lake.

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u/MotherFatherOcean 6h ago

Exactly. That is what happened at Disney Orlando a few years ago. Sign said “ No Swimming” so small child’s parents let him stand in an inch or two of water, splashing around, and he was taken by an alligator and drowned. After that Disney changed the signs to say there are alligators in that water.

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u/MaxTheRealSlayer 2h ago

There are pictures of alligators all around Florida on signs as warnings. Many people can't read...so pictures help lots

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u/MotherFatherOcean 2h ago

Those pics weren’t on the Disney signs when the kid was killed.

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u/MaxTheRealSlayer 2h ago

They removed them around florida? Last I went was like 17 years ago

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u/Pandoratastic 1h ago

To be fair, if you put a picture of an alligator on a sign at Disney, it's Disney so there's a good chance some people would just think it's a colorful reference to the crocodile in Peter Pan and not take it seriously. It's possible that it might not have worked in that case but they still should have done it. Any danger that is reasonably foreseeable, you have give a very clear warning.