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Man arrested for refusing to let Circuit City check his bag & reciept…
(This is not a joke)
I found out about this on slashdot.org and felt it merited “forwarding” via my blog to folks who may find this story interesting.
“Michael Righi was arrested in Ohio over the weekend after refusing to show his receipt when leaving Circuit City. When the manger and ‘loss prevention’ employee physically prevented the [...]
eBay Hilarity
Not Books
I saw one of these ads in a recent issue of Scientific American and checked out the AbeBooks.com website to find that they had a (clever) ad campaign of “not books” like:
1985: Things Are Looking Up by George Orwell
Everything You Wanted To Know About North Korea, But Were Afraid To Ask by Kim Jong-Il
…and this [...]
Henry Rollins on Wal-Mart
When should you tip your barista?
ESPN is a source for both sporting news and proper etiquette…
Bradley from Dallas has a funny follow-up to the section about tipping in last week’s mailbag: “As a former Starbucks barista, I have to agree and disagree with you about the tipping. You are right about tipping if all you get is a cup of [...]
