If you’re a fan of Haribo gummy candies, you may want to put that bag down for just a second: New reports about the candy company claim it’s sourcing ingredients that are made by workers living in deplorable conditions, as well as others that come from animals that are mistreated. [More]
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Panera Worker Fired For Calling Customer A “Stupid B***h” On Receipt
By 9.1.17
Of all the phrases one might expect to find on a receipt — “Have a nice day!” “Come again!” — an insulting message is the last thing any customer wants to read. But a Panera Bread worker is now out of a job, after a customer said there was a strongly-worded note left on her receipt. [More]
Uber Driver Accused Of Locking Passenger In Car, Demanding Sex
By 8.21.17
A Chicago Uber driver has been charged with unlawful restraint after he was accused of locking a passenger in his car and demanding that she have sex with him. [More]
Lyft Driver Says She Was Attacked, Robbed In Road-Rage Incident
By 8.7.17
Road rage is nothing new, but a Lyft driver in California says she was brutally attacked and then robbed in what she’s calling a road rage incident. [More]
Lyft Driver Charged With Throwing Dog During Road Rage Incident
By 7.19.17
It can surely be frustrating to deal with other drivers out there, but there’s a difference between muttering insults under your breath accompanied by an indignant honk and throwing someone’s dog out of a car. [More]
Armed Robber Forces Family To Take Him Shopping At Target
By 6.22.17
A North Carolina family went on a very scary shopping trip on Tuesday, after Durham police say a man knocked on their door to ask for money, and then forced them at gunpoint to take him shopping at Target. [More]
Virgin Atlantic Apologizes To Woman Kicked Out Of Lounge Because Of Her Service Dog
By 5.12.17
The seemingly endless parade of airline apologies continues apace today, with Virgin Atlantic admitting one of its employees shouldn’t have told a disabled woman she couldn’t enter the airline’s airport lounge with her service dog. [More]
Woman Accused Of Faking Cancer To Collect $38K From Fundraising Campaign
By 5.5.17 — Updated: 5.10.17
With fundraising campaigns popping up all over online and in social media, it’s not always easy to tell the real causes from the fake. Officials in Alabama say one woman faked cancer and scammed charitable givers out of $38,000. [More]
Uber Driver Charged With Raping Passenger
By 4.27.17
An Uber driver in California has been charged with raping a female passenger in his car in March, after he picked her up from a company function. [More]
FDA Warns 14 Companies For Selling Unproven Cancer ‘Cures’
By 4.26.17 — Updated: 5.9.17
Treating cancer can be a painful, drawn-out process, and there’s no guarantee of a cure. Unfortunately, there’s no magic pill that can get rid of cancer, or prevent it from occurring in the first place. That hasn’t stopped a number of companies from making unproven promises about products they claim will remedy everything from AIDS to diabetes.
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Woman Accused Of Choking Girl For Blocking Her View During Disney Fireworks Show
By 4.7.17
It can be frustrating to have someone blocking your view during an exciting moment like a fireworks show. But that doesn’t mean you should resort to violence if someone is in your way. [More]
DOT Apologizes For Billing Dead Teen $3K For Highway Guardrail
By 3.27.17
State officials in Tennessee have apologized to the family of a dead teenager after sending a bill in her name for $3,000 in damages her car caused to the guardrail that some — including her family — blame for the young woman’s death. [More]
Sonic Drive-In Fires Worker Over Receipts With Offensive Language
By 10.3.16 — Updated: 10.31.16
A Sonic Drive-In in Fort Worth has fired an employee after two customers said their lunch receipts included offensive language. [More]
Uber Passenger Claims Driver Attacked Her After Dropping Her Off
By 8.5.16
A Los Angeles woman says she doesn’t feel safe alone with Uber drivers at night, after a driver allegedly attacked her after taking her to her destination. [More]
Texas Man Says Airbnb Host Refused To Let Him Rent A Room Because He’s Gay
By 7.7.16
When you list your home on sites like Airbnb, people of all shapes and sizes and from all walks of life may come through your door — some you might even want to hang out with. But a Houston man says he was shocked when an Austin host rejected his room reservation on Airbnb because he’s gay. [More]
New Orleans Restaurant Says It Fired Server For Adding Racist Slur To Customer’s Receipt
By 5.22.15
Every time we see a receipt that has some kind of slur, insult or otherwise awful language on it, we hope as hard as we can that it’s the last time. Sadly, yet another instance of humans being horrible to each other has surfaced: A New Orleans restaurant says it’s fired a server accused of adding the “N” word to a customer’s receipt yesterday. [More]
USPS Apologizes To Deaf Woman After She Says Worker Refused To Communicate With Her By Writing
By 3.10.15
The United States Postal Service is apologizing to a deaf woman in Florida after she said workers at her local post office refused to accommodate her by providing service through writing, instead allegedly mocking her and making her feel humiliated. [More]
McDonald’s Fires Worker For Drawing A Swastika On Customer’s Sandwich Bun
By 8.11.14
A McDonald’s owner is apologizing and saying a worker at a North Carolina store was fired, after a customer claimed that she found a swastika drawn on her chicken sandwich’s bun with butter. [More]
