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June 9, 2004 12:01 AM
Broken: Albertson's supermarket cart sign
Alexander Passmoore writes:
Here is a picture of a sign so misplaced, it's funny. In the parking lot of an Albertson's supermarket in San Francisco, I looked around for the place to return my shopping cart. Low and behold, I found the sign, but there was a problem. It was squarely on top of the roof. Do they expect me to shoot grappling hooks up there and raise the cart with pulleys? Apparently, there was actually a parking lot up there.
The correct spelling is "lo" here (not "low").
Also, funnyman makes no sense. Signs are supposed to help people, and if no one needed to look for them, what would be their purpose?
its funny and broken because its on the roof. although he said theres a parkinglot on the roof, it cant easily be seen from where the picture was taken... its funny!
I've been to an Albertson's in California that did have a parking lot roof. So I'm inclined to believe that there really was a lot on the roof, the "brokenness" here is making the sign double-sided. But it seems a bit much to ask that they have special one-sided signs just because they're visible from ground level. Would you expect a cart corral at the edge of a parking lot to have a blank side?
I agree with Gillian. My first thought was the same as grey stone but thinking it over i think Mark Gritter nailed it. And a comment about AOS- leave the grammer corections to the school teachers. The point of language is to comunicate. He did that fine if you understood what he meant. All in All this one is definitely broken and very hilarious. P.S. Love the site
Yes, but misspellings often result in misunderstanding. Are we supposed to accept poor spelling and grammar nowadays? Is it now proper to sound like an idiot whenever you speak or type?
Yep, for your safety and convienience, please climb onto our roof while dragging a shopping cart. Then you may watch as the cart returner attempts to get it down. (Popcorn is located in the snack area)
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That's great. Of course, if you had to look for the sign then maybe you should not have been shopping there.
Posted by: Funnyman at June 9, 2004 07:54 AM