I happened to be at a local Chicago Mexican restaurant the other day and, well, en route to the washroom, it look me a couple seconds to stop and figure out which was the ladies room. Sure, take a moment to insert some form of a joke, but it was largely due to a) the writing in said restaurant's native language b) the fancy, cursive, almost hard to read font and c) the non-standard man/woman logo (in this instance - it was a fancy, old-fashioned painting on each door - discernible, but one would have to take a moment to examine it, as opposed to with the basic graphic).
The more that I think about, quite a few restaurants I've been to have instated the same practice. Now, say what you will about Spanish being a commonplace language - Italian, Latin, etc., are not. Is this supposed to be cute/quirky/stylistic/creating an atmosphere? Granted, yes, it's a nice detail. However, I find it could cause more harm than good - these signs are confusing enough SOBER - and with many of these restaurants either being BYOB or having the alcohol flowing, well, I think you see where I'm going with this....
Actually, now that I think about this - are restaurants trying to dupe people? Is there someone sitting behind a hidden camera, laughing every time someone walks into the wrong one? Does anyone else not like this trend? Anyone get walked in on by a confused person? Your thoughts?
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why were you EATING on a SCHOOL NIGHT?!?! Were you on a DATE?!? ;)
Maybe you should brush up on your Romance languages. Then you wouldn't have this problem! My main issue is with the poor lighting in the bathroom areas of such establishments. I hate walking down a narrow, dimly lit hallway, only to encounter an obscurely painted door that takes more than a few seconds to figure out. So yeah, I feel you on that.
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