Drop box folder has no icon

I am under the impression (since I have never truly seen it) that when a folder becomes a drop box, there is a tiny arrow that appears on the folder icon such as this:
Mine is simply a plain folder. Does the icon appear when another user fills the drop box? Is there some way to access the OS icon library, and perhaps reset it? Sure it's a tiny problem, but I would like to fix it.

You will see the arrow on your Drop Box icon if you look at it from another user's account. It's probably to warn you that you can't get anything back if you drop it there. You can with your own Drop Box folder.

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