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Screwfix
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:08 am
by burnham28
Just been down to my local store. Had a bit of a job convincing my wife that it wasn't a dating agency.
Re: Screwfix
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:03 pm
by les
Don't go to toolstation then.
Re: Screwfix
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:44 pm
by SteveClem
Crikey, talk about having been there. Had exactly that conversation with the boss about 5 years since.
Their's a poncy french expression.. De ja vu?
Re: Screwfix
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:50 pm
by SteveClem
Sorry, should be ' there's'! There's a bloke in Bristol goes around correcting bad spelling and punctuation on shop signs. I sort of approve but then again...
Re: Screwfix
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:56 pm
by firedrake1942
Probably a local rep for the 'Apostrophe Protection Society'
http://www.apostrophe.org.uk . Some of the examples on the site are hilarious and thoroughly depressing at the same time!
Re: Screwfix
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 2:00 am
by olderisbetter
A shop near me once had a sign saying "NO NON CUSTOMER'S PARKING ONLY ALLOWED" i only went in there on foot to save the confusion.