Friday 6 November 2009

A Streetcar Named Pizza?


Tram Stop Burgtheater
Tuesday
3 November 2009
2 pm

I instinctively reached for the camera,
otherwise, who'd believe what my eyes saw:

Departures:
# 1 Pizza
# 10 Fettflecken!


A blink of an eye later,
the sign changed back to the regular schedule:

I jumped on the #1 tram,
the "Pizza" and "Grease Stain" destinations
looked a bit too risky, after all!

From what I have learned in the meantime,
this is a practical joke
by the transit authorities,
going public with the amount of trash
cleaning crews encounter on their daily rounds:
A not so subtle reminder
to the traveling public
to please not leave
pizzas and grease stains
behind.

I am glad it was not me
who encountered the pizza on the streetcar:
I was so hungry,
I would have eaten it!

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Images and Text
© by Merisi

15 comments:

  1. Good for you to catch the moment!

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  2. O well .... ;-)

    I had initially suspected that students from the nearby university had hacked into the transit authority's electronic guiding system. ;-)

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  3. I'm thankful for the translation, lol...couldn't quite figure out what greasestains were!
    Sandi

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  4. Bravo, Merisi!

    (I also admired the prior posting that was punctuated by those Chanel glamour girls. What long eyelashes they have.)

    xo

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  5. LOL! Glad you caught it on camera for us. ;-)

    Paz

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  6. What luck to get that moment on camera....

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  7. What a good idea, to get a laugh out of annoying litter!

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  8. How nice that they have a good sense of humour.

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  9. wonderful! i just discovered your blog. a beauty and from one of my favorite cities in the world. thank you for sharing. kenza.

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  10. Funny post Merisi. Good message and a great capture. Thanks for the greasestains translation.

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  11. Such laughter ! Only in Vienna !

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  12. Vonderbar!!!!
    They do have a fun sense of humor :)

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  13. Dear Merisi,
    This is very funny! I do hope people are better at taking hints there in Vienna! That would be lost entirely on the people of DC!

    Betty

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