Gloucester docks now in Wales
A colleague was somewhat surprised when he went to the Sainsbury's store at Gloucester docks on Friday.
Just before he went in he decided to use the cash machine. In goes the card, the PIN number is keyed in and up pops an unexpected option screen.
"Would you like these instructions in Welsh?"
Well the answer was no ... although surprisingly the "no" button was also labelled in welsh.
What's going on... has the border moved whilst we weren't looking, is Sainsbury's Gloucester trying to tap into the welsh speaking market many miles away, did the machine notice my colleague's surname was "Jones"... or has someone at HQ simply pushed the wrong button?
It reminds me of the news several years back when bi lingual english / welsh signs went up in the lake district as the contractor thought "Cumbria" was in Wales just like "Cwmbran" is !!
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At 27th Feb 2011, Fred Hart wrote:A few years ago, a sign appeared at a building site in Aberdeen written in both Welsh and English! ().
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