I Set aside an evening to do this task. I had a general Idea of what I wanted to do, but I didn’t know where. I needed to plant these signs someplace that would have ALOT of exposure and maximum comedy value.

The Hotel sign: On a recent trip I got a little raped by the hotel that the airline put me up in when the plane I was supposed to be on broke. I ask you, how can you charge $20 per room per night for wireless internet? At any rate, it was because of this that I made the following sign.

If fire alarm sounds, please leave your valuables at the front desk and use the stairs to the top floor

-Thanks
MGMNT

The Bathroom signs Pt 1:Although it is kind of what Burn Unit did, this idea was thrown around by Lobo when I was doing Information Insertion with him. We would put "Please use other door" on all the stalls in a bathroom and then on the inside of the
door out we would put "Not an exit" I found it funny so I went with it.

The Bathroom Signs pt 2:This came to me when I was doing "Compulsive Labeling" I labeled "Don't try too hard" on the toilet at work... It was bound to go farther than that.

The Travels:

I set out from the house to do the hotel signs first. I didn't really know where any hotels were except by the airport. I headed in that direction, but it just didn’t feel right. then I remembered the Hilton smack in the middle of the Tender Loin...Paris and I have had a history and that place is extravagant beyond belief surrounded by homeless crack heads...perfect. It seemed that it would be more dangerous than going to some random airport hotel. this almost made me change my mind.......fuck it, what’s a task without a little danger.

I parked, got off the bike and prepped everything before going in the door. I walked past a police officer and two guards outside the front entrance and then two more right inside. I figured that I would look more suspicious If It was apparent that I had no idea where I was going, but I had no idea where I was going. I just started following people. they led me straight to an elevator and I went up.

I hit 4 floors of the hotel 14,17, 20, 29. I got the fire exit door on 14. 20 and 17 I posted the signs right by evacuation plan by the main elevators and 29 I put the sign through the door to the ice machine by the service elevators. With one sign left I got daring. I decided to hit the lobby elevator so I went down to "L" upon exiting the elevator I saw a guard standing.....guarding...he had not been there when I went up. was the there for me? there was a side exit down a short flight of stairs to my right. I opted out of the final post and bolted for the door as calmly as I was able. I got back to my bike, situated my goods and double checked my supplies and rode deeper into the city.

I knew that I was going to do the "other door" door signs at a movie theatre so I decided to do those last. I still hadn’t figured out where to post the "Don't try too" hard signs yet....maybe a bar? but what bar? I thought of "House of Shields" a incredibly yuppie dive for lawyers etc down town. eh it will do. I got there and went straight to the bathroom. I went into the stall to prep. just as I was about to come out and post someone burst through the door. I shut the stall really quick and sat down on the toilet, waited for him to leave, slapped the sign in front of the urinal and left.

I got on my bike and started to drive off when I passed the Art Academy. should I? It looked intimidating. I had just ran around a 5 star hotel teeming with guards, how hard could an art school that defrauds its students be? Right inside the front door was a security guard sitting at a desk whose job it was apparently to not check students for Id's when they walked in the door. I had one hotel sign left, and this place had a front desk. SLAP! 5th floor. I went to 3 bathrooms and posted the "don't try too hard" signs on the inside of the stalls and urinals. I think I found the perfect venue for comedy value on this one. I also hit one of the bathroom doors with a "Not and exit" because there was already like 3 signs there and I didn’t think that one more would hurt. The last bathroom I went into was on the third floor Mac lab. the student watching the lab must have thought I looked sketchy, (which I did mind you) cause he burst through the door just as I was taking the picture. He just started laughing and walked out. SUCESS!

on to the Metreon. I went into a stall in the first floor bathroom at the Metreon and pulled out all my signs. this one was going to be tricky, because there was allot of foot traffic and I had 5 signs to post without getting caught. I had passed 3 more guards on my way in, but after all I had done I was feeling confident. I got the first of my signs and started to walk out just as an old man stumbled in. I stopped and went back into the stall. I took this opportunity to pee. by the time he had left another gentleman came in and went into the stall next to me and proceeded to have the most disgusting, audible, smelly bowl movement I have ever had the displeasure to be privy to in my life. I posted the "Use other door" sign on his stall first. I got the rest of the stalls grabbed the "Not and exit sign", my stuff and started for the door. I got the sign on the door just as an angry looking man came through. I snapped a quick picture and took off. I know that I missed a perfect opportunity to Document Confusion, but that bathroom had been stressfully, gross and I just wanted to be out of there.

I had one "Don't try too hard" left. I stuck it on the grapheti wall on 6th and Howard (is that right?) and went home.