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Saved By Zero Will Apparently Kill You

Some bored people who hate that Saved By Zero commercial as much as you do have mashed it into a trailer for The Ring. Hooray.

[via Buzzfeed]

2:27 PM on Fri Nov 21 2008
By Meg Marco
4,311 views, 40 comments
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Nike Customers Angry After Woman With Fastest Time Doesn't "Win" Marathon
There's a bit of a backlash brewing against Nike after the woman with the fastest time in the Nike Women's Marathon wasn't declared "the winner" because she wasn't among the elite group of marathon runners who start separately from the rest of the pack. More »

1:59 PM on Fri Oct 24 2008
By Meg Marco
34,631 views, 137 comments

Most discussed Mollyg: From what I understand, the concept of the "elite" group is just "we are going to pre-determine who will and more »
mysteries
Community Outraged At Buca di Beppo Restaurant Manager's Firing?
Reports that community of Chandler, AZ is outraged at the firing of Buca Di Beppo manager Joe Busone have been popping up in our inbox. The Arizona Republic says that when he was let go, seven servers also walked out — in the middle of dinner. More »

2:42 PM on Fri Oct 10 2008
By Meg Marco
26,463 views, 102 comments

Most discussed axiomatic: Bah! Bucco's is known to capitulate to any kind of pressure from any direction. The restaurants had originally used Michelangelo's more »
spore
Amazon Pulls Negative Reviews Of 'Spore,' Then Reinstates Them
Earlier today, about 2200 reviews of the game Spore disappeared from the product page on Amazon.com, almost all of them negative. Did Amazon censor the reviews because of their anti-DRM nature? Amazon says no, that it was a technical glitch, and they restored the reviews by the end of today. An Amazon spokesperson told Ars Technica, "Amazon doesn't censor or edit customer reviews based [on their content] and we'd only remove a review if it fell outside our guidelines." Spore's rating is back to a single star, and it's #5 on Amazon's video games chart. More »

7:26 PM on Fri Sep 12 2008
By Chris Walters
11,022 views, 77 comments

Most discussed Craysh: @Maztec Actually, the extent in which the game requires you to go through to install said game is perfectly acceptable to more »
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Backlash: Anti-DRM Protesters Trash Spore's Amazon Rating
Spore, the long awaited new game from SimCity creator Will Wright, has been critically well-received, so what's up with its Amazon.com score? As of this posting, the game, despite being #1 on Amazon, has 1,494 one star ratings from gamers who are upset about the game's DRM. Here are some excerpts from the angry reviews: More »

3:22 PM on Tue Sep 9 2008
By Meg Marco
23,007 views, 243 comments

Most discussed SkokieGuy: Do gamers expect software companies to 'trust' them to not buy one copy and equipment themselves, their friends and anyone more »
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Backlash: United Drops Plan To Ax Hot Meals On International Flights
United Airlines said it would listen to feedback from customers about its proposed plan to ax hot meals for coach passengers on international flights... and it did. The company has decided not to go ahead with the plan. Reader Jason forwarded us the following email from Graham Atkinson, United's Chief Customer Officer. More »

3:07 PM on Tue Sep 2 2008
By Meg Marco
21,222 views, 40 comments

Most discussed BrianDaBrain: I give it a few months, at most, before they throw this inane idea on the plate again. It's obviously more »

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Backlash: Etsy.com's "Sexy" Mass Murderers?
There's some backlash brewing against Etsy.com for a fashion article about recreating "Bonnie Parker's look" in which they describe Bonnie & Clyde as, "rather infamous characters in U.S. history, and for good reason: honestly, what's sexier than a nefarious duo driving cross country on a crime spree of such massive and public proportion?" The author of the article is being taken to task in the comments and the Etsy Bitch blog has picked up the story as well. More »

11:46 AM on Mon Aug 11 2008
By Meg Marco
8,281 views, 51 comments

Latest by impetuous: Etsy has a wide variety of people selling on their site. Articles of this nature are offensive to some sellers more »
stabucks tastes burnt
Starbucks To Bring Back "Burnt" Coffee Due To Customer Demand

Only a few months after replacing their "bolder" (some would say "burnt") varieties of brewed coffee with the more "mild" (some would say "dunkin donuts-esque") Pike Place Roast, Starbucks has announced that due to popular demand, they'll be brewing some of the old stuff too. More »

2:51 PM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By Meg Marco
10,172 views, 66 comments

Latest by P_Smith: As usual, a company claims it is "addressing customer concerns" while attacking an issue that isn't the cause of their more »
Nathaniel's restaurant in Owen Sound, Ontario laid off one of their employees because she donated her hair to raise money for cancer research and won't wear a wig to cover her new haircut. The restaurant owner says he realizes that it's not good PR for the restaurant, but claims to have heard from customers who would have been "appalled" to be served by a waitress with a buzz cut. We think she looks cute. [CTV](Thanks, Karan!!)

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Macy's Loses $59 Million In 3 Months, Angry Marshall Field's Customers Get The Blame
Macy's has managed to lose $59 million in the first quarter. CEO Terry J. Lundgren says that considering the crappy economy, losing $59 mil isn't all that bad: More »

3:59 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Meg Marco
9,079 views, 127 comments

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