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UPDATE: The original sign, on Route 29 north of Charlottesville, VA appealed to my non-PC nature because of its combination of warning and greeting. Something about it seemed like an apt catch phrase for our rapidly changing times.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nUPDATE: The original sign, on Route 29 north of Charlottesville, VA appealed to my non-PC nature because of its combination of warning and greeting. Something about it seemed like an apt catch phrase for our rapidly changing times.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Although it is many yards off the highway, it caught my eye while driving at high speed in heavy traffic. I turned around, made a big loop, and drove onto the shoulder in order to capture the photo.<\/p>\n
In fact, I wished there had been signs like this in front of some of the companies where my friends and I worked. We might still have worked there, but this warning would have spared us years of wondering why we were not making progress and people kept disappearing.<\/p>\n
When I wrote a guide to surviving corporate employment, this sign was incorporated into the cover design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UPDATE: The original sign, on Route 29 north of Charlottesville, VA appealed to my non-PC nature because of its combination of warning and greeting. Something about it seemed like an apt catch phrase for our rapidly changing times. Although it … Continue reading