writes deanne: “because orlando prides itself on being a friendly city, we tend to do most of our dirty work via passive-aggressive notes and signs. this one is from the front door of a tacky tourist shop on international drive. i can get past the reference to ‘plane rude’ but the ‘macdonalds’ analogy is a stretch.” (i’d add that characterizing this as a safety concern is a bit of a stretch too, but i think the amazing clip art and the hand-drawn smiley are what really push this one over the top.)
adds deanne: “i’ve never brought a burger king bag into mcdonald’s, but that’s not because of fast food etiquette, just lack of time. i did bring a macy’s bag into a sears store, and i’ve never felt the least bit guilty about it!”
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112 responses so far ↓
#1 anglophile
Besides for bad for business, scolding paying customers coming into your store is just plane rude!
Nov 28, 2007 at 7:40 pm rating: +3
#2 Michelle
I thought plane rude was sleeping on the shoulder of the guy next to you.
Nov 28, 2007 at 7:43 pm rating: +11
#3 anglophile
And yes, I would bring a Burger King bag into McDonalds. Burger King has way better burgers, but their fries suck. If it were feasible, I would get a burger in BK and go to McD’s for the fries and coke. Then maybe I’d go to Dairy Queen for dessert.
Nov 28, 2007 at 7:47 pm rating: +3
#4 Tyler
I like the smiley face…it looks like a 4 year old drew it with their left hand.
Nov 28, 2007 at 7:52 pm rating: +2
#5 Canthz_B
How does bringing a bag from another store into their store put my safety in jeopardy? Are they going to attack?
“He’s been to Wal-Mart!…Get him!”
Nov 28, 2007 at 7:55 pm rating: +7
#6 Wade
Since they are in Orlando, maybe “plane rude” is a reference to Disney’s first animated cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse: Plane Crazy.
or not.
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:00 pm rating: +2
#7 Troy McClure
I’m trying to figure out the punctuation convention used here, & this is my best guess: by default, use the sequence “.”, “!”, “!!”, “!!!”, et cetera, but for questions, repeat the last punctuation instead of advancing in the sequence. That’s pretty logical, I guess.
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:03 pm rating: +2
#8 Robin Claire
HAHAHA! Well what are you supposed to do with them if you don’t have someone to wait outside and hold them!?
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:04 pm rating: +2
#9 Andy Warhol
I once ate Mac Donald’s inside of a chinese restaurant. Wonder what that note would be…
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:06 pm rating: +1
#10 jfruh
I notice that it’s not just any other store, it’s “the other store.” Obviously this store has some archrival that Shall Not Be Named, and whose bags Shall Not Be Permitted In.
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:06 pm rating: +8
#11 Wade
Wait a minute!
They aren’t upset about any old bag from any other store.
THE other store?!?
Is this some sort of “Ron Jon’s Surf Shop” battle of the tacky stores? Ooooh, that would take P-A to a whole new level.
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:06 pm rating: +3
#12 Wade
great minds, jfruh.
that, and my slow typing, lol.
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:07 pm rating: +2
#13 Troy McClure
I think they meant “…bags from the other store.” Otherwise it sounds a bit mafia: “Luigi! Did you see, SouvenirWorld’s selling Goofy figurines for just $6.99? This is war! Bring me the other store, in a bag!”
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:08 pm rating: +4
#14 Canthz_B
Aside from,
The “besides for”,
I cannot bring BK bags,
Into a McDonald’s store,,
Unless of course,
I’m in one.
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:09 pm rating: +3
#15 anglophile
The Other Store is the Voldemort of tacky tourist shops. And that’s why it’s not safe to bring Bags That Must Not Be Named into the store.
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:10 pm rating: +3
#16 WanderingPenguin
I’ve been to Orlando - pretty recently, in fact. I had no idea there were just the two stores there. One of them sure has a lot of aliases.
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:11 pm rating: +4
#17 Wade
In re #13
So, maybe the other store is being demolished, and customers are scavenging the debris and carrying bags of it into the store in question. This could explain the safety concerns.
I mean, can you imagine the havoc a sack of bricks could wreck on a shelf of glass dolphin figurines?
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:16 pm rating: +6
#18 WanderingPenguin
I might bring a Burger King bag into the MacDonalds, if I knew exactly what MacDonalds sells. However, it wouldn’t likely be full of Burger King food, since that blows.
Hey! What if that Burger King bag was full of Taco Bell food? What would happen then? Dogs and cats living together….total pandemonium!
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:17 pm rating: +2
#19 anglophile
Nice Ghostbusters reference, WP, but it’s Mass Hysteria, not Total Pandemonium.
Total PANdemonium fits better, though!
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:26 pm rating: +2
#20 Canthz_B
I hate stores that make you check your bags at the door as if you are a thief.
I
bringtake my business elsewhere.Nov 28, 2007 at 8:26 pm rating: +2
#21 Reality
They do not want people to come into store to steal so Rule of no bags. They have not been very smart because instead of “EYE” they think “MR. HAPPY FACE” will do.
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:29 pm rating: +1
#22 Reality
I wonder if they still have locks?
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:34 pm rating: 0
#23 dawn
I am usually a fan of the personal touch, but in this case I think the notewriter should have stuck with Wingdings.
Team You Should Be Thankful That I’m Spending Any Money In This Dump At All
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:34 pm rating: +3
#24 Troy McClure
I found out that you’ve gone elsewhere to buy
I found out that you gave that shop a try
We are alone now, you damned tourist, so you listen to me
I’ll be hurting you so
If you don’t get that bag away from me
The other store, it makes us frown, their bags we forbid
Don’t you understand the rules of the town? The commercial struggle you are amid?
We have it all, in this store, you needn’t shop elsewhere again
(and so one … well I am at work)
(To the tune of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH8psfqIkcw)
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:36 pm rating: +2
#25 Canthz_B
OK Troy! I was trying to figure out how that fit into “You Can’t Take That Away From Me”! Thanks for the link.
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:43 pm rating: 0
#26 Andy
Wait. The sign clearly says, “Please do not bring bags of the other store into our store.”
What store is it? MacDonald’s? Wendee’s? Any other misspelled fast food establishment?
Oh, the other store is “Lew’s Overpriced Tourist Shit”? Oh, them. They’re douchebags, so I agree with the sign now.
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:52 pm rating: +1
#27 Canthz_B
Are the asking customers who have made the mistake of bringing “the other store’s” bags into their store (making it unsafe in the process) to now take Burger King bags to McDonald’s…and thanking them to do so?
Nov 28, 2007 at 9:02 pm rating: 0
#28 gill
I’m pretty sure that Micky D’s employees don’t really give a crap what you bring into their restaurant, as long as they don’t have to clean up after you.
Nov 28, 2007 at 9:04 pm rating: +3
#29 kikdeedee
It is not safe for your back to carry so much stuff, it is really nice how they consider the health and safety of their clientele.
I wonder if the OTHER store lets you bring bags from this store inside. I bet they do, because they aren’t as caring of their clientele as this store is. SO RUDE.
Nov 28, 2007 at 9:05 pm rating: +2
#30 Wade
Besides for safety…
Maybe the other store is Crazy Eddie’s House O’ Glass Shards.
Nov 28, 2007 at 9:10 pm rating: +4
#31 BoggyWoggy
Yo quero McDonalds.
Yo quero BurgerKing.
Yo no quero messed up jealousy.
Nov 28, 2007 at 9:20 pm rating: 0
#32 KarenLW
So I’m shopping down Rodeo Drive (ok, so I’m not really), my driver isn’t there to take my bags from the “other” store…now I can’t wander into Tiffany’s ? That’s just all kinds of wrong.
But bringing a Burger King bag into a high class establishment like the Golden Arches Supper Club…well, for shame ! tsk tsk
Nov 28, 2007 at 9:48 pm rating: +1
#33 KarenLW
To the safety issue: maybe the sign should have read, “We cannot provide the same level of security you received at the other store. For your safety, please do not bring in your bags from the other store.”
Nov 28, 2007 at 10:00 pm rating: 0
#34 Wade
Maybe the note-writer saw this story in the Sunday Mirror about Amy Winehouse.
Aside - I can appreciate any story that uses the word “cringeworthy”, lol.
Nov 28, 2007 at 10:07 pm rating: +3
#35 cre8tivewmn
Obviously the other store is Larry’s House of Swords and ‘Splosives. The employees of this store have been terrorized long enough! I’m impressed that they still have the courage to find appropriate clip art and add an encouraging smiley face.
Nov 28, 2007 at 10:12 pm rating: +1
#36 SHARKFAN
Hey…my neighbor works at the other store. I guess I can’t bring her in to this fine establishment.
Nov 28, 2007 at 10:50 pm rating: +1
#37 Writer, Rejected
Plane rudeness: Screaming babies, mean stewardess, people who talk loudly or incessantly while you are trying to watch the movie, hijackers, people with too many bags– and that may include bags from the other airline.
Nov 28, 2007 at 10:50 pm rating: +3
#38 anna-banana
#31-uh, I think you mean quiero.
Nov 28, 2007 at 11:16 pm rating: +4
#39 super_fan#99
This note makes about as much sense as the BCS rankings.
Nov 28, 2007 at 11:31 pm rating: --1
#40 pennysquisher
So basically, if you shopped at another store before you went to their store, they don’t want you to shop at their store. I wonder if the idiot who wrote this note actually asked the owner of the store before they put it up. If they didn’t I hope they get fired.
Nov 28, 2007 at 11:37 pm rating: +1
#41 goose
#20 - do you mean ’stealer’?
Clearly the other store sells explosives, hence the safety concern.
Nov 29, 2007 at 12:03 am rating: +1
#42 Canthz_B
Does an after-thought smiley really count as a smile?
Nov 29, 2007 at 12:49 am rating: +1
#43 morpho aurora
did anybody else hear a bad elvis impersonator at the last line?
maybe it was just me…
yes, of course i hear voices, all the time
Nov 29, 2007 at 1:54 am rating: +2
#44 Troy McClure
Don’t be cruel, I tell them, but the fools rush in with their bags from the other store.
Nov 29, 2007 at 2:06 am rating: +3
#45 Canthz_B
Bags of other stores,
Should not pass our pristine doors,
That is just plain rude!
Nov 29, 2007 at 2:40 am rating: +1
#46 Canthz_B
Unitard… “Bags from other stores”
Nov 29, 2007 at 2:51 am rating: +1
#47 S.S.
So many things to make fun of in this note.
First sentence: “Please do not bring bags of the other store into our store.”
What “other” store? Care to be more specific? Or do they mean EVERY other store in town? How about just treating your customers right when they step into YOUR store and stop caring about where else they shop? As if hiding the bag from were to make any difference in your sales, anyway. In fact, if I saw this sign at any store I would stop shopping there just to spite them and punish them for their foolishness.
Second sentence: “…plane rude.”
Learn to spell you dummy. Plain =/= plane. I bet you’re one of those people who can’t tell the difference between their/there/they’re and your/you’re, right?
Third Sentence: “Would you bring a Burger King bag into the MacDonalds!”
First of all, It’s McDonald’s, not MacDonalds. Also, is this supposed to be a question? I think you forgot the question sign; or maybe it’s just more proof that you cannot tell the difference between common written symbols such as a “?” and a “!”
Fourth: the little clip art image of a bag.
What, they think most people don’t know what a bag looks like? Fools.
Fifth: The smiley!
Because everyone knows that a rude, idiotic sign is always okay so long as you finish it with a smiley face drawn by a 3 year old. Couldn’t you at least use clip art? Or are you against any sort of Windows image program because your store only uses Macs?
Nov 29, 2007 at 2:57 am rating: +1
#48 Naomi
No one yet? Alright.
This McDonalds’ (bag) is fuckin’ delicious!
Nov 29, 2007 at 3:16 am rating: --2
#49 LJ
this can’t be real.. can’t be!
should read.. we don’t want your money.. go away instead because that’s basically what we are being told by this ’sign’.. which BTW, woah.. someone had their 8 year old write it right?
Nov 29, 2007 at 4:19 am rating: +2
#50 Troy McClure
S.S., don’t forget the highest-density piece of nonsense: “Besides for safety…!”
Naomi, wear it.
Nov 29, 2007 at 6:08 am rating: +4
#51 Paul
I for one love to walk into BK and ask for a Big Mac. Watching the non-englsh speaking cashier look for the picture on the register for 10 minutes is priceless. Watching the english speaking cashier look for the picture is legendary.
Nov 29, 2007 at 6:35 am rating: --2
#52 Team Cassandra
First: You think that characterizing this activity as a safety concern is a *bit* of a stretch? I’d call it the splits. Gymnastics, anyone?
Second!: I’m Back! Yay!
Third: Wade - I’ll bet you’re right but still:
Plane Rude coming in for landing. Please fasten your seatbelts and prepare your bags from The Other Store; fix your smirk and get ready to enjoy the friendly folks and their funny faces in Orlando, Florida!
Nov 29, 2007 at 7:18 am rating: +4
#53 amy d
Possible backstory: this note was written by a college age employee when the boss was out for the day. He had just smoked a fat one and did not feel like working.
Nov 29, 2007 at 7:18 am rating: +1
#54 Team Cassandra
ps. that typo note is fucking delicious!
Nov 29, 2007 at 7:19 am rating: --3
#55 Troy McClure
Welcome back TC! I love your landing announcement. But you must wear the Unitard.
Nov 29, 2007 at 7:26 am rating: 0
#56 Team Cassandra
It’s true - the Unitard is a must
Nov 29, 2007 at 7:39 am rating: --1
#57 Jo
Safety? Are there Bag Terrorists hanging around or something?
Nov 29, 2007 at 7:56 am rating: 0
#58 lou fah
that shopping bag and smiley face have got me all chubbed up.
did some one say delicious?
Nov 29, 2007 at 8:48 am rating: --1
#59 lola
There must be some pretty aggressive customer recruiting going on in that store to necessitate that sign.
Sir, while those sheets would look beautiful in your bedroom, the Store That Shall Not Be Named has a similar set with a higher thread count at half the price. And if you don’t go, I’ll hit you over the head with this billyclub I’ve got concealed in my shopping bag. Have a nice holiday!
Nov 29, 2007 at 8:49 am rating: +1
#60 Jodi Blaze
I thought “plane rude” was restricted to planes
Nov 29, 2007 at 9:50 am rating: +1
#61 Writer, Rejected
The whole thing is just plain unitarded.
Nov 29, 2007 at 9:58 am rating: +2
#62 Wade
I can’t think of a greater threat to safety than a marauding band of surly Euclideans.
Nov 29, 2007 at 10:02 am rating: +7
#63 FickleGal
I think the person that wrote this note is a plane idiot.
Nov 29, 2007 at 10:02 am rating: +2
#64 Katzndogz