Here are some signs that you won't find anywhere else in the world
except Africa....well, maybe you would find them in America
In a restaurant in Zambia :
"Open seven days a week and weekends"
"Open seven days a week and weekends"
On the grounds of a private school in South Africa :
"No trespassing without permission"
"No trespassing without permission"
On a window of a Nigerian shop:
"Why you go elsewhere to be cheated when you can come here"
"Why you go elsewhere to be cheated when you can come here"
On a poster in Ghana :
"Are you an adult who cannot read? If so, we can help"
"Are you an adult who cannot read? If so, we can help"
In a hotel in Mozambique :
"Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 09:00 a.m. and 11:00 amdaily"
"Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 09:00 a.m. and 11:00 amdaily"
On a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo:
"Take Note: When this sign is submerged, the river is impassable"
"Take Note: When this sign is submerged, the river is impassable"
In a Zimbabwean retaurant:
"Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager"
"Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager"
A sign seen on a hand dryer in a Lesotho public toilet:
"Risk of electric shock - Do not activate with wet hands"
"Risk of electric shock - Do not activate with wet hands"
In a Botswana jewellery
shop:
"Ears pierced while you wait"
"Ears pierced while you wait"
On one of the buildings of a Sierra Leone hospital:
"Mental Health Prevention Centre"
"Mental Health Prevention Centre"
In a maternity ward of a clinic in Tanzania :
"No children allowed"
"No children allowed"
In a cemetery in Uganda :
"Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their graves"
"Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their graves"
In a Malawi Hotel:
"It is forbidden to steal towels please. If you are not a person to do such a thing, please do not read this notice"
"It is forbidden to steal towels please. If you are not a person to do such a thing, please do not read this notice"
A sign posted in an Algerian tourist camping park:
"It is strictly forbidden on our camping site that people of different sex, for instance a man and a woman, live together in one tent unless they are married to each other for that purpose"
"It is strictly forbidden on our camping site that people of different sex, for instance a man and a woman, live together in one tent unless they are married to each other for that purpose"
In a Namibian night club:
"Ladies are not allowed to have children in the bar"
"Ladies are not allowed to have children in the bar"
In a photo studio in Chitungwiza (ZImbabwe )
"Photos taken while you wait"
"Photos taken while you wait"
Not included in the source but a statement in the public telephone
cabinet in Congo :
"One call will save life" - Where to call? God knows
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