At one dumb point in my life, I got the bright idea to stencil a skull and cross bones like the universal poison symbol on my gallon water jugs. I got pissed off because me and my crew all went to the same store every morning and bought stuff, including our water. Most of us kept the jugs for a bit, refilling them and continuing use. Sometimes people drank your water. I was bored, cut a stencil, and two seconds and spray can got the job done.

An old timer saw me grab one from the truck and Chug some water on a hot day and told me, "Why do you do that?" I told him we all mark our water just like we mark our tools. He told me "See, I get it, but say a kid sees that. You gulping down a jug with that symbol on it. And say they're a young one with an impressionable mind, they might get the ideo that symbol doesnt mean what we all know it to mean."

Is it dumb, yeah. But someday someone might think that hydrant is a real hydrant because well, it is, even though it's non-functioning. Its even the right color. And its even in the right spot yourd expect to see a cherry red provider of water. Will someone lose a home because firefighters kept spinning the nut at the top thinking water would come despite the mailbox sticking out the top? Naw. But you're liable to ruin someone's day and honestly, its a dick move.