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  • #1

    Best PA announcement EVER

    So boyfriend and I were busy hunting at an op-shop yesterday known as Savers. Savers is basically, as my boyfriend put it "The Wal-Mart of Op-Shops". It's HUGE, I am not kidding. There's just racks and racks FULL of secondhand clothing. Needless to say it was a good way to hunt for stuff for a party.

    While we were browsing, a generic recording came on over the PA system, which started out by announcing that they had trolleys available at the front, but then asked the following:

    -Do not set fire to your trolleys
    -Do not drive them under the influence
    -Do not toboggan them down a steep hill.

    Boyfriend
    Me:

    To top it off, this was all done in a cheery upbeat voice. It was quite amusing to hear a store poking fun at itself
    Last edited by fireheart; 03-07-2011, 02:56 AM.
    The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom

    Now queen of USSR-Land...
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    I don't know if I should be amused or afraid.
    Unseen but seeing
    oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
    There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
    3rd shift needs love, too
    RIP, mo bhrionglóid

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    • #3
      First... What's an op-shop? Second... That is hilarious
      Look, a signature!

      If every cashier in the world went on strike, retail would come to a screeching halt, even if for a couple hours.

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      • #4
        Quoth ThirdGenRetail View Post
        First... What's an op-shop? Second... That is hilarious
        Op-Shop is basically a secondhand goods store. Charity shop, Goodwill donation centre type thing etc.
        The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom

        Now queen of USSR-Land...

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        • #5
          Aaah, okay, thanks ~ It's just a term for it I've never run into before. I'm more used to 'thrift store'.
          Look, a signature!

          If every cashier in the world went on strike, retail would come to a screeching halt, even if for a couple hours.

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          • #6
            Quoth fireheart17 View Post
            It was quite amusing to hear a store poking fun at itself
            This may be me being cynical, but I hope they were just poking fun at themselves and that they didn't really have any odd trolly incidents

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            • #7
              Random tidbit of knowledge - Saver's is also known as Value Village in North America. Besides the Salvation Army, it is the largest second-hand store chain in North America.

              I never worked there, what do you mean?

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              • #8
                Quoth fireheart17 View Post
                -Do not set fire to your trolleys
                -Do not drive them under the influence
                -Do not toboggan them down a steep hill.

                Boyfriend
                Me:

                To top it off, this was all done in a cheery upbeat voice. It was quite amusing to hear a store poking fun at itself
                I am not so sure they were poking fun at themselves

                you do know, that like all other PA warnings AND printed on the lablel warnings, SOMEONE has actaully tried to do these things at one time or another, then tried to sue the business for some stupid reason and WON.
                I'm lost without a paddle and headed up SH*T creek.
                -- Life Sucks Then You Die.

                "I'll believe corp. are people when Texas executes one."

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                • #9
                  Quoth Racket_Man View Post
                  I am not so sure they were poking fun at themselves

                  you do know, that like all other PA warnings AND printed on the lablel warnings, SOMEONE has actaully tried to do these things at one time or another, then tried to sue the business for some stupid reason and WON.
                  That's about what I was thinking. Though in this case I read something more along the lines of "Darn it, we're tired of paying for new carts, people, so quit turning them into twisted junk at the bottom of the hill when the car hits you"

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                  • #10
                    Quoth the_std View Post
                    Random tidbit of knowledge - Saver's is also known as Value Village in North America. Besides the Salvation Army, it is the largest second-hand store chain in North America.

                    I never worked there, what do you mean?
                    Huh, never heard of it. Goodwill, though, and Deseret Industries (Utah/Idaho area). Thrift stores are awesome. And we have a Goodwill Outlet near here where I can get old clothes by the pound for scrap fabric for sewing projects. It's pretty nice.
                    "Enough expository banter. It's time we fight like men. And ladies. And ladies who dress like men. For Gilgamesh...IT'S MORPHING TIME!"
                    - Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy V

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                    • #11
                      from what i've seen with those poor, abused trolleys, i'm thinking most us stores should adopt that announcement.
                      look! it's ghengis khan!
                      Sorry, but while I can do many things, extracting heads from anuses isn't one of them. (so sayeth the irv)

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                      • #12
                        No more tobogganing?
                        I'm bringing disdain back...with a vengeance.

                        Oh, and your tool box called...you got out again.

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                        • #13
                          Hmm, just thought of one, related to this... When I started working at Red Vest, we had some rather... Abused carts One of them looked like somebody pointed a heat gun at it and warped the side! Now... There's at least two floating around with the ENTIRE front end of the cart dipped down(Yet they keep getting circulated out... I wouldn't trust them, quite frankly), not to mention how many have broken child seats from people placing blocks, bricks, bags of concrete, etc. in the seats that are meant for childrens' butts. Not that parents actually put their kids there...
                          Look, a signature!

                          If every cashier in the world went on strike, retail would come to a screeching halt, even if for a couple hours.

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Racket_Man View Post
                            I am not so sure they were poking fun at themselves you do know, that like all other PA warnings AND printed on the lablel warnings, SOMEONE has actaully tried to do these things at one time or another, then tried to sue the business for some stupid reason and WON.
                            Is that why our diapers have a warning to keep the baby away from source of open flame? Also, I am in the US and we have a Savers in my town, known by that name. First time I've ever heard of it.
                            "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

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                            • #15
                              The money from the Savers over here goes to Diabetes SA, while most of the others go back to a church with the exception of Goodwill.
                              The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom

                              Now queen of USSR-Land...

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