Things that crack me up #36

TGP reader Stu Russell shares this photo from Malaysia. He writes: "The disabled in Malaysia are not well catered for, but the NGOs representing the disabled are fighting hard to get a better deal, and for Universal Design.

"As a follow up to your latest post, [this] is a photo taken yesterday on a Malayan Railway Commuter train heading south from Kuala Lumpur to Seremban. A section of seats had been permanently removed, but the sign remained saying 'Priority Seating' with symbols showing those persons who are aged, pregnant, have walking difficulties, etc.

"All but one or two rail road stations are totally inaccessible to those using wheelchairs, and access if difficult for those with walking difficulties and the elderly, or the infirm."

Photo description: Pretty much at Stu describes, it's a color photo of the inside of a commuter train car where there are no seats at all, just a pole and a window on the car's side showing a sunny day beyond. But a small sign on the wall reads in... Malaysian?: "Keutamann Tempat Duduk -- Priority Seating" with stick images of four people sitting. A person with a baby, a pregnant woman, a person with a cane and a person with a casted leg and a crutch.














And this bewildering sign from Flickr photog andreeainjapan: A big sign, black with white lettering, posted outside of a public toilet apparently for the disabled is in Japanese with this English translation: "The direction of companion mind should cooperate with rescue at lighting of a red lamp, or a buzzer. Please give me connection from a nearby extraordinary telephone."

And a sign for some really exclusive seating in China. A seat in an airport public waiting area in Shanghai boasts a bright yellow sign with red lettering in both Chinese and English. The English part reads: "THE OLD WEAK SICK DISABLE AND PREGNANT ONLY." Flickr photo by DiscoContinental.