If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard a friend complain about a phone with a shattered screen, I’d be the known as That Girl With Lots Of Nickels. But perhaps just this one time a phone owner is likely grateful to his broken phone for doing him a tiny favor and stopping a bullet. [More]
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Xbox Owner Tracks Down Stolen Device After Thief Goes Online To Use It
By 10.25.13
Sometimes it’s not enough for thieves to simply steal your electronics — they apparently just have to use them afterwards as well. Which can turn out to be a very good thing that they do if it helps owners track down their stolen tablets, phones or in this case, game consoles. [More]
What Kind Of Jerk Refuses To Tip A Waiter Because He’s Gay?
By 10.25.13
While endless debates about the practice of tipping food-service employees rage all over the Internet, most people agree on one thing: if you’re happy with the service you received, you should leave some kind of tip. Some diners at a Kansas Carrabba’s restaurant allegedly made their own exception to that: “unless you disapprove of the server’s personal life.” [More]
Woman Angry That Her Bag Didn’t Fit In Overhead Bin Booted From Frontier Flight
By 10.24.13
We know it’s never fun to get stuck at the end of the boarding process and find out that your bag won’t be going into one of the overhead bins. Checking a bag when all you want is to get off the plane and go can tick off even the calmest consumer, but throwing a temper tantrum and tossing another passenger’s phone won’t help your case, either. [More]
Walmart Hunter Gets Probation For Shooting Deer In Parking Lot
By 10.22.13
Because it is very not legal to go hunting for deer (or any animal, really) in the crowded parking lot of a Walmart, the man who shot one last March has had his hat handed to him by way of probation. The Indiana man avoided trial on charges of reckless endangerment, killing or taking big game unlawfully, failing to have a hunting license, discharging a weapon across a highway, discharging a weapon in a safety zone and using a motor vehicle to hunt illegally. [Tribune-Live] [More]
Calling 9-1-1 Won’t Help You Find The Red Jell-O When It Disappears From The Fridge
By 10.22.13
Here we were, thinking we couldn’t say it enough times that it’s not acceptable to rush to the authorities with non-emergencies — an unsavory taste experience; cell phones in the movie theater; a penny’s worth of overcharging for a beer — and yet, it’s still happening. People are still dialing up 9-1-1 all in a dither over things like some strawberry Jell-O disappearing from the fridge at work. [More]
Police: Chipotle Employee Hospitalized After Customer’s Hot Sauce Attack
By 10.18.13
In what plane of existence would a simple “good night!” prompt a person to hurt another? Apparently this one we live on, where a 25-year-old Chipotle employee received a bash in the face with a bottle of hot sauce for wishing a departing customer a good evening. Sigh. [More]
It’s Not Your Bladder’s Fault If You Get A Speeding Ticket For Going 140 MPH
By 10.17.13
When you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go. But just because the laws of space and time won’t bend to your will to get you to the bathroom in the blink of an eye, you can’t disregard the laws of The Man and drive at 140 mph to ease your full bladder. That’ll earn you a tidy speeding ticket.
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How To Spot A Deal That’s Too Good To Be Legal? When A $41K Luxury Car Costs $2,100
By 10.16.13
The thing about rental car companies is that they’re pretty darn good keeping tack of their vehicles. It’s a bit different than say, a customer misplacing a rental DVD. When a $41,000 Cadillac doesn’t come back, there’s no shrugging — there’s a police investigation that uncovered a trio accused of faking driver’s licenses to rent luxury vehicles and then selling them on the cheap.
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Do Not Call 9-1-1 When You’re Overcharged By A Penny For Beer
By 10.16.13
There are grave injustices in this world, some of which may require an immediate response from emergency personnel. But claiming you were overcharged by a penny for a beer is not one of those injustices. Heck, it’s not even a minor transgression. And yet police say a man called 9-1-1 three times to complain about his ordeal. [More]
Don’t Strip Naked & Urinate On An Airport Tarmac If You’d Like To Avoid A Tasering
By 10.10.13
While it’s surely better to strip down to your birthday suit after you’ve deboarded a plane, no matter when you start pulling shenanigans, if you do it an airport the authorities will not be pleased. Add in public urination and telling the captain you’re going to fight him and well, things are going to get taser-y. [More]
Man Employs Rare “I Had To Finish My Big Mac First” Defense To Explain Not Stopping For Police
By 10.9.13
There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to enjoy a burger after a night of drinking — but it is in no way legal or safe on a car chase just so you can finish your meal. Police in Ohio say an intoxicated driver led them on a brief chase because he still had some snacking to do before he stopped the car. [More]
Slushie Machine Wonders What It Ever Did To Naked Woman Attacking It At Gas Station
By 10.8.13
You’re a slushie machine. You sit at home at the convenience store of the gas station, churning out sweet frozen delight and depositing it in customers’ cups. Then along comes an unclothed someone who wants to beat you up — and for what? What did you ever do to deserve such a beat down? [More]
McDonald’s Worker Calls Cops On Customer Making His Own Special Sauce In The Drive-Thru
By 10.7.13
Drive-thrus are meant to be convenient for customers, but that ease of ordering is only meant for food, not for ahem, other services. A McDonald’s employee called 9-1-1 on a pantsless customer who allegedly tried to get her to help him out with his masturbatory efforts. [More]
Delta Passenger Pleads Guilty To Slapping Baby During Flight
By 10.3.13
You may remember the story from February of the 60-year-old man who was accused of getting really drunk on a Delta flight from Minneapolis to Atlanta and smacking a toddler and allegedly saying “shut that ni**er baby up” to the child’s mother. Yesterday, he agreed to a plea deal that could result with him serving up to six months behind bars. [More]
When You’re $.41 Short At The Gas Station, Don’t Punch The Attendant In The Face
By 9.30.13
When I’m a few cents short of my purchase at the corner store, I either put my stuff off to the side and go to the ATM or hold off on buying an item or two. But not one wanted man in Los Angeles, who decided to punch a female gas station cashier in the face when he couldn’t pay for his $1.41 cigar. [More]
Chameleon Theft Triggers Bad Karma After Customer Uses Loyalty Card To Buy Reptile Food
By 9.30.13
There is no way we could ever write about a chameleon without also mentioning karma because otherwise we’re sure Boy George would appear to chastise us for our oversight. And in the case of a pet store customer accused of stealing a Jackson’s Chameleon, karma really is a brat: Cops say he was caught after he swiped his loyalty card while buying food for the pilfered reptile. [More]
Disney Taking Away Line-Skipping For Disabled Guests Because Some People Are Jerks
By 9.24.13 — Updated: 4.10.14
After it was revealed that some impatient but well-heeled visitors to Disney parks were hiring disabled “tour guides” just to avoid long wait times for rides and other attractions, park operators have revised this straight-to-the-front policy with the hope of making it less attractive to opportunistic jerks. [More]
