signs of the times?!

This week we came across two signs that we'd never seen before, nor expected to see.

When we visited the local Methodist church we were welcomed with the pronouncement that:

No chewing gum is allowed in this building (Nice)

While in our doctors surgery we were encouragingly asked:

Not to spit on the floor (Even nicer!)

To paraphrase 1 Chronicles 12:32 it seems we need some 'men of Issachar', who understand the signs of the times and know what not to do in Newham. I hasten to add that we were not guilty of both potetntial offences.