Have you bought a cuddly stuffed animal or another souvenir recently during a visit to the zoo? If so, keep an eye on your credit card statements. According to reports from financial institutions and an announcement from one affected zoo, a company that manages zoo gift shops recently had its systems breached. [More]
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Sure, A Terrorist Attack Map Cheese Plate Sounds Like A Fine Idea
By 5.22.14
The new 9/11 Museum at the former site of the World Trade Center might be New York City’s hottest tourist attraction right now, and both the museum and its gift shop of items in questionable taste have been in the news lately. Here’s the latest head-scratcher featured online: a map-shaped cheese plate marked with terrorist attack sites. [More]
Universal Studios Gift Shop Guy Wrongly Told Me It Was OK To Bring Snow Globe On Flight
By 3.18.10
Back in November we learned the TSA suspected snow globes of being possible terrorist devices, possibly because of their overpoweringly wintry and hypnotic nature. Apparently the Universal Studios gift shop doesn’t have us on RSS, because an employee told John it was OK to bring on his globe on a flight. [More]
