After all the mislabeled, unfortunately worded, bad math-y and otherwise plain wrong signs we’ve seen, we’re convinced that all retail establishments should hire an official Sign Executive dedicated to making sure these slip-ups don’t happen.
If such a position existed, surely someone would’ve realized that the Halloween sign promising fun when night comes should not be positioned near that many bananas (via HappyPlace.com).
But actually, it’s so much funnier when they do mess up, so pretend we never suggested the job in the first place. We need to get our kicks somehow, right?
More From Consumerist
-
What’s In A Name? Express Checkout Lanes Are Actually (Gasp!) A Waste Of Time
-
Trying To Get Out Of A Busy Grocery Store Quickly Is Just Tempting Fate
-
Walmart Redesigns 5.3 Ounces Right Out Of Great Value Mashed Potato Box
-
Did The Recession Create A Dollar Store Bubble?
-
Presenting A Handy Map To Every Grocery Store
Exactly, that sign should have been placed near the toilet paper and shaving cream.
Or the eggs.
Um…condoms anyone?
//these “slip-ups” don’t happen. //
That joke (in reference to banana peels) is funnier than the original sign.
…I’m guessing this is a joke about an innuendo..and is supposed to be funny..okay. This is a Target and the sign is in the grocery section, which is connected to the candy aisles. I Since it looks like it’s promoting Halloween, I think it was put there a subtle hint to go toward the Halloween stuff while you’re picking up groceries.
But yeah, ha ha bananas as innuendo. Okay.
In my closest Targets, the produce is at the complete opposite end of the grocery area from the candy aisle. I’m thinking they’re saying give bananas for Halloween treats and ignore the threat of eggings and t.p.ing of one’s home.
I’m giving out bananas to trick or treaters. Bananas are natrue’s candy
Notrue. Candy is natrue’s candy.
Enjoy having your house egged/TP’d later!
Oh, so you’re the one handing out eggs to trick-or-treaters?
As an atheist I am scared of both bananas and peanut butter (that stuff gives me nightmares).
It’s was also Kirk Cameron’s proof of Intelligent Design – until someone actually saw a primate eating a banana upside-down
Or realized that a coconut would be proof in the other direction…
Stay on Target. Stay on Target!
dude…you just gave the joke a funectomy.
Actually the REAL fun is when you get to the register and find out it’s 24 cents (or whatever) for ONE banana. They catch a lot of people who think it’s (priced) a pound.
If it’s a Target, it’s 1 banana for $.24 or 3 bananas for $2.00.
How much for the 2 pack though?
$2.49
I think I just found the Comment of the Day.
Most bananas are priced by pound. As someone who sometimes ends up at the cash register… yeah, bananas are by weight. I punch in “4011″ and no “How many?” prompt pops up. Maybe $.24 is based on the average weight of a banana? Or are you referring to gas station bananas? I thought those were generally $.50?
I’m confused. D:
Everyone seems to find this an oddity of Target, but does it make any less sense than pricing lettuce by the head or cucumbers by the each? Or are these unique to Publix?
Last time I was there, they had them marked 0.24¢ per banana. Amazingly the cashier didn’t agree with me.
Was I the only on who read the title, saw the sign, saw the bananas, then thought the red sign at the top said “fetish grocery”?
A mind is a terrible thing, I tell ya.
I didn’t catch that, but I’d totally shop there.
That’s not a grocery store, that’s a Target. (And not a SuperTarget.)
Why is your mind in the gutter??
Why isn’t yours?!
You got it? Right?
Ha… this seems to be perfectly-timed to coincide with the subject matter of this week’s “Savage Love” column. Lulz
Maybe it’s because I’m 60 years old. Maybe it’s because I’m female. Maybe it’s because I never lived in a college dorm. But I totally DO NOT GET what this is supposed to be about. Maybe something to do with the bananas shaped like the moon in the picture? If so, it looks like a great match, unless some folks may read something obscene (phallic?) Into it.
Your last line gives a hint as to what is “funny” about the photo, yes. No, it has nothing to do with moon-shapes.
“There’s always money in the banana stand” takes on a whole new meaning here.
My standards for grocery store signs are so low I’m just glad it doesn’t read
WHEN NIGHT FALL’S, THE FUN BEGIN’S
it could have been cucumbers…
I don’t know which amuses me more. That that might be the Target in Woodinville, Washington…or that more than one Target does that with the sign and bananas.
I didn’t have my phone with me (dead charger) when I was at Target on Wednesday, or I’d have probably submitted that absurdity myself.
It would be better served near the cucumbers.
Who rapes a banana peel, honestly?