Coronavirus Signs

You cannot go anywhere without seeing signs telling you to do this and that all in the name of protecting you from COVID-19. They are all pretty much the same but a few stand out. Let's take a look at some coronavirus signs.

These first two signs come from a house which was under quarantine.

What is the story here? I don't know! I heard the guy was a seafarer just back from abroad and was under a mandatory 2 week quarantine. But what about the second sign and fake news? Were people spreading rumors about him?  Perhaps.

Here's another warning sign on the entrance to a gated community.

I asked the guard if someone inside was infected and he said no. I guess it's just an unnecessary scare tactic.

These next signs comes from the post office.

There are signs like this all over the post office. It's overkill. Why so many signs inside and outside the building? You cannot get in the post office without wearing all these accoutrements so there really is no need for all the signs.

The same overkill is happening inside the mall. Let's go shopping at SM and take a look. To get into SM you must wear a face mask and a face shield.

You absolutely cannot be in the mall without wearing a mask and a face shield. Despite this fact practically every store has a sign indicating NO MASK, NO ENTRY. Funny they don't mention face shields too.  Many store also require you to log in.

This is all in the name of contact tracing of course. I do sign in but my hand writing is bad and so is the handwriting of others.

There are more pictures of the mall I could show but let's skip across town to the public market. Outside the entrance of the public market is a hand washing station. Next to the washing station is the following large sign.

This is totally unnecessary epal. It's just another shameless way for this guy to get his name out there. Believe me his name is on all kinds of stuff around town.

Perhaps the one thing that I don't think about during this silly crisis is the age limits of who can and cannot leave their houses.

This sign really drives the point home how stupid and arbitrary this policy is. No one was carding customers as they entered the store.

Speaking of arbitrary, not even gas stations are exempt from posting silly coronavirus signs.

So let me get this straight. If you are not sitting in your car wearing a face mask and a face shield then  they won't fill your tank? Of course not! I was able to get gas no problem without wearing all that. Why have the sign if it's not going to be enforced?

Let's end with a trip to the vet. The guy who was waiting outside and weighs the dogs said I needed a different mask to enter the clinic.  He pointed to the sign on the door.

I did not remove the cartoon character mask I was wearing, Instead I covered it with a blue mask like in the first picture which thankfully I had one in the car. Still just as ineffective at stopping any virus. Inside the clinic was a funny graphic about social distancing.

Keep four cats apart.  That is a rule of cat to keep in mind!

Stray Dogs Are Prohibited

A neighbourhood I visited had an interesting notice hanging from a few electrical poles.

All the signs were rusty and faded which means they had been hanging for quite some time. Weather-beaten by the sun and the rain, rusted to near oblivion. Some of the placards were bent and nearly illegible. This particular sign was the best looking one.

It's about time there was a sign such as this what with all the stray dogs in the country. Might do a lot of good like when a town declares the NPA persona non grata and so they stay away forever because they know they aren't wanted. We just need to tell all those stray dogs, "You are prohibited!" Let them know they are not wanted and they will go find somewhere else to be a dog.

But when I turned my head guess what I saw!?

Two stray dogs! 

Can't they read!?

Signs

Signs, signs, everywhere signs!  Let's look at some signs.

First up this lovely gem.

I did a double take when I first saw this sign. Sewer wanted? What? Like pipes for the toilet? Oh! They mean seamstress wanted. Apparently that word is not in the vocabulary of whoever wrote this sign. 

Just one!

This sign was hanging from the window of a bar during a fiesta. All the fun is in not knowing what it means. That is clearly a Nazi swastika and not a Buddhist swastika. What about the 'gator? What does he represent? Sunog Baga means fire lungs which only adds to the mystery. There were people wearing t-shirts with this design so there is a group but I will never know just what they are representing. Motorcycle gang perhaps? 

This ironic sign is hanging inside an elementary school classroom. Amazingly enough even after years of schooling Filipinos will still be ignorant about basic history such as the real history of independence. June 12th, 1898 is not it.

Someone is offering lessons in dance, music, modelling, and singing. Whoever they are must be a real all round artist. How would dance and modelling classes be properly taught outside of a studio and at the student's home?  It's too bad this sign got torn down after the election. Likely caught up in the tearing down of campaign posters by which it was surrounded.

Everyone knows Filipinos love to appropriate American pop culture iconpgraphy. Here we have a moving homage to the Godfather. The Godfather is a man obviously. Jefe means boss and is a masculine noun. So why is the definite article "La" instead of "El"? If the Jefe is a woman the word would be rendered Jefa and preceded with La.  Maybe the bad grammar is part of the charm? Something to ponder as you eat your food porn.

This sign is high up on the ceiling. Why would it be placed there? Who looks at the ceiling when they are at the mall? More importantly how necessary is this sign? Do I need to be thanked for not smoking in the mall? Does anyone smoke in the mall? Have you ever seen anyone light a cigarette inside the mall? Of course you haven't because people don't do that.

I was going to write a review of this restaurant but I never got around to it. Suffice it to say coffee and baby back ribs do not pair well together. There was also nothing special about the ribs or the coffee. Note the incorrect spelling of backribs.