Somebody in the Starbucks marketing department needs a good pat on the back for this little stunt. A holiday advertising gimmick placed atop cabs in Boston in recent weeks has been fooling motorists who continually mistake the ad for a Starbucks cup left on the roof. The full story is here, with pictures of the gimmick here. More info here. Links via Starbucks Gossip, where you can find wonderful tidbits about how some people can visit any of the 169 Starbucks outlets within 5 miles of their house.
Woman Arrested For Deleting Ex’s Game Data
There are two sad things about this. One, that they’d actually arrest somebody for this and two, that the guy’s game data was so important that he felt the need to have the woman arrested. Full story, via Aaron.
Coffee Drinkers Don’t Care About Contaminated Water
All Starbucks in the Phoenix area were closed because of contaminated water problems the area was having. Sadly, caffeine-addicted freaks didn’t care, and were even willing to sign a waiver, to get their Starbucks fix. Full Story.
Things NOT To Do When Being Interviewed
We’re currently interviewing for a front desk position here at Sunray (we’re still looking for the right person, so e-mail me your resume if you’re that person). We just had someone come through the office that was the most brutally honest person I’ve ever met in my entire life. There are just some things you try to avoid discussing during a job interview, if you can avoid it, but I almost want her here because she was so honest (and she was actually very nice).
We have standard questions we ask in every interview. One of them is “If there’s one thing you could improve upon, what is it?” Her answer? “Well, I’m not the most punctual person in the world, and I’m frequently late for my job.”
Okaaaaay…How about driving record? “I’ve gotten a couple speeding tickets, and I currently don’t have insurance on my car.”
It slowly gets worse… Do you have any felony convictions in the last 10 years that haven’t been expunged by a court of law, blah blah (and we’ve never had anybody actually answer “Yes” to this)? “I have a felony possession of a stolen weapon on my record, but only because I was the lease holder on the apartment that the gun was found in, and it was my old roommate’s gun.”
So we gave her an application to fill out, and she gets to the part on the form where it asks if they’ll consent to drug tests at random intervals, etc… . She asks how often they would be, and we said that she’d probably get one in her first 90 days, and then randomly thereafter. “Sorry for wasting your time, but I wouldn’t be able to pass,” and she sets down the application, says a polite goodbye and leaves our office.
I have to say, that was the most entertaining interview I’ve ever sat in on.
Buster Bunny’s Lesbian Adventure
It’s amazing to me the idiots who seem to think that a children’s TV program that casually mentions something remotely related to lesbianism is somehow going to turn all children into gays. This is your tax dollars at work here, folks.
The nation’s new education secretary denounced PBS on Tuesday for spending public money on a cartoon with lesbian characters, saying many parents would not want children exposed to such lifestyles.
The not-yet-aired episode of “Postcards From Buster” shows the title character, an animated bunny named Buster, on a trip to Vermont — a state known for recognizing same-sex civil unions. The episode features two lesbian couples, although the focus is on farm life and maple sugaring.
The episode information was removed from PBS’s site, but it still remains in the Google Cache. Quoting the page:
While there, we visited Emma, David, and James, who live with their two moms, Karen and Gillian. Karen and my mom used to work at the same newspaper together.
Oh yeah, that’ll make all children turn gay. Idiots.
Criminy, if the United Church of Christ can accept gay characters with open arms, why can’t our government?
Links via a variety of places, but mostly Jeff Jarvis.
New York Times Link Generator
For those of you who have ever considered linking (or e-mail links) to stories in the New York Times but worry about it disappearing into its archives never to be seen again, worry no more. The form on that link will generate a non-decaying link to New York Times stories and when folks click on one of these links, they don’t have to sign into the NYT site, and they won’t have to pay a fee to read the story, even if it’s in the archives.
Now I just need to go through my archives for NYT stories and see if any of them can be salvaged. Link via BB.
eBay Marketing Techniques
How does eBay market itself and bring in traffic? It’s actually responsible for creating all those strange auctions that you read about. Really.
Boys Arrested For Crayon Drawings
Don’t blame police, really, as the kids were making drawings depicting a 10-year-old classmate being stabbed and hung, but I don’t know if arresting them was the appropriate action. Good counseling would probably have been more appropriate. Full Story.
Soviet-era Missle Removed From eBay
Not because it violated eBays weapons policies, but because it broke eBay regulations by listing it alongside its vehicle launcher, which should have appeared as a separate item. Full Story. Thanks Barney for the link.