Somehow I find this droll

Two bottles of water on the dresser in my favorite hotel, the Sheraton Four Points Shenzhen (elegized here and here) earlier this week.  I see that the awkward-labeling problems I often complain about in China can occur when only a single language is involved.  Click for larger if you don't see the joke.



Although I suppose a language issue might be involved here, in that very few of the local Chinese staff stocking the rooms would be likely to notice the labels and say, "What the hell?" Actually I hope they never notice; this is kind of charming.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2009/04/somehow-i-find-this-droll/16614/