Do this, don't do that, can't you read the glass?


Posted On: Friday - January 6th 2023 2:41PM MST
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This is on the glass near the entrance of that bowling alley we went to recently:



Long ago, the signs stated "No shirt, no shoes, no service". I pushed back on the 2nd of the 2 requests quite often one or two summers decades ago, and they usually let this slide. Let's see how much freedom we have lost based on this 6-item sign from today's America.

1) Same thing, with stricter wording. (After all, in the past, one could walk in barefoot and shirtless without making a purchase I guess... per the signs, anyway, but they'd probably kick you out eventually.)

2) That's what happens when you have the wrong demographics or the wrong government. I don't recall the "no weapons" signs in the past.

3) Going back only 20 years, you could smoke inside most places of business, especially bowling alleys. Vaping had not been invented.*

4) Should that need to be said, even today? Alas, yes. You'd think the young black guys would want to Dress for Egress, especially when entering a potential robbery site. I think the signs should encourage this style of dress, so those inclined could be more easily chased down.

5) To the question of whether this would have been seen years ago, yes and no. The time of minimum drinking age or age for purchase of alcohol goes back before my time. However, common sense was still allowed to be used, meaning someone who looked old enough could buy it with no ID required. If your looks were questionable in this regard, you'd get asked. This is one of those battles I picked at a grocery store and lost long ago. Now, it's ZERO TOLERANCE. Great Grandpa must show ID, cause you never know! Or, something...

6) Yeah, this makes sense, as they had food to sell - if you could get past the software, but I don't remember it being spelled out in the past.

Arguably, only 2 of these demands or warnings would have been on the glass a few decades back. It's a private business, but the signs show us a bit about how we've fallen as a country.

Per advice from commenter Alarmist, we have here the 51 y/o classic from the 5 Man Electrical Band:



We've mentioned this song in 3 posts before but never embedded it. Those would be Sign, Sign, where'd they put the sign? ♪♫♬ - - The 5-Comrade Electrical Band vs. the Bee Gees - - and Local Multi-Culti. Some people may know the band Tesla's remake of this song better.


* Right at 20 years back, it turns out, the "e-Cigarette" was invented by a Chinese guy named Hon Lik. So it wasn't just gunpowder, paper, and those fans...

Comments:
Moderator
Sunday - January 8th 2023 1:03AM MST
PS: M, I wonder if they'd have the guts to kick someone out on the underwear thing, even with the writing on the glass. I see your point though.

ORT: "The FAIL pages have some hilarious misspellings and other sign disasters and not just on Friday."

I wish I'd taken a picture of the bad spelling on the WaWa gas station electronic screen at the pump a few years back. It's not like it was that funny, but if you're going to write something that gets seen millions or maybe billions of times, just get the one guy at corporate who can spell to take a quick look!

Got any links?
Ozymandias Rohrschach Test
Saturday - January 7th 2023 8:09PM MST
PS I love the one with the danger sign has sharp edges next to another sign or any of the animals landing on/ignoring the no animals sign.
The FAIL pages have some hilarious misspellings and other sign disasters and not just on Friday.
After an encore of The Politics of Obedience audiobook which conveniently changed course when it veered off into Marxism, my morale was boosted for about five minutes.
Only Pepe or a really good Francis Dec rant can help then.
Honk, honk!
M
Saturday - January 7th 2023 10:52AM MST
PS
Depending on the laws in the area, if you don't post a notice it is possible that kicking you out for a reason might not be legal - or at least the court might entertain the case to the point of business bankruptcy.
Moderator
Friday - January 6th 2023 10:02PM MST
PS: I try not to embed songs more than once, Alarmist (though I haven't ALWAYS stuck to this)

Hey, I THOUGHT I had, but upon searching, I've only got 3 posts that mention the song but don't include it:

"Sign, Sign, where'd they put the sign? ♪♫♬"
https://www.peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=1164

and

"The 5-Comrade Electrical Band vs. the Bee Gees"
https://www.peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=1168

(in which I rag on it as a Commie song, haha)
and

"Local Multi-Culti:
https://www.peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=2364

OK, fine, you got it.
The Alarmist
Friday - January 6th 2023 7:50PM MST
PS

🎶Sign, sign
Everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that
Can't you read the sign?🎶

Signs, The Five Man Electrical Band, 1971

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9lh7lqZojc

Go on, embed it ;)
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