“I have personally cleaned up almost every humanly fluid and plenty that didn’t seem human.”
“I am continually amazed by what people will do when given a few square feet of privacy.”
“Why do you want to have sex in a bathroom? I think the toilet would be kind of a mood killer.”
Via New York Times
This weekend, I tweeted:
Zappos' reply:
The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line allows home cooks to phone in their questions relating to preparing a turkey and get answers in real time. One can also email the Talk-Line if time is not of the essence.
According to Butterball's website, 50 "professionally trained, college-educated home economists and nutritionists" respond to 100,000 questions every November and December.
Started 29 years ago, the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line is already an American Thanksgiving classic.
I've never used it but I sure as heck like knowing it's there. Just in case.
The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line number is 1-800-BUTTERBALL. The email address is talkline@butterball.com.
For no reason that I can explain, if this place were near my house, I'd want to order pizza from it.
Source: Small Bits and Pieces
A friend emailed me these photos of India the other day.
Visit Boing Boing for a great (and mercifully short) post about Circuit City's contempt for knowledge capital.
When Leroy Green sent flowers to his mistress via 1-800-FLOWERS, he was assured by the florist that no proof of his purchase would be sent to the home he shared with his wife. Nonetheless, 1-800-FLOWERS mailed a 'thank you for your purchase' and a discount coupon to his home. His wife saw it, got suspicious and asked 1-800-FLOWERS to fax her the original receipt. Which 1-800-FLOWERS did, along with the sentiment Leroy included with the posies he had had delivered to his girlfriend:
Just wanted to say that I love you and you mean the world to me! Leroy"
Leroy's wife is suing him for divorce.
Leroy is suing 1-800-FLOWERS because his divorce is going to cost him extra because his wife has proof of his infidelity thanks to 1-800-FLOWERS' customer service bungling.
And 1-800-FLOWERS is pulling a PR weasel by claiming it will not take responsibility "for an individual's personal conduct." Meaning Leroy's conduct, not that of the 1-800-FLOWERS employee who promised nothing would be sent to Leroy's home or the conduct of the person who authorized automatically mailing Leroy proof of an order to his home.
Leroy is clearly a rat. But 1-800-FLOWERS was stupid to not realize that not every Romeo who sends flowers wants proof sent to his home.
Image: TeraRoop11
Source: Houston Chronicle
Delta Airlines refuses to give Charles M. a refund.
Charles M. had his camera stolen from his baggage by a Delta baggage checker. Charles himself tracked down his stolen camera on eBay and got the thieving baggage checker fired, arrested and prosecuted.
The man is a hero.
Delta Airlines, instead of rewarding Charles M. for uncovering an unscrupulous employee, refuses to give Charles a refund for his plane fare with the excuse:
We must respectfully deny your request for a full refund of your trip since travel did commence.
If this is how Delta treats its customers -- especially in the age of blogs and chat rooms -- the airline deserves to go bankrupt.
Update: posted 17 March 2007
Consumerist reports that after being trashed on the Internet and on the PeterGreenberg radio show, Delta Airlines is FINALLY reimbursing Charles M. for the cost of his camera.
Source: The Consumerist
