'This intercom does not work...

[merryberry]

..please go round to the front enterence'

On the back gate of Camden School for Girls

shameful

Although it was probably written by a janitor rather than a teacher (do schools still have janitors?).

unfair to literate janitors

Yes, I realised that after I posted.

Apologies to all literate/pedantic janitors on MN.

nice pink handwriting mind you. they are called stuff like maintenance technicians now aren't they?

Oooh, that reminds me - took DD and DS to their swimming lessons yesterday, and we had to go round to the side entrance, 'due to excessive flooding' (that's as opposed to that quite reasonable flooding, where you can wade through it, presumably).