Oh, those crazy kids at the TTC

So you want an example? Try this on for size. Enter Bathurst Station. Try to go East, like you were trying to get to my place. Look around. See this sign. This sign appears to be telling you to go left. If you go left, it says, you'll find handicapped access, an elevator and the subway.

Now, since it says "Eastbound trains only", you might think that the only way to get to Eastbound trains would be that way. Of course, that's not exactly what the sign says, but since it almost entirely blocks the sign that indicates that to access platform 1 and Eastbound trains (not that anyone knows what platform 1 is), you should go up and to your right (in fact, it is a staircase leading down), you would be forgiven for perhaps assuming that the TTC doesn't know how to write and think that they meant to say "This is the only way to access Eastbound trains."

Of course, maybe they thought it would be a good idea to send every able-bodied person trying to head East from Bathurst station to try to cram into a teeny elevator that only goes down one level at a time. Maybe that was exactly what they intended.

That's one example.

Or how about this? TTC riders coming down the stairs at Bathurst, looking for the Westbound trains, will see a very clear sign that reads Eastbound trains, which entirely blocks the backlit sign behind it that tells you how to go West young man.

Sigh.

I love the TTC.