Here is a list of all the things that are wrong with this sign:
1. (Fundamental!) Since the alarm is disabled, it is unlikely that pulling the cord will have any effect.
2. In the unlikely event that the alarm did work, I find it unlikely that staff will immediately enter the toilet. Assuming they had some way to actually open the door (that I had locked) it would take some time for them to notice the alarm, move from their current location and give aid where it was required. We could be talking up to 30 seconds here, maybe. That is not in any way immediate.
3. The sign is punctuated as two sentences, when in fact it should be just one. The first full stop should be a comma. No excuse for that.
4. It's very red. Too red.
5. It has begun to peel from the wall. This makes the whole toilet appear scruffy and dilapidated.
6. Why would staff enter the toilet? It would be constricted, wet and smelly. I suspect they might enter the toilet room (subject to the constraints mentioned in 2 above), but not the toilet itself.
So overall it was a rubbish sign. It should have said "Here is a cord. Pull it if you like, but nothing is likely to happen if you do. Maybe the light will go off.".
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