I had the vast misfortune to wander into a WallSmart™ the other day. It was not my idea, in my own defense. As we were leaving, we noticed a sign: “No pets allowed in the store” on the INSIDE of the door. We wondered aloud about the logic of this. The old man who was probably employed as the “Im going to greet you whether you like it or not” guy… told us that it was because people walk into the store with pets. He can then point to the sign – which says no pets in the store, in order to indicate that they should not have pets inside the store. Our attempts to explain our original problem with this concept was rejected, as having the sign on the outside of the door would not give him anything to point to when this policy was violated. Sigh….
Oh, Happy 2005.