high pressure
Please turn on the taps with care as the pressure is quite high
high pressure: lots of complicated concepts in this message. Do children have a concept of ‘water pressure’ do they know what ‘high’ and ‘low’ water pressure are? By contrast a message like “Water comes out of the tap fast” is much more descriptive of the experience of turning the tap.
with care: what does it mean to turn on a tap with care? should I use a cloth incase the handle falls off? Do they mean that the tap is greased up and turns really fast? Because I know what high water pressure can do from experience and from physics classes I know that the best strategy is to ‘turn the tap slowly’. Maybe they mean that if you turn the tap on using normal torque the water will spray all over you and the bathroom floor. What fun!
To prompt the desired user behaviour the sign could become
Please turn the tap on slowly
With the possible explanation of the consequence. Though addition of this is an invitation to people who like splasshing, YAY, to turn the tap fast for fun. Hoorah! Can you guess what I did?
to stop water from splashing outside the sink
February 28th, 2010
Gentlemen always behave themselves with sinks because the bowl is always at *that* height.
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February 28th, 2010
Maybe it means the taps are in the middle of taking their exams to be fully qualified taps and so they are under so much pressure and are so stressed out that they are quite fragile. If you see that sign again I would use the taps that are fully qualified and less sensitive if I was you.
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