# Warning- Do not walk on ceiling **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 1, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087 "2014-10-01T15:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/1 "2014-10-01T15:09:03Z")
I was at TD Garden/North Station last night for a Bruins game. As I was waiting for the train back to Maine after the game, I was walking around the station and saw a sign on the ceiling facing down" Danger- Do not walk on ceiling" This must have been at least 30 feet up! Unless Spiderman gets bored waiting for his train, why does there need to be a warning of this? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/2 "2014-10-01T15:30:48Z")
Made you look! ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/3 "2014-10-01T15:35:18Z")
They were probably working in the space above the ceiling and accidentally (or intentionally as a joke) put the panel back in upside down. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/4 "2014-10-01T15:39:27Z")
Well, it’s good advice. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/5 "2014-10-01T16:18:47Z")
if you had to keep cleaning foot prints off the ceiling then you would put the sign up there too. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/6 "2014-10-01T16:23:44Z")
Paging Lionel Ritchie. No, wait… it never said No Dancing. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Frapp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@Frapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frapp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/7 "2014-10-01T19:27:14Z")
Could it have been an advertisement for something? North and South Stations often get large ads to fill in the vast overhead space. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/8 "2014-10-01T19:35:15Z")
Ceiling Cat watchez U all. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/9 "2014-10-01T20:02:28Z")
Photographic evidence. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/75/158293586_7f883c538a_b.jpg "Danger: Do Not Walk On Ceiling") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/trombamarina/158293586/) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/10 "2014-10-01T20:09:56Z")
I’ll just add this to my list of “Things I didn’t know I needed a sign for,” like “Watch for Pedestrians in Crosswalk.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/11 "2014-10-01T20:31:51Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Photographic evidence. > > [Danger: Do Not Walk On Ceiling | Yes, this sign is on the ce… | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/trombamarina/158293586/) OK, that looks like it’s a sign mounted on an access hatch - therefore, the sign could be saying “when you open this and go through here, don’t walk on the top surface of the ceiling” ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/12 "2014-10-02T01:38:58Z")
This makes sense but if they can’t walk on the ceiling, what _are_ they going to do once they get up there? ---
**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/13 "2014-10-02T01:48:30Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > This makes sense but if they can’t walk on the ceiling, what _are_ they going to do once they get up there? They’re going to walk on the joists from which the ceiling is suspended. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/14 "2014-10-02T02:01:21Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > This makes sense but if they can’t walk on the ceiling, what _are_ they going to do once they get up there? Walk on the trusses. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-do-not-walk-on-ceiling/700087/15 "2014-10-02T04:17:03Z")
They are insured by Geico.