I’m glad that I’m not the only one who ever noticed shops, clearly closed with dark interiors, all locked up nice and tight, but with a blazing neon sign that said "Open." Here’s Daniel Wanderman’s new photo blog Clearly Closed, which aims to fill a specific niche documenting shops who commited the "open yet closed" faux pas: Link – Thanks Daniel!
sarah!
this is hilarious.. in my tiny alaskan town i worked at a gift shop for a few years, and my first night closing by myself, i committed this crime.. it was a saturday, we closed at 6pm, i went home, then out to dinner with my family later. we drove past my work and.. BOOM! there in the darkened window blazed our neon OPEN sign. i was so embarassed, the boss was out of town till late sunday evening, and no one else had keys!
she kept me around though.. had a pretty good sense of humor about the whole thing, though i got my share of ribbing.. tiny town and all!
Paul in Boca
Methinks Daniel has too much time on his hands
Sunny
That could get kinda boring as a blog concept, I think.
However, there is a comics store very near my house who ALWAYS leaves their open sign on. 24/7/365. Drives me bonkers.
Matt
I'm a pretty big fan of this idea...it always bothers me to see stores that do this night after night.
_Jon
Many of my clients leave the "Open" sign on as an indicator to the police. They have an agreement that if the sign is off, there is a problem.
stormie24
I've done this before.
_Jon: what if the sign breaks or the light goes out...will the S.W.A.T. team show up? hehe ;o)
lucky
literally my biggest pet peeve ever...makes me rage!!!
JC
I agree with Sunny. It´s boring in my opinion.
Brian Lutz
"In my dreams, she is reaching past my hollow core, and her smile is an open sign on an abandoned store..."
-TMBG, "Mink Car"
matt
Is the internet all finished now?
ted
I think so, matt. I think so. Time for the next fad.
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