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Reuters is reporting that a German man disturbed the peace last night by chucking his PC out the window onto the street below, waking up neighbors who called the police. When the police arrived, they got the full story: he was pissed at his computer.
Take away line: “Who hasn’t felt like doing that?”
Read the full story at Reuters.com.
A Jacksonville, FL news site is reporting that they are cancelling the contracts and accounts of over 1,000 annoying customers this month. That’s right: annoying customers.
I have to agree with their decision.
The News4Jax.com article states that the clients involved in the dump call 40-50 times per month making complaints and “unreasonable requests.” There is a line to how much time a company can spend on one person, especially if nothing productive ever happens during that time.
Several things happen with activity like this:
If the customers and the provider are not happy with the situation, then I think it is right for the provider to discontinue their relationship with such problem-makers. It is obviously not something you do on the the drop of the hat because customers are the only source of income a service provider has, but some customers aren’t worth the trouble.
That’s my take on it, how do you feel about Sprint’s move?
Jenny Brown entered a cake in a contest and was really happy to get second place. Who wouldn’t be, right? Well, the only entrant in the competition wouldn’t be, and that was exactly what happened: 2nd place prize as the only cake in the competition.
The reason: the judges didn’t think that it was worthy of a blue ribbon nomination. It just wasn’t that good. Ouch!
As it turns out, 11 years ago, she entered scones in another contest, was the only entry, and got third prize. She should just be happy to be moving up in the world.
Read the whole story at The Daily Mail.
Let this be a lesson to all of you young criminals out there. If you see an old guy withdrawing cash from an ATM and then follow him to a convenience store in an attempt to take that money out of his front pocket, ask him how long they served in the Corp before you make your move.
Jesse Rae (man, I can’t believe he’s got my first name), 27, is facing a 15-year sentence if convicted for doing just such a thing. The problem is that he chose Marine veteran, Golden Glove boxer, and an ex-iron worker as his elderly target. Bill Barnes, 72, landed at least 6 solid punches on Jesse and created quite a mess of blood before a store employee saved Jesse’s life. Good for Bill.
The best line of the whole story is what he said about doing it again if it happened again, “I wouldn’t want my wife to give me hell for lettin’ that guy get my money.” He’s even got a tough wife. Good for Bill.
Read the whole story on Yahoo! News.
