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Holly Lennon

Glasgow shop sign blunder warns customers against 'consummation of food and drink'

It would be easy to convince yourself that sometimes technology is just out to get us.

Whether it's the front-facing camera opening when we haven't moved off the couch in five hours or auto-correct changing our favourite swear word to duck in the middle of a very serious argument, we've all been done dirty.

And sometimes it's good to see that we're not the only ones being tripped up by the machines created to help us, which is why we massively enjoyed a blunder spotted on a shop window in the city.

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A Glasgow Live reader shared a picture of a printed sign advising customers at TJ Hughes that food and drink are not to be consumed in the shop.

However, instead of typing consumed, the poor member of staff has instead advised customers that they should not have sexual intercourse with food or drink in-store instead.

A sign on the shop reads: "To comply with hygiene standards, the consummation of food and drink is not allowed on these premises."

Passerby Kate shared a picture of the sign joking that the St Enoch store doesn't "say quite what you think it says".

We always thought rules on the consummation of food and drink went without saying...

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