What would you do if you’d just stolen millions from your employer? First of all, don’t do that. You could light $1 million of it on fire immediately, or, you could spend it playing Game Of War on your phone. [More]
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Report: Payday Lenders Funded Academic Research Favorable To Payday Lending
By 11.2.15
It’s not very unusual for academic research to be funded by grants from for-profit entities, especially in the sciences. What they’re specifically not supposed to do is provide financial support and line-by-line editing to what’s supposed to be independent academic research. Yet that’s what appears to have happened to a paper that seems to prove that high interest rates don’t affect customers’ ability to repay their loans. [More]
Dillard’s Pulls Sign From Girls’ Department Asking Santa For A “Fat Bank Account” & “Slim Body”
By 11.11.14
Complaining about getting a fat body and a slim bank account for Christmas instead of vice versa sounds like something one might see in a Cathy cartoon ([sweat marks!] “Bikini season, ugh!” [sweat marks!] etc.) But for some reason, a Dillard’s department store decided to display that joke on a decorative sign posted in the Girls section of the stores, asking Santa to please bring a “fat bank account” and slim body. [More]
You’ll Never Believe Which Vegetables This New Frankenfood Combines (It’s Brussels Sprouts & Kale)
By 7.10.14
Your mind probably won’t be blown and your life won’t be change, so apologies if the headline led you to believe the world would appear new again in your eyes as a result of learning the hippest food out there. But yes, the trendiest of trendy vegetables have come together to combine into one frankenvegetable — BrusselKale. [More]
Family Claims Museum Denied Their Daughter Entry Because Her Wheelchair Would Dirty The Carpets
By 7.12.13
A Savannah, Ga. maritime museum is busy apologizing after a family visiting from Charlotte claimed their 11-year-old daughter couldn’t come in because her wheelchair would “get the carpets dirty.” Instead, an employee reportedly told the family the girl could use one of museum’s wheelchairs, one that didn’t have the right straps to hold her. [More]
Target Can’t Find The Product I Returned In Its Own Warehouse & Somehow This Is My Problem
By 4.3.13
Consumerist reader Anne and her husband just welcomed a new baby girl to their Brooklyn home, and as such, were busy getting ready for her arrival in the weeks leading up to her birth. As part of her nesting activities, Anne ordered a baby rocker from Target and chose a light cream color. But when it arrived, it was really more of a brown hue and she didn’t want to keep it. [More]
The Average Wedding In 2012 Came With A $28,400 Price Tag
By 3.12.13
Are you thinking of getting married? We hope you’ve been attentive to your piggy bank if you’re considering a celebration anything like the average wedding last year — one wedding website says brides and grooms (and their generous families, perhaps) shelled out an average of $28,427 on the big shebang in 2012. [More]
Man Who Helped Citigroup Become A Megabank Says Megabanks Should Be Broken Up
By 7.25.12
Call it an about-face, a switcheroo or an epiphany, but whatever you call it, ex Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill is surprising plenty of people in the industry by saying megabanks should be broken up. This, from the man who helped steer Citigroup to its current ginormous conglomerate status. [More]
Nothing “Unhealthy” On McDonald’s Menu, According To Its Head Chef
By 6.13.12
Chef Daniel Coudreaut is the senior director of culinary innovation for McDonald’s USA — the guy who knows every single fry and apple pie on the drive-thru board. He recently had a chat with a Cleveland journalist where he defended the offerings his employers put forth for 26 million Americans, saying, “I don’t see anything on the menu that’s unhealthy.” [More]
Potential Employers Now Have The Nerve To Ask For Applicants' Facebook Passwords
By 3.20.12
What’s your response if I ask for your Facebook password so I can log in as you and just poke around, see what’s up? Probably something like, “Get out of my face, you crazy person.” But apparently, some potential employers are actually asking for those private details with job applicants. The nerve! [More]
Owning A Smaller, Cheaper Car Doesn't Necessarily Mean You'll Pay Less For Insurance
By 2.14.12
Thinking you’ve scored a great deal by buying a smaller, cheaper car might not be entirely correct, as one report indicates owners of such vehicles might end up paying more in insurance than some of their fellow drivers. [More]
Best Buy Pulls A Rare Move And Actually Makes A Customer Happy
By 12.14.11
We get a lot of customer service complaints about Best Buy. So much so, that when a piece of reader mail comes in commending them for doing something good, well, it’s an event that needs to be remarked upon. That’s where James comes in. [More]
