I was standing near the door as the train pulled into Chunghua this morning, when I noticed a sign that read Hammer for breaking glass. At first I didn’t see the hammer, but then I noticed it was itself in a glass cage. Yes, that’s right, the hammer for breaking glass was behind glass that needs to be broken.
What Taiwan Zone experiences have you had lately?
[quote=“Taichung Social Club”]I was standing near the door as the train pulled into Chunghua this morning, when I noticed a sign that read Hammer for breaking glass. At first I didn’t see the hammer, but then I noticed it was itself in a glass cage. Yes, that’s right, the hammer for breaking glass was behind glass that needs to be broken.
What Taiwan Zone experiences have you had lately?[/quote]
There was a “Out of Order” display on a Mega ICBC ATM. It featured a comic figure looking like a police officer sleeping. I could have taken a photo… but I wasn’t in the mood.
Side note: I also love it when the Taishin ATM’s say in the end “Dispose your receipt properly so GANGSTER can not get your information”.
Makes me feel so safe.
The brand-new photocopier at work has a note on it that says “be gentle and nice”
Not to burst your bubble but that glass is the easy to break, unlikely to injure you, variety that’s merely there to keep people from messing around with and playing with the hammer.
You make it sound like the hammer is meant to break THAT glass when it’s obviously there to break the windows of the MRT car if an accident occurred. Thus your case of irony fizzles out quickly.
It’s not just in Taiwan, here’s one in sensible England, behind toughened glass:
It’s not clear if there’s a another hammer next to it to smash that glass.
Isn’t the hammer for breaking the windows? If you NEED to break the windows on a train then I imagine that something is very wrong. Something much worse than a cut on your fist. And I would think the glass case that houses the hammer is easy to break and its edges not very sharp.
One ATM from Engrish.com said “Automatic self terminating machine”
[quote=“Taichung Social Club”]I was standing near the door as the train pulled into Chunghua this morning, when I noticed a sign that read Hammer for breaking glass. At first I didn’t see the hammer, but then I noticed it was itself in a glass cage. Yes, that’s right, the hammer for breaking glass was behind glass that needs to be broken.
What Taiwan Zone experiences have you had lately?[/quote]
ya makes sense, thats so the hammer wont get lost 
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[quote=“rahimiiii”]One ATM from Engrish.com said “Automatic self terminating machine”
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA cracks me up :):):):):)
i am certain I wont want to SELF TERMINATE
HEY STOP MAKING SO MUCH SENSE 
:):)
actually the whole box was made in england and came packaged that way. Nobody told ‘ah bing’ bout how to install the box.
Some “Anguished English” on the side of a hot beverage machine in the 85 building 39th floor restaurant.
[quote=“Salvatore Armani”]
Some “Anguished English” on the side of a hot beverage machine in the 85 building 39th floor restaurant.[/quote]
they should put that warning at the former us military macCauley beach, near chin shan. its now where the hot water from the number two nuclear power station discharges after being heated up by the fuel rods. it made swimming there very unusual. where the ocean water is as hot as a sulfur bath on yangmingshan. surreal experience. I only did it once.
even tho supposedly its safe? but still i wonder? if thats radiated water of some sort?
it was real wierd swimming in the ocean where the water was soo hot
it remained a public beach for some time , but very few people trusted the water enough to go in there. i wonder if its still a public beach today?
in the us military days, it was super nice beach. good , clean water and a safe beach. they had surfboards there you could use for free too. it was supposed to be for us military personnel. but as long as you looked like you belonged there it was ok
they had a snack bar too selling hotdogs for ten cents and cokes for fifteen (they used only us dolars at that beach) and there was even a free bus every hour from the downtown us military compound.
ah but those were the seventies. it all ended when the us govt recognized china in 1979
In case your car gets stuck on the new bullet train’s tracks:
Saw this at Wu Lai next to the most beautiful view in the whole park…
