Normative Signs: The Poetry of "Ought"

In which the author finds beauty in how people tell other people what to do.

Lavarse Las Manos, Dude!

by Chris MacDonald

This sign on a bathroom door telling employees, in Spanish, to wash their hands before returning to work would be unremarkable except for the fact that it’s ONLY in Spanish, and posted in a hipster café with zero Hispanic employees or customers. Call it ironic regulatory compliance.