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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Motella on notice


I enjoy signs and notices that emerge from the accommodation industry. I particularly enjoy in-room signs that are often hand written with words screaming DONT and NOT. Capitalisation and underlining key words is often used for maximum effect. Blu-tack is usually the favored fixing method.

I keep a sign on my desk that has been typed by an old typewriter and laminated that was faithfully blu-tacked to the kitchen wall of a motel that shall remain nameless...it reads:
"ALL DISHES CREATED BY YOUR CULINARY EXPERTISE ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT THE CLEANERS.

THANK YOU

MANAGMENT"
I have promised myself that if I ever have the urge to errect such a notice on the walls of any of my guest rooms then it will be time for me to gracefully leave the industry.