Yes, concerns tweeted by a commuter in the UK that remembrance poppies could be mistaken for a red light by drivers has prompted South West Trains to change their mind and take them down.
Ahead of Remembrance Day next month, the company decided to place large plastic poppies on pillars along Surbiton railway station's platform.
And commuters seemed to like it, taking to social media to tweet their delight.
But one person decided to point out the potential hazard, tweeting:
Brave move what SWT have done putting big red poppies on platform pillars @ Surbiton although hope there's no signal sighting issues!
— Dundridge (@MrDundridge) October 26, 2015
Workers for the train company were then seen taking down the poppies — just days after they were put up.
The #Surbiton story, first reported by the Surrey Comet said that one commuter tweeted his sadness to see them go, accusing South West Trains of being disrespectful.
Some nice touches at Portsmouth Harbour. @SW_Trains pic.twitter.com/d3j1ee893A
— Ady (@Worthy_Driver) October 24, 2015
Alas, the train company admitted that the reason they were taken down was because of the aforementioned warning posted on Twitter.
@Safflondon These have been removed to avoid any confusion with red signals believe it or not! We'll be keeping them away from platforms.
— South West Trains (@SW_Trains) October 26, 2015
Beady-eyed commuters also witnessed the removal of poppies at Clapham Junction, again, probably to avoid confusion with red lights.
Odd no one thought of this before! And what would London do without social media?
