Our hearts were warmed to a toasty temperature recently after hearing about a Montana man who cops said was intent on robbing a Papa John’s pizza joint, but left with a free meal after he broke down and tearfully admitted he needed cash to support his family. The compassionate clerk instead convinced him to leave with just a pizza and some chicken wings. Now cops say that whole sob story was all a lie. [More]
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If You’re Unhappy With Your Onion Rings, Don’t Slam Your Tray Into Burger King Employee’s Face
By 2.4.13
Of all the things in the world that might be worth getting into a physical altercation over, Burger King onion rings are pretty far down the list for most people. Apparently that’s not the case for one couple in South Carolina. [More]
Waitress Who Posted No-Tip Receipt From “Pastor” Customer Fired From Job
By 1.31.13
Earlier this week, we posted a story about a restaurant customer who not only chose to deny the waitress a tip, but also wrote “I Give God 10% Why do you Get 18?” on the receipt. Now we’ve learned that the server who posted the receipt online has been fired. [More]
Diner Thinks That Saying He’s A Pastor Allows Him To Stiff Waiter On Tip
By 1.29.13 — Updated: 1.31.13
Man Claims Bank Gave Him $1,400 In Counterfeit Bills Which Don’t Work When Paying A Mortgage
By 1.29.13 — Updated: 5.9.16
Believe us when we say using Monopoly money in the real world is a sure way to fail. And even if your money isn’t hued funny, if it’s fake, it won’t fly. One man is blaming a local bank for his counterfeit woes, claiming he was given $1,400 in fake $100 bills. He can’t pay his mortgage with that stuff, putting him in a tight spot.
Dear Redbox Users, Please Stop Using Handicap Parking Spaces
By 1.21.13
We understand the temptation — you’re just going to pull up for a minute or two to pick up or return a movie from the Redbox kiosk and the handicap parking spots are right there. It would be so much easier to pull into that spot than find one elsewhere and trek back. [More]
Landscaper Starts Website To Turn Tables On Bad Customers
By 1.14.13
With the rising popularity of crowd-sourced review sites like Yelp and AngiesList, a number of business-owners feel like they are being unjustly slammed by a small number of very vocal, unsatisfied, customers. So one landscaper decided to turn things around with a site calls out problem clients. [More]
Thief Feels Awfully Bad About Stealing Couple’s Tandem Bike, Returns It With Apology Note
By 1.11.13
When one of your possessions goes missing, often the feeling of personal loss over something you need and use in your life trumps the anger you might feel toward a thief. Like maybe the perp wouldn’t take your item if he or she knew what it meant to you, but it’s gone so that’s that. But in the case of a couple who needed their stolen tandem bike and counted on it to get around, it seems the thief actually did realize he’d done wrong. [More]
Here Is Video Of The Unruly Passenger Who Had To Be Duct Taped Into His Seat
By 1.9.13
Really drunk people and planes don’t mix. So what to do when a passenger is so drunk he can’t be restrained by ordinary meaures? [More]
4 Reasons Why Profanity-Filled E-Mails & Rants Will Not Result In Good Customer Service
By 1.3.13
Bad customer service — especially the kind that has the consumer bouncing from one department to the next without any hope for resolution — can be infuriating. It can be incredibly easy, if not downright tempting, to dust off every dirty word you ever learned by watching football with that one uncle as a kid. [More]
Robbers Make Off With $1.3 Million Worth Of Products In New Year’s Eve Apple Store Heist
By 1.2.13
While the rest of Paris was focused on ringing in the New Year, armed gunmen were all about bringing in some new gear during a robbery at an Apple store in Paris. Police had their eyes on the partying people on the Champs-Elysees while the masked thieves broke into the Apple flagship store nearby on Monday night. [More]
Stealing Presents & Then Regifting Them: Christmas, You’re Doing It Wrong
By 12.26.12
We know, holiday shopping can be the worst. But that doesn’t mean you can take certain shortcuts like lifting presents from someone else who’s already put in the effort to buy them. Cops say a Chicago man stole not only unopened presents but also credit cards, and then took the time to wrap the presents in new paper and put them under his own Christmas tree.
Man Doesn’t Realize He Is Entirely Too Old To Throw A Tantrum Over Cheese On His Burger
By 12.20.12
There are some things worth getting cranky about but having your food order messed up happens to everyone. And know what, 35-year-old man in Pennsylvania? You are too old to throw a temper tantrum because your McDonald’s burger came with cheese instead of without. We doubt being charged with assault will take the sting out of that slight, either. [More]
Setting A Denny’s Christmas Tree Aflame Won’t Make Your Check Come Any Quicker
By 12.19.12
Much like the lady who huffs and puffs in exasperation behind you in the pharmacy line, setting fire to a Christmas tree at Denny’s in frustration won’t make your check come any quicker. A man who cops say lit up the tree because he was apparently annoyed at having to wait too long for his check to be delivered will likely have to pay up for more than just his meal. [More]
Allegedly Drunk Man Allegedly Lighting Up In Plane Bathroom Prompts Emergency Landing
By 12.19.12
There’s the guy sitting next to you who allegedly has such bad breath you allegedly can’t breathe out of your nose, and then there are the more serious kind of claims. Allegations are flying over in Australia, after Qantas airlines says a(n allegedly) drunk passenger (allegedly) lit up a cigarette in an airplane bathroom on a flight from Sydney to Japan, prompting an emergency landing that cost the airline $120,000. [More]
Thieves Boost $2 Million In Wii Game Consoles From Warehouse Using Facility’s Forklifts
By 12.19.12
With all the reports we’ve been hearing of thieves making off with high-tech goods in heists by using forklifts already present at the scene of the crime, it makes us think someone needs to lock up the equipment a wee bit better. In the latest “here, use our stuff to steal our stuff” story, police are trying to find the people who lifted $2 million worth of Nintendo Wii U gaming consoles from a warehouse at SeaTac’s Seattle Air Cargo. [More]
Customer Tries, Fails To Convince Internet That Company Labeled Him A “Huge A-hole”
By 12.14.12
It’s one thing if a company or one of its employees goes out of their way to insult you, say by mocking your weight or calling you an “ugly itch” from “Ghettohood USA.” But it’s not cool to claim that a company insulted you when it just did exactly what you asked it to do. [More]
Woman Cited For Shopping Cart Rage Because There Are Plenty Of Carts To Go Around
By 12.14.12
The nice thing about the supermarket is that they have these large, rolling vessels available to use for free, so shoppers can fill them with items and not have to carry all those groceries. They’re called shopping carts, and unless there’s some special occasion where a store is flooded with shoppers, there are usually quite a few of them available. So punching a fellow shopper in the face over shopping cart rage? That doesn’t need to happen. [More]
