You see, it’s perfectly acceptable for me to go careering into a whole stack of shopping trollies with a giant green member protruding from my knee-caps, but I must remember not to stand or attempt escalators.
It’s a good job they have signs for these things you know, else goodness knows what might happen.
You will also notice on closer inspection, that the trolley sign also shows me how best to stack my booze. Well, as they say: Every Little Helps…
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What a lovely, witty blog. As much as I’d love to say I laughed hysterically at your observations and the ignorance of that sign, I must say that I laughed most at one thing:
“shopping trollies”
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Oh, the language barrier is quite a wonder.
Nowt wrong with a shopping trolley
… *tries to think what Americans call trollies*… tis “shopping cart” to you, isn’t it?
Cart, yes.
I once stumbled on a South African e-commerce site and was intrigued to see “shopping trolley” everywhere — “add to trolley,” “view trolley,” etc.
Personally, I think trolley is so much more fun. I honestly think I was from the UK in a former life — I adore all the UK versions of things (like “trolley,” or saying things like “I’ve not got it yet” instead of “I don’t have it yet”). So much more interesting.
I love the sign — it’s so bizarre. And — a quick question — is that what your milk jugs look like over there? Is that milk? Right under the sign? *forgets trying to be sly about not having visited any country other than Canada*
Yes, that is indeed milk (I didn’t realise milk bottles looked different in the States — mind you, its been about 16 years since I was last there so my memory is hazy).
Just for you, this is what our glass milk bottles looked like when we used to have a Milkman:
In quite a lot of built-up areas, people no longer have a milkman as they’re more expensive than buying milk from a supermarket
It’s a shame that the tradition is slowly dying out… ‘Round here (very small towns and even smaller villages) we still get the milk float come around, but it’s mainly for the little old ladies who’ve gotten stuck in their ways. 
We buy our milk at a supermarket now because it’s cheaper and lasts longer (before turning sour):
There’s a plastic 4 pint bottle and one of the little stubby 1 pint bottles that you spotted in my trolley.
I’d never noticed the “not got it”/“don’t have it” thing before (or in my case, because I’m common: “ain’t got it”) but now that you mention it, it seems really obvious! I don’t know why I never thought of it before…