JohnCenaFan28
03-24-2009, 07:27 AM
A Surrey florist is having to wash her windows every morning to wipe away evidence of the store's past as a licensed sex shop.
Every morning, large letters spelling out the store's previous function are clearly visible in condensation on the window of the Reigate shop, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Clare Ross, who owns Willows flower shop with her mum, Shirley, said: "We have done everything we can to get rid of it but it just won't go.
"Every day it's back. I knew this place had been a sex shop but it was completely empty when we took it over. There were no signs of its past at all.
"Then these huge letters appeared in the morning condensation saying licensed sex shop above our Interflora sign."
She sponges it away every morning only for it to come back the next day.
Ms Ross, 40, added: "We had a professional cleaner in, tried lighter fluid, petrol, scouring pads. Nothing worked. The glue from the sticky lettering has seeped right into the glass and the history is locked away there.
"The only way to get rid of it would be to replace the whole window. But now everyone has got used to it, it's become a bit of a talking point.
"People come in to ask us if we realise there is sex shop emblazoned on our window and end up buying flowers, so maybe we'll keep it."
-Nova
Every morning, large letters spelling out the store's previous function are clearly visible in condensation on the window of the Reigate shop, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Clare Ross, who owns Willows flower shop with her mum, Shirley, said: "We have done everything we can to get rid of it but it just won't go.
"Every day it's back. I knew this place had been a sex shop but it was completely empty when we took it over. There were no signs of its past at all.
"Then these huge letters appeared in the morning condensation saying licensed sex shop above our Interflora sign."
She sponges it away every morning only for it to come back the next day.
Ms Ross, 40, added: "We had a professional cleaner in, tried lighter fluid, petrol, scouring pads. Nothing worked. The glue from the sticky lettering has seeped right into the glass and the history is locked away there.
"The only way to get rid of it would be to replace the whole window. But now everyone has got used to it, it's become a bit of a talking point.
"People come in to ask us if we realise there is sex shop emblazoned on our window and end up buying flowers, so maybe we'll keep it."
-Nova