We’ve written before about Walmart failing to keep its shelves stocked, but here’s a story about a different kind of neglect at the nation’s largest retailer. Shoppers at a New Jersey Walmart say the store was allowing the live fish in its pet department to fester in dirty, unfiltered water with dead fish sitting on the bottom of the tanks. [More]
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VIDEO: Stadium Vendor Takes Sno-Cones With Him Into Bathroom Stall
By 5.23.13
If you’re skittish about eating at the ballpark, this video of a sno-cone vendor allegedly using the toilet while his product sits next to him on the bathroom floor probably isn’t going to help. [More]
U-Verse Installer Uses Portable Urinal To Relieve Himself In My Bedroom, Leaves It Behind
By 3.22.13
When you gotta go, you gotta go. But when there’s a bathroom down the hall, you probably don’t need to use a portable urinal bag, and you certainly don’t need to leave it behind for the customer to find. [More]
Cab Company Balks At Cleaning Up After Driver Caught Pooping On Sidewalk
By 7.18.12
You may already have heard about the icky cab driver here in Philadelphia who was caught on camera using a street corner as his personal pooping ground. What you may not know is that — even though the man and his cab company have been identified — no one has come out to actually do much about removing all the offending fecal matter. [More]
McDonald’s Staffers Stall Health Inspector After Complaint About Roach Dropping From Ceiling
By 6.7.12
It’s not a good sign when the health inspector shows up to a fast food joint and is waylaid by employees who refuse to let him into the kitchen. It’s an even worse sign when the inspector still finds more than 20 violations after waiting 20 minutes for the staffers to presumably clean up the most egregious offenses. [More]
Boston TSA Agent Nabbed During Child Pornography Crackdown
By 4.13.12
The Transportation Security Administration keeps getting hit with scandal after scandal — from thieving agents to employees with ridiculous demands, or those who leave creepy notes in passengers’ bags. And now, in an even ickier development, a TSA agent who worked at Boston’s Logan International Airport has been nabbed as part of a sweeping child pornography crackdown. [More]
Comcast Balks On Replacing Cockroach-Infested Cable Box
By 1.3.12
We’ve certainly gotten a number of complaints about Comcast cable boxes containing bugs of the electronic glitch variety, but an Illinois man received a box from Kabletown that he says was full of actual cockroaches. [More]
Mom Turns Summer Vacation Into Crusade For Cleaner Playgrounds At Fast Food Joints
By 7.13.11
Anyone who thinks playgrounds are clean either doesn’t remember being a kid or is seriously deluding themselves. But one Arizona mom is so fed up with the crap-tastic conditions at the playgrounds found at fast food restaurants that she’s turned her summer vacation into a research project. [More]
Popeyes Franchise Goes Bust, Leaves Behind Stinky Fly-Filled Building
By 5.6.11
The former operators of a Popeyes chicken joint in Brooklyn have managed to anger an entire neighborhood. After the restaurant went bust, the franchisee apparently decided to leave a mess than can be smelled for miles around. [More]
Carl’s Jr Breakfast Burger Tops List Of 11 Scariest Fast Food Breakfasts
By 4.30.10
Activist site Care2 has come up with a list of what it calls “11 Scary Fast Food Breakfasts,” based largely on sodium and saturated fat content. Leading the list is the Carl’s Jr Breakfast Burger. “How do you turn a regular burger into a breakfast burger?” Asks Care2. “By adding not only an egg-but an egg, bacon, American cheese and hash brown nuggets too!” Yes, it’s a hamburger, with eggs, bacon and hash browns, all cohabiting happily on a bun. [More]
Worst Tax Product Ever: The Refund Anticipation Loan Debit Card
By 1.28.08
Refund anticipation loans are bad enough, but H&R Block and Jackson Hewitt want you to get a RAL, and then put it on a fee-riddled pre-paid debit card. What a great idea!
Used Condoms Recycled Into Hair Bands?
By 11.13.07
Used condoms as hair bands? We’re all for recycling and everything, but this story pushes boundaries of good taste… and public health.
