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The Watson Walmart Stop Sign

Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:01 pm
Posted by CP3
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Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:01 pm
Anyone else seen this popping up on Facebook? Apparantly they can't go more than 48 hours without someone hitting the stop sign in the parking lot. The FB page is getting comical. Complete with candle light vigil.






Posted by SuperSaint
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Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:02 pm to
Charge your phone baw
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:02 pm to
Watson- See Bogalusa Description

LINK
This post was edited on 4/30/17 at 1:04 pm
Posted by Pico de Gallo
Member since Aug 2016
1894 posts
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:03 pm to
WAFB did a story on the sign, must've been a slow day.

36 hours later someone toppled it and pics started appearing on Facebook.

Posted by Dorothy
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Member since Oct 2008
18153 posts
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:04 pm to
Yes, people seem to be cutting the corner by not turning correctly into their own lanes, fail to see the big yellow pole and hit/run over it.

There was even a news story about it on WAFB Friday LINK, and then someone else ran over it Saturday morning.
Posted by CaptSpaulding
Member since Feb 2012
6504 posts
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:07 pm to
1. See that a stop sign has thousands of facebook followers

2. Cancel paid advertising, and hit said sign with your van that displays your company name and contact info.

3. ???

4. Profit.
Posted by nateslu1
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Member since Apr 2012
6437 posts
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:07 pm to
What kind of a dumbass gets stuck after running over a stop sign in plain view
Posted by nateslu1
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Member since Apr 2012
6437 posts
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:08 pm to
quote:

1. See that a stop sign has thousands of facebook followers

2. Cancel paid advertising, and hit said sign with your van that displays your company name and contact info.

3. ???

4. Profit.


Stop running over stop signs with the company van A-HOLE!
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
30543 posts
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:09 pm to
Good god, what is the number 2 tourist attraction in Watson.
Posted by oreeg
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
5280 posts
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:39 pm to
Haha. That's the guy that cleans carpets for me.
Posted by Smokezilla82
Member since Jan 2017
465 posts
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:46 pm to
This dipshit had to cut across 2-3 lanes of opposing traffic to hit that sign...
Posted by musick
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Posted on 4/30/17 at 2:16 pm to
Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 5/1/17 at 4:54 pm to
quote:

This dip shite had to cut across 2-3 lanes of opposing traffic to hit that sign...



one hell of a blind spot
Posted by setinways12
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Member since Sep 2015
989 posts
Posted on 5/1/17 at 5:04 pm to
quote:

Good god, what is the number 2 tourist attraction in Watson.


I'm not sure...but it sounds like a good place to raise a family if this is the worst thing going on there.

Here's what you won't find in Watson:

1) Bad schools
2) Daily Homicides
3) Thugs
Posted by Prix560
Member since Jan 2008
958 posts
Posted on 5/1/17 at 5:56 pm to
He's the owner.
Posted by Prix560
Member since Jan 2008
958 posts
Posted on 5/1/17 at 5:59 pm to
The owner and wife of the carpet cleaning company have been fighting with people in the page who were laughing and threatening to sue. She even started her own FB page
Posted by SlapahoeTribe
Tiger Nation
Member since Jul 2012
12096 posts
Posted on 5/1/17 at 6:24 pm to
I was wondering how long it would take this damned sign to get an OT thread.



I don't get it. I've seen the areal shots and it appears to be a properly arranged intersection. My only guess is that it is new and maybe people are so used to cutting that corner short that after Walmart erected the sign people kept trying to instinctively make their usual short turn and hit it.

Whatever the reason, I think people are just being fricking stupid. But there's such a cacophony of stupidity over this thing, I wouldn't be surprised if Walmart has to redesign their parking lot to remove the sign.

A local videographer showed up and documented one of the events after several people on Facebook suggested he do so. Here's the video.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George
Member since Aug 2004
77965 posts
Posted on 5/1/17 at 6:25 pm to
#signslivesmatter

Seems pretty simple. Build a 6 foot tall 4 foot diameter concrete barrier with a Stop Sign on top.
This post was edited on 5/1/17 at 6:28 pm
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
5848 posts
Posted on 5/1/17 at 7:03 pm to
Exhibit "A" of why we have daily crashes on the Interstate.
Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 5/2/17 at 2:41 pm to
Drivers are taking a left where there is a straight arrow. They are also cutting the corner and that's where they are hitting the stop sign and oncoming traffic before that.
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