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Submitted by Marcin O. Photo taken in the NYC subway system.

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  1. Kluge says:

    Obviously, he who took the picture merely photographed a mirror to make it seem as though the sign was incorrectly labeled.

  2. jesus says:

    really really

  3. veislakt says:

    Maybe you’re supposed to walk to the left, but keep at the right side while you’re walking left.

    Hard to explain, but hopefully someone will understand it.

    • Arrian says:

      It’s OK, I understand you. You mean if the person splits themselves in half, like an amoeba, and walks down both sides, left and right. Right? Right!

    • connery says:

      I believe the sign is intended to mean keep the sign to your right, not keep to the right of the sign. Confusing to some perhaps considering the brevity of the sign, but I believe in some other countries they refer to signs with a right pointing arrow as keep left signs. Then again, I could be mistaken. Again.

    • Allison says:

      Yeah, I understood that completely as soon as I looked at the sign. I’ve seen many similar signs to that one in my life. :-)

  4. Cow says:

    Well if you turn your back to it and look at it over your shoulder…

  5. ronber says:

    In leftist russia, you got no right.

  6. cindy says:

    re:Cow
    good point, thats pretty funny…. haha

    • abstract says:

      “while your hair is on fire” ?? please respond to comment next time, we fought to get our nesting back, please use it.

      • crxmanpat says:

        I’m sorry abstract, but I must FAIL you. Look at the timestamps. It looks like cindy was referring back to Cow’s post that said “Well if you turn your back to it and look at it over your shoulder…”. Granted, still a nesting fail on cindy, but a comment fail on you. Carry on.

  7. Name (required) says:

    Epic fail.

  8. LlamaHomefry says:

    Being from NYC and a person who takes the train and bus, I’m not surprised by this. The MTA is horrible and I doubt their employees and managers really educated in anything (except maybe evil).

    Like I always say… MTA stands for: Metropolitan Transit Atrocity.

  9. yen says:

    Perhaps it is pointing to the right side of the corridor (on the left)…

  10. ErickB says:

    Very relativistic. Some times to go right one must go left.

  11. SJ says:

    Somebody seems to have a problem with the left!

  12. Marc says:

    This is not a fail at all. According to Dictionary.com, one of the definitions of “keep” (as a noun) is “the innermost and strongest structure or central tower of a medieval castle.” In a certain sense, an escalator resembles a tower, and since it is mostly metal, it is clearly one of the strongest structures within the subway system. Thus, the sign is warning people that the subway’s “keep” – i.e. escalator – is to the right, and therefore, as property indicated by the arrow, people should walk to the left to avoid falling onto the escalator.

    All of you have failed.

    • thepowerofblue says:

      Wow, Armstrong, that was a Stretch…

    • Dust says:

      Well, seeing you used all this time looking up in dictionairies trying to justify something that is obviously f*cked up,
      I would say:

      Looking-Up-In-Books-No-life-Fail which is like the highest level of NoLife =P (although everybody that posts on this kind of thing is really bored anyway)

  13. sid1138 says:

    No – it is definitely a money saving two-signs-in-one thing. The first part of the sign is a political statement. The second is showing those who are not already doing the first part the way to go so they do not run into the pole.

  14. Jill says:

    The arrow appears to be pointing to a right angle, so perhaps the message is about keeping the sign/column perpendicular to the floor.

  15. Usoki says:

    The sign is right. The arrow is pointing to the LEFT side of the sign, this is true… but look at that staircase. This sign is obviously up against a wall or railing. You can’t walk to the right of the sign. What the arrow is ALSO pointing to is the RIGHT side of the hallway.

  16. ChopSticks says:

    ALL OF YOU FAILED!…

    Even the moron “Marcin O.” who took the picture…

    Being from NYC, and going that route almost everyday. That’s located at the E transfer to 6 stop at Lexington Avenue… What the “photographer” didn’t depict which can be slightly seen on the left are the “rails” that divide foot traffic from the 6 train to the E train and vice versa…

    Morons such as 99% of the posters above me and the person who took the pictures obviously have trouble with the universal rule (in America) of stay to the right… The sign conveys a message that you should “keep to right” of the guard rails that divide the foot traffic, while transfering to the 6 trains which is what the “left arrow” indicates… Since most people try to cut left of the rail and are welcomed around the corner to hundreds of rushed New Yorkers trying to transfer to the E train while having some moronic asshole blocking their way by failing to read the sign properly as if it was rocket science…

    You’re Welcome…

    Enjoy…

  17. Rocky says:

    Wow, I know many places with similar sings.

  18. Admiral Apparent says:

    That’s a sinister-looking sign.

  19. velcro says:

    Through the eyes of a dyslexic kid.

  20. Yello says:

    So this is how Dylan got inspiration for Like a Rolling Stone.

  21. Oh, 6/E/V station at 51st St. How you make me laugh every morning.

  22. Anon says:

    Chopsticks is right—you all fail.

  23. MedKid says:

    Anyone know which station this is? I think it was word edited, because this kind of sign doesn’t usually appear in the subway, those type of signs are over head, not on poles. The pole signs are the ones that say the station or other info. Directional stuff is above so EVERYONE can see it.

    • Griffmanr says:

      It’s at 51st/53rd and Lex and it’s actually not a fail

      After you make the turn you have to keep to the right of the railing.

  24. Mike Az says:

    I see this every day!

  25. Paul says:

    photoshop FAIL.

    That is all.

  26. iKiller says:

    Oh, I get it. So the arrow was supposed to be pointing to the escalator?
    It’s there to say, “If you go in this hall, keep to the right”.
    Not a Fail.

  27. stephanie says:

    The sign was meant to be read by people who are walking by it at an angle, not standing right in front of it.

    if you were facing the way the arrow was pointing,
    you would want to be walking right.

    i suppose there wasnt another pole to nail the sign to, thats all.

    Less of a sign fail, more of a lack of post fail.

  28. Thomas says:

    Retard much?!

  29. Salt says:

    Maybe they ment “Keep to the right places in this place”

  30. TiNA says:

    keep to right and fall into the tracks lol


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