This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Employees Please
Feb
22
2011
Last week, I was in an area store. I was with some of the family, and they wanted me to buy some things. In general, I like to please people. And if those people are my offspring, then I definitely want them to be happy.
But while we were walking through the store, discussing what I could buy to please them, I noticed that pleasing my family was forbidden.
If that’s not what the store meant, then that’s a bad sign. Perhaps they could use some punctuation. Or perhaps they could use complete sentences, but that also would require punctuation.
There are a number of ways they could have written that sign better:
- Please, employees only
- Employees only, please
- For employees only
- If you are not employed here, do not use this ladder
Now all the people took note of it, and it pleased them, just as everything the king did pleased all the people.
2 Samuel 3:36
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:17 am and has been carefully placed in the Ponder category.
February 22nd, 2011 at 7:39 am
I vote for For Employees Only. They don’t need to be polite about it, it’s their store and their ladder. If anyone else tried to climb it, they’d probably fall and sue the store.
February 22nd, 2011 at 2:54 pm
I’d prefer “No Worky, No Climby.”
Also, I firmly believe the internet and phones with cameras have made the world a considerably better and funnier place. In the old days, it took much more work to distribute images of funny signs and mistakes, but now it’s ridiculously easy.
February 22nd, 2011 at 4:23 pm
I’m thinking that, that sign on that ladder is cause to wonder how one would follow the directions on that sign in conjunction with that ladder, which is probably a train of thought best left off of an otherwise wonderful family blog.
February 22nd, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Yes, Burrill, the internet and phones with cameras have made the world a funnier place. However, it’s lost on the people who make those mistakes as they seem not to be learning from the internet.
Or maybe they just want to be famous and have their work featured on a blog.