Here's a sign that's being posted in the stairwells of my school:
This sign would be so much better without the threat. It could come across as a humorous reminder to not suck face in public spaces. Instead, this sign is just being asked to be torn off the wall. I'm tempted to do it every time I see it. I suppose I can be a little oppositional at times- but so can our students. Not to mention the threat of a blue slip (read: detention) smacks of an authoritarian environment instead of a caring one.
Here are my entrants into the "No Making-Out" poster category:
Paris
Gross
Kisses & Hugs
LOLcat
I believe these still get the point across but in a light-hearted, humorous way. Whaddya think? Anyone else have any good hallway signs?
The real sign and the first of your preferred signs present a problem: what is the definition of making out? The extreme cases are obvious. Saying hello from a distance in the school hallway is OK even if you have a smile on your face when you say it, but full contact unclothed hugging, particularly if it involves any intermingling of body parts, is probably not OK. What is the line between those extremes that defines what is acceptable?
Being a quinquagenarian and not likely to be considering making out in a school at any time during the remainder of my life, my question is merely idle curiosity.
(I manage to lose more comments here than anywhere else in the blogosphere--your human detector slays my words like anemic dragons.)
When I was 15, several things would have occurred to me (and still do):
1) If stairwells are explicitly no make-out zones, everywhere else is open
2) The lad in the picture looks a tad too aggressive--I'm only kissing and squeezing, not mauling
3) "Blue slip" sounds tawdry here
4) I'm ripping this suckah down.
"Beware"? Really?
Beware ye lest....sheesh.
Ben, your signs are hilarious! I think you should submit them for consideration. Or just use them to cover up the Blue Slip ones. Ha! Love 'em.