Administrative Poker
In all the landscaped grass areas on campus there are these tiny signs stuck into the ground resembling the kinds of flower identification cards you would expect to find in a greenhouse. Except these signs are bright yellow with black ink printed: CAUTION Pesticide Application Keep Off. There is also a diagram (in the style used by street and bathroom signs) of a man, child, and dog standing on the grass. And over this diagram is a diagonal bar as is found on no smoking signs. I can’t decide whether they’ve really applied pesticide and the signs are up in respect for public health or if they’re bluffing simply to discourage people from trampling the grass.