Signs of Confusion, Part 4

So, here it is...my last post in this series on odd signs (or controls) that I fail to understand in my new life in Sweden. I mentioned the strange controls on my oven earlier. Well, I am also confused by the microwave controls.

I can appreciate, by the way, that they skip having to use written words and in that way people who don't understand the language can still use the device but for me, it would be better to use words. Words, I could look up. But what am I supposed to do with picto-grams or whatever these are?

There are lots of things you can't do on a ladder...

 

...especially if the ladder is in Sweden, apparently....

 It's a good thing we managed to raise that tent for the Studenten party last week even though we used this ladder. I, myself, climbed this ladder many times and I probably was in violation of most of these "no-no's." Wait, though, I never had one foot on a chimney so that's good...

Signs of Confusion, Part 1

Well, I've lived in Sweden now for just over six months and I have to admit...I'm still mystified by the signs. I'll tackle the street signs in another post and for now I'll just cover the confusing pictorial directions on kitchen equipment, elevators, and, of all things, first aid kits.

Here's my all-time favorite sign. It's on the elevator of the building I recently moved to.

Is this not fantastic? I ask you. For the non-Swedish readers, the sign says that there is a "warning about the risk of getting pinned (or squeezed or jammed...depending on how you translate it)." Then it says that it is dangerous to transport things in elevators that do not have an inner door. There are lots of old elevators like that in Sweden. (In other words, there is an outer door but once you're in the lift, you could touch the outer doors on each floor as you move past them--from inside the elevator.)

What part do I not understand? Well, I guess it's just how poor "Kläm" manages to get pinned by the head to the ceiling of the elevator.

I mentioned loving this sign to my friend and she informed me that there is a Facebook group for lovers of "Kläm who gets stuck in the elevator." There are pictures of more versions of this sign on the Facebook page.

Awesome, Ted!

Tune in for my next post on signs I don't understand in Sweden.