mookiemookie commented on Worst Company In America 2008 "Sweet 16": Wal-Mart VS WellPoint

"This weekend, I walked by the WalMart reciept checker at the door and said "no thanks" for the first time."

mookiemookie commented on McDonald's Refuses To Give You Sausage With Your McGriddle Happy Meal

"*Insert obligitory "Why are you feeding your kids McDonalds anyways" comment here*"

mookiemookie commented on Three Comcast Contract Workers Arrested For Torturing, Spray-Painting Kitten

"When I'm emperor of the world, I'll be reinstituting Hammurabi's code for animal cruelty cases."

mookiemookie commented on Vodka Is Pretty Much The Same No Matter What Brand You Buy

"@generalhousewifery: Tito's is some of the best vodka money can buy."

mookiemookie commented on 5 Confessions Of A Bank Of America Personal Banker

"@captadam: When I was a banker at Bank One (Now Chase) they were called "banking centers" as well."

mookiemookie commented on Your New, Sealed Copy Of GTA4 Contains "Boyz N Da Hood" Disc

"This exact same thing happened to me at Best Buy a few years back with a copy of Final Fantasy X."

mookiemookie commented on Blame The Subprime Meltdown On The Repeal Of Glass-Steagall

"CRA had very little to do with why we're in the mess we're in."

mookiemookie commented on ProFlowers Freezes Over $100 By "Verifying" Customer's Card

"They're not just verifying the card, they're verifying that the cash in the account for the amount of the purchase is actually there. Still sounds a bit shady that they did this before the OP actually submitted the order though."

mookiemookie commented on Morning Deals

"I just bought Orange Box at Worst Buy on Sunday for $50 :("

mookiemookie commented on Fish Labeled As Steak

"I remember the time I got a T-bone for the price of ground chuck because it was mislabeled."

mookiemookie commented on Stores In NYC Start Accepting Euros

"@RDLDR1 "Thats why international business people, most notably Gisele and Jay-Z, rather take Euros than an internationally weakening dollar." The Giselle story was debunked a while back. [www.sfgate.com]"

mookiemookie commented on Morning Deals

"Care to elaborate?"

mookiemookie commented on Your Account Is Never Really Closed At Bank Of America

""What obligation does Bank of America have to honor a contract between two other parties?" Reg E says they do."

mookiemookie commented on Here's a horrible idea: a

"Making it even easier to steal from your future self."

mookiemookie commented on The Burger Of Mandatory Binding Arbitration

"I just had Whataburger for breakfast."

mookiemookie commented on Banks Make Up For Their Subprime Losses By Charging You $3 To Use An ATM

"It costs a bank to keep an ATM stocked with cash."

mookiemookie commented on U.S. Markets Down Sharply Despite Emergency Rate Cut

"#4 ???? #5 PROFIT!"

mookiemookie commented on Fed Cuts Interest Rates In Emergency Action

"The Fed's stated mandate is not to worry about the price of commodities (as they can't mine gold or refine oil) or the value of the dollar (they can't set exchange rates) but to manage inflation and economic growth."