The Missing Apostrophe.

There’s a cupboard door at my local supermarket that has a sign saying ‘Cleaners Cupboard.’

Where’s the apostrophe?

Maybe the person who designed it didn’t know which side of the ‘s’ it should go, and decided it would be better to be thought ignorant than put it in the wrong place and remove all doubt. I still say it’s the other side of the coin to those notices beloved of greengrocers that say ‘Apple’s. 40p a lb.’

‘Is the apostrophe necessary?’ you might ask. ‘No,’ I might reply, 'but neither are good manners.'