my good grasp of spanish has lasted surpisingly long
so, the bathrooms in the UC have automatic toilet paper dispensers. as far as poorly thought-through design decisions go... the usability team must have been out to lunch or something. but i think it must have been a lunch party with the translation team, because i noticed a sticker on the thing that read:
Installing a new roll / Instalación de rollos gastados / (some french that i could vaguely understand)
"wait a minute, doesn't gastar mean to waste?" (it actually means to spend, in several senses.) sure enough, there was also another sticker:
Installing a stub roll / Instalación de rollos nuevos / (more french including "noveau")
GJ, guys.
going over the panther hollow bridge i got to see a very pretty sunset over downtown-wards.
Installing a new roll / Instalación de rollos gastados / (some french that i could vaguely understand)
"wait a minute, doesn't gastar mean to waste?" (it actually means to spend, in several senses.) sure enough, there was also another sticker:
Installing a stub roll / Instalación de rollos nuevos / (more french including "noveau")
GJ, guys.
going over the panther hollow bridge i got to see a very pretty sunset over downtown-wards.