CEO says airline will not use police to remove passengers in the wake of a video that showed a forcible removal of a Chicago passenger on Sunday Probably a good idea, but here’s a better one. Count the number of seats in each plane, then sell the same number of tickets. It’s not rocket science, …
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United Breaks Faces, Any Pretense Of Giving A Shit
Listen. We’ve all had a lot of fun with the whole United Breaks thing and we all know that United can go fuck itself right along with basically every other airline, but there are almost no words for this. https://www.facebook.com/audra.dickerson/videos/10104378182069960/ Quiz time. The distressed fellow in that video: A: Got past security and made his …
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If Those Menu Prices Look A Little Higher Next Time You’re Out, Thank Bell And Rogers
Bell and Rogers, the two companies that we might as well call one company since they’re working together on sports team ownership, are now conveniently working together to hold up bar and restaurant owners for more money just as those sports teams are about to hit playoff season. Bell and Rogers will soon ask sports …
Damn Autocomplete
I have a friend who went on an autocomplete nonsense texting rampage earlier this year simply because it seemed like a fun idea. I hope he sees this and decides to take it to the next level. Just remember who to thank when you get all famous and stuff, dude. A nonsensical academic paper on …
A Giant Shmans Update
Tans is pretty long overdue for an update, so off we go. Back in June, we had our follow-up, and for the first time, it wasn’t with Chuck. Because his coverage area is so huge, he’s started sending people to do follow-ups, unless I guess the person has a huge problem or he’s in the …
In Case You Need Reminding That Corporations And Lobby Groups Have Always Been Horrible Shitbags
Weird Universe dug up this letter from 1977 written by a Robert K. Phillips, who at the time served as Executive Secretary of the United States National Peach Council. The issue at hand was a possible ban on a chemical called DBCP, which had been found to cause sterility in male workers who came in …
Freedom Scientific Thinks You’ll Pay Them $600 For Voiceover Training. Please Prove Them Wrong
Being either no longer content with or increasingly unable to continue conning people out of thousands of dollars in up front costs and upgrade fees for its own overpriced especially by modern day standards screenreading products, Freedom Scientific has pulled out its giant testicles, slammed them down on a hopefully reinforced table and presented the …
Lumosity Isn’t Looking So Glowing Right Now
When I first saw those Lumosity commercials on TV, there was something about them that struck me as wrong, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Steve would laugh at me because I would see a Lumosity commercial and immediately start picking it apart. Just look at
United Breaks The Bank
United Airlines is facing millions in federal fines for failing to properly accommodate travelers with disabilities on numerous occasions. The U.S. Department of Transportation said this week that it is fining the airline $2 million in response to disability-related complaints in 2014. An investigation found that United did not provide proper assistance for passengers with …
Privacy Commissioner Tells Bell To Shape Up Its Let’s Track Everything Program, Bell Ships It Out Instead
When last we spoke of Bell’s Relevant Advertising Program, the one that was designed to hoover up and sell off basically every bit of your customer data and usage history,, this was happening. Several people have complained, which is nice. I don’t know how many, but it was enough to get the attention of the …