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incorrect procedure
Man Stabs Himself So He Doesn't Have To Work At Blockbuster
Blockbuster must be a very unpleasant place to work, because police say a Colorado man stabbed himself and blamed "three skinheads or Hispanic males dressed in black." (Really.) According to the cops, the guy eventually admitted that he stabbed himself so he wouldn't have to go to work. More » -
cost of living
Lower Cost Of Living Means Less Income For Some
The good news: the cost of living is decreasing, or at least isn't increasing. The bad news: Colorado is the first state to actually decrease its minimum wage, from $7.28 to $7.24, and Social Security recipients will not be receiving their routine cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA for 2010. More » -
legal drugs
Colorado Job Opening: Marijuana Dispensary Reviewer
Are you looking for a job? Do you live in the Denver area and have a talent for writing and a prescription for medical marijuana? Well, then the alt-newsweekly Westword wants to talk to you! More » -
skimmers
ID Theft Ring Placed Skimmers In Taco Bell, Stole Cards From Gym Lockers
Credit card skimmers aren't just on ATMs and in grocery stores, apparently they're at Taco Bell. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that a ID theft ring was busted for skimming credit card numbers at a Taco Bell as well as stealing cards from people's gym lockers. More » -
christmas creep
Start Your Christmas Shopping In August At This Colorado Pawn Shop
This sign spotted outside of a pawn shop in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, raises all kinds of questions. Such as: now what for Christmas? Now hiring for Christmas? Now buying artificial conifers for Christmas? Now cleaning out our warehouses for Christmas? We need more clarification, EZ Pawn.
UPDATE: Apparently the word "layaway" was, at some point, on this sign, but wasn't when Robin took this photograph. That makes more sense in concept, at least, but is still obnoxiously early for Christmas. More »
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crime
Best Buy Employees Fired For Attempting To Stop Knife-Wielding Shoplifters
If you work at Best Buy, don't tackle any knife-wielding shoplifters or you'll be fired. That's what happened to two Best Buy employees who chased a couple shoplifters who were fleeing with armloads of merchandise towards a waiting car. More » -
happy endings
Marriott Is Nice To You When Jerks Charge Food To Your Room
Reader Stephen writes in to let us know that the Marriott Residence Inn in Boulder, CO was nice to him when some random jerks charged food to his room. More » -
recession watch
Recession Scenes At Wal-Mart: Beef, Peanut Butter, Toilet Seats
Wal-Mart's management is watching their customers during the recession. What have they learned? More shoppers now make lists, instead of buying on impulse. Sales of frozen vegetables are up; sales of Angus beef are down. And mysteriously, $5 white toilet seats are a hot item near Denver. More » -
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errors
Energy Company Debits $1.28 Million From Your Bank Account
Guess what happens when you don't look closely at your bill? Your energy company debits $1.28 million dollars from your bank account — leaving you a million dollars overdrawn. More » -
customer service
Black Bear Diner And The Thrice Cooked, Twice Eaten Steak Of Disappointment
The Black Bear Diner in Colorado Springs twice served Jason the same undercooked steak. When he asked for a new steak, the server returned with the same steak cooked for a third time. When Jason told the server that the steak looked unappetizingly familiar, the server responded with "some story about her eating the old steak, and (unprompted) said that she couldn't bring out the other steak because she had ate it, and got in trouble with her boss about it." More » -
Avanza
Supermarket Chain Adds 10% At Register, But Only In Some Stores
Nash Finch, a Minneapolis-based supermarket chain, adds a 10% fee to the bill at its stores catering to Hispanic shoppers in Colorado, reports 9News in Denver:
More »The Nash Finch stores Avanza, Food Bonanza and Wholesale Food Outlets add the 10 percent charge to food at the register and specialize in serving Hispanics, according to store workers.
However, the Nash Finch stores Sun Mart Foods, Econo Foods, Family Fresh Market, Pick N Save and Prairie Market stores do not charge extra at the register and do not cater to Hispanics, according to the store workers.
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ew
This Coffee Shop's Restroom Policy Is Extremely Subtle
We were talking about pay toilets and restroom policies yesterday, which we can only assume is what prompted reader Stephen to share this photo of a sign he noticed at a coffee shop in Denver, CO. Stephen thinks it's a "real thirst whetter." We couldn't agree more. -
circuit city
Bear Breaks Into Circuit City, Has As Much Luck Locating An Employee As You Do
Colorado Springs police say that the vandal who broke into a closed Circuit City wasn't trying to steal electronics — it was a confused black bear. More » -
computer repairs
Denver TV Station Tests Computer Repair Techs
A Denver TV crew unseated a RAM chip and then took it to seven different repair centers for a diagnosis. The resulting displays of incompetence were pretty evenly distributed, with two Best Buy Geek Squads, one Circuit City Firedog, and one locally owned repair center (CTI) all failing miserably ("It's the motherboard!" they each said). Of the three locations that correctly diagnosed and fixed the problem, Action Computers charged $50, Geek Squad charged $30, and the Firedog tech who hands-down won the challenge "reinstalled the memory cards in less than two minutes, free of charge." More » -
safety
17th Fatality Sets Colorado Ski Slope Death Record
Safety is important, people. This year's skiing season is going out on a sombre note as a new record was set for the most skiing or snowboarding deaths on Colorado ski slopes in a single season. More » -
Hundreds of speeding tickets in Boulder, Colorado may be invalid thanks to a resident who complained about one of the city's photo-radar vans, which frequented a spot clearly marked "no parking" and "tow-away." Said police commander Robert Thomas: "You can't have a van breaking the law and a citizen getting a ticket for breaking the law — that's not right." [dailycamera] (Thanks to Matt!)
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drunks on a plane
Drunk Passenger Gets Jail Time, Has To Reimburse American Airlines $7,757
The first sign that Russell Petrie was too drunk to fly was probably when he boarded the plane and yelled "let's party and have some drinks!" More » -
circuit city
Circuit City Also Steals Porn From Your Computer
Stealing porn from customer's computers isn't just for Best Buy, one reader reports they're doing it at Circuit City, too. He writes:I wanted to write in about my recent experience with employment at circuit city. I work at a circuit city in Colorado, I was recently hired as holiday help. I was hired on as firedog, but only got the position for a few days, while I was at the post I got a standard firedog USB flash drive as a part of my job, it belonged to my supervisor. It was apparent he had wiped it before he gave it to me, which made me rather suspicious that he wouldn't leave the standard firedog tools on there...
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