Bunnings suffers awkward fail as handwritten sign appears to spell rude word

Bunnings staff have been left red-faced thanks to an awkward handwriting fail on one of their store signs.

A photo of a sign which was set up to promote a range of $3.99 LED light switches was supposed to read: “Flick it.”

However, unfortunately for the person in charge of writing the words at the Rothwell store near Brisbane, the handwriting was so close together that it actually appeared to spell out the swear word “f**k it”.

Customer Adrian ChanChan captured a photo of the funny error and shared it online, and it quickly went viral as people shared the snap and commented on it.

Life depends on the way you think. For example, see this #Bunnings #Sign:

did u read?? #FLICK #IT
or did your mind read something else??? #BunningsWarehouse #brightminds 🤓😇 #dirtyminds🤤😝 #unstabled😈 mind, it depends on how you read this 👇 👇 pic.twitter.com/e5sp1ozrYQ

— Alfred (@alfredwreh) January 13, 2019

Unsurprisingly, it sparked a stream of hilarious responses from internet users with one writing: “Do they also sell f*** it sausages at Bunnings?”

Another added: “Does their 10% off price guarantee come with that too?” And one wrote: “What’s that word mean mummy?”

Bunnings QLD North Operations Manager Kent Payne has since responded to the hype and told the Courier Mail: “Given the nature of our hand written signs, it is unfortunate that this Flick It switch label was misinterpreted. Once we were alerted, we removed it immediately and it was re-written in clearer text.”

Sure enough, the original user then posted a photo of the same display without the sign to prove it had been quickly removed.

It comes mere weeks after Bunnings became a laughing stock thanks to its sausage scandal, which saw it change the way it serves its famous sausage sizzle, due to safety concerns.

American newspaper The New York Times poked fun at the crisis, pointing out the over-the-top reactions from Australians and how Aussies look to the rest of the world.

“Bunnings, a chain of hardware stores, upended tradition and suggested people put onions on the bottom and not the top of their sausages. Australians were not impressed,” the publication wrote.

Read more: A laughing stock: World reacts to Bunnings sausage scandal

“Australians, who take pride in their sausage sizzles, immediately responded with outrage. For many, the guidance was nothing short of an attack on their personal freedom. Yet again.”

They added: “The discussion got so fevered that Prime Minister Scott Morrison found himself fielding a reporter’s question on Wednesday about whether Bunnings’s guidance was ‘un-Australian’. He delicately weighed into the fray.”

Are you a fan of Bunnings? Did you read the sign as it was supposed to be read?