38 Photos That Show What Happens When You Take Things Too Literally

It’s hard to completely eliminate small crimes like petty theft. However, we can keep our stuff safe by taking certain precautions. In this library, there had been an increase in the number of thefts, so the management put up a sign to warn people to keep watch over their belongings and not leave them unattended.

The guy who took this photo took the phrasing a bit too literally. They said he should keep his valuables under watch, so he did exactly that, but he stuffed his phone between his watch and wrist. English might not be the first language of the people who wrote the sign, so maybe we shouldn’t be too hard on them. “Warning alert?”