Somewhere, there’s a village missing its idiot.
It doesn’t matter that I have been doing this job for more than 25 years; the crass stupidity of Joe Public just never fails to confound and amaze.
To most people, a sign that reads Danger – Demolition – Keep out is pretty clear in both its meaning and its intent. And most people would understand that these signs – and the hoardings upon which they’re hung – are not there to satisfy some industrial aesthetic or to pretty-up an otherwise dull site.
And yet check out this space cadet who, upon seeing just such a sign sees it as a challenge and immediately goes into what (and this is a grown man remember) calls “Metal Gear Solid style stealth” mode so that he can get a closer look at the “giant T-Rex Transformer” (that’s a high reach excavator to anyone with an IQ greater than their shoe size) as it tears down the former home of New Order bassist Peter “Hooky” Hook.
If you’re reading this pal, your actions are likely to see you becoming extinct faster than that “T-Rex Transformer”:
