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Daft/pointless announcements.
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Bedsit_Bob wrote: »What's wrong with:-
"Please don't forget your change, which is dispensed below the scanner."
Notes and coins come from different places, the coin tray is easily visible and to the side while the note slot isn't so easy to see. I imagine it's in response to people not being able to see their notes.
And, on some tills, it does actually say 'notes are dispensed beneath the scanner' .Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear0 -
Not an announcement but when you tell someone that you are off on Holiday and they automatically ask " Ohh , anywhere nice ? ".0
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Not an announcement, but a sign outside Boots' opticians:
"Eye tests available today! Subject to availability."
Guess which part was in small print...?0 -
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Many years ago in the Navy, the morning wakey wakey call was followed by
"Due to lack of interest, today is cancelled!"0 -
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Not exactly an announcement, but a phrase used on these boards :
"I didn't want to read and run"
Who cares?? Either post or don't post!If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0 -
MothballsWallet wrote: »Aren't peanuts legumes rather than nuts?
Actually, they're peas.0 -
Bedsit_Bob wrote: »Actually, they're peas.
They really aren't. And in fact lincroft is right, they are legumes, Arachis hypogaea (peas are Pisum sativum, which are also legumes).0 -
Bedsit_Bob wrote: »Actually, they're peas.
Peas are legumes. As are lentils, chickpeas, beans, lupins etc , oh and peanuts.
Nut allergy and Peanut allergy are different so a warning of "may contain nuts", on peanut products is valid and important.0
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