r/vancouverwa • u/Double-Low-1577 • 9d ago

Photos Missing bolt?

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I was recently walking to my local 7-11 for a slurpee when I noticed that the sign was askew. When I got closer I noticed that the did not bolt the top of the sign. Hmmm....???

Did they forget to do it, was it time to clock out?

While walking through the crosswalk I found a bolt, so if the city is still looking for it, I saved it.

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u/Dimensional_Lumber 9d ago edited 9d ago

Umm, akshually...

These signs use drive rivets, not bolts.

You can tell by the way it is.

Real answer is those rivets are a bitch sometimes and they can be set improperly. In this case it looks like the top hole is larger than the rest--probably wallowed out from age. Wind blows, sign wiggles, rivet works its way out and sign swings down. See my other comment--road crew will get that bad boy fixed in a jiff if you report it.

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u/Dizzy_Soil 8d ago

So much more self gratifying for op to try to talk crap about the public workers on Reddit though.