I love the sides of the strip — read from bottom to top whilst the rest of the strip reads top to bottom. Ah the little joys of grocery delivery and the old flats with the dumb waiter. Interesting how this one is not electric, but manually run by the janitor.
Grocery shopping as we know it (going to a store, shopping, and taking it home) didn’t become standard until the 20s. Before then, you placed your order with a clerk and a delivery boy brought it to your home. So, it was easier to be a grocery thief back then, especially in buildings that used a dumb waiter haha
Buzza Wuzza over 10 years ago
very clever
listmom over 10 years ago
I love the sides of the strip — read from bottom to top whilst the rest of the strip reads top to bottom. Ah the little joys of grocery delivery and the old flats with the dumb waiter. Interesting how this one is not electric, but manually run by the janitor.
WSR over 10 years ago
That’s one way to stop a neighbor with sticky fingers.
tharpa over 10 years ago
Anybody care to transcribe it for those of us who can’t read it?
lunapeachie about 9 years ago
Grocery shopping as we know it (going to a store, shopping, and taking it home) didn’t become standard until the 20s. Before then, you placed your order with a clerk and a delivery boy brought it to your home. So, it was easier to be a grocery thief back then, especially in buildings that used a dumb waiter haha