Signs in the Road
While exiting the Interstate at a very dangerous crossing the other day, a car shot across 3 lanes to end in front of me in a dead stop. The driver paused, waved at me, then shot back left across 2 lanes, tore through a yellow/red light and made another lane change and turned right half a block down. My #4 son looked up and said, “They should put up a sign that says MAKE UP YOUR MIND.”
While I continued driving home, I thought about such a sign. Would posting a sign make others start to come to terms with their decisions? For a class that was lingering in the library long past their need to browse, would a sign on the overhead that said, “Make up your mind” help them focus?
What if we could put up signs that would surprise people and make them think as they drove down the road? The renegade part of me wonders when the technology will exist for hackers to break into the code of the Dept of Transportation to send rogue messages on the electronic billboards alongside the road. What signs could appear?
*Read everyday.
*The library has IT.
*Go home and read.
*Connect at your library.
Hmmmmm. I think I’ll try some subliminal messages during my next meeting. Wonder if anyone will notice those subtle hints. Go get that master’s degree. Try a new book. Check out that database article. Make up your mind.
