Archive for the 'Stupid Companies' Category

Gorton’s Frozen Fish Laced with Unknown Pills

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Frozen fish specialist Gorton’s Inc has recalled approximately 1,000 cases of its frozen product across 10 states after confirming that unknown pills were found in the fish. The incident began when Tracy Rowan of New Freedom, Pennsylvania, called the police after biting into one of the pills. Said Rowan, “It’s kind of frightening to not [...]

Time Warner Cable Screws Wisconsin Residents

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Residents of Wheatland, Wisconsin received a $2,000 bill in their mailboxes recently courtesy of Time Warner cable. That is, for those residents who still have mailboxes. You see, a tornado demolished several homes in the southeast region of Wisconsin on January 7th. Time Warner offered their sincerest condolences by charging some of those residents $2,000 [...]

Nursing Home Resident Had Maggots in His Eye

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Unless you enjoy maggots in your eyes, infected breathing tubes, incorrectly inserted catheters, and bed sores, you should probably steer clear from the University Center West nursing home in Volusia County, Florida. According to staff members at Florida Hospital Deland, an unidentified 82-year-old man suffered from these ailments while staying at the nursing home. The [...]

Stupid Quotes: Sarah Michelle Gellar

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

During recent travels as an ambassador for CARE to poverty-stricken places around the world, Sarah Michelle Gellar had this to say:
“When I travel to these remote places, I feel pleasure and happiness and helping these young girls — in America we are such a gluttonous society, and seeing the way these people appreciate everything is [...]

Wal-Mart Fires Man For Not Wearing Santa Costume

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Christopher Nolan was employed by the Sanford, Maine Wal-Mart for three years before being terminated in December for allegedly refusing to dress up as Santa Claus. Nolan, 27, claims to be an atheist and does not believe in Christmas. When asked to don the Santa uniform, he refused. Wal-Mart management gave him an hour to [...]

Strange Note Discovered in Wal-Mart Package

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Earlier today we profiled a 10 year old girl who received a supposed new MP3 player from Wal-Mart. Unfortunately  the MP3 player wound up being used and was preloaded with pornographic images, profanity, and war clips (Link).
A similar report is out this evening from a Germantown, Maryland Wal-Mart location. A young girl, upon opening her [...]

MSG Settles Another Sexual Harassment Case

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Madison Square Garden has settled another sexual harassment lawsuit. This one involved a former New York Rangers cheerleader Courtney Prince. After being terminated in January 2004, Prince claimed that MSG failed to protect the skating cheerleaders from being touched inappropriately when they went into the crowd at home games. Cheerleaders were also required to wear [...]