- Banks have f*cked over customers around the world for
years. Every now and then, it’s good to see one of the little guys score a
victory. With a big assist from malfunctioning technology and sheer good luck,
a Malaysian man had the best-ever ATM visit - at least in a legal form - when
he showed up to make a withdraw on what appeared to be an ordinary evening. He
strolled up to the machine to withdraw some cash and the transaction went off
without a hitch. However, after wrapping things up, the man was stunned as the
machine went haywire and began spitting out bills like a Republican
presidential candidate spitting out bigotry and hate during a debate. As bills
came pouring out of the ATM, the man is clearly stunned by what he’s seeing and
his initial response it to look around to see if anyone else has seen what’s
happening. After a moment, he regains his wits and does what anyone in his spot
should do, namely getting down on the ground and scooping up as much money as
he possibly can. Of course, virtually every ATM in the world is closely watched
by security cameras, so the entire incident was captured on CCTV and video of
the entire incident soon made its way online. One viewer tabulated the cash
spit out by the machine and estimated it to be 10,000 Malaysian Ringgit, which
is around $2,300. All in all, it was a nice chance for a bank to give back to
one of its loyal customers, even if the bank didn’t actually intend to do it at
all………
- Thanks for stating the obvious, Metallica guitarist Kirk
Hammett. Hammett, who along with his metal mates, has been rocking well past
their collective expiration date for the past decade at least, figured he’d
weigh in on the status of one of Metallica’s peers, Guns N’ Roses, which recently
set aside its massive egos in the name of cash and a temporary return to fame
for this summer’s Not In This Lifetime… Tour. The reunion tour managed to
avoid self-destructing in the
spectacular fashion most expected from Fatsel Rose and the fellas, but not
everyone was impressed with what they saw. “Unfortunately, they’ve turned into
somewhat of a nostalgia act, which to me is kind of sad,” Hammett said in
denouncing the tour and the shameless cash grab behind it. Hammett got moral
support from bandmate James Hetfield, who like shooting his mouth off and
taking wholly unprovoked shots at peers, rivals and users of file-sharing
services. I don’t want to think we’re trying to stay young by writing new
stuff, but it makes us feel relevant,” Hetfield said. “It makes us feel like
we’re still progressing.” Well as long as YOU feel like you’re still
progressing, then by all means keep shoveling new music our way and expecting
us to pony up for concert tickets and that new album you’re coincidentally releasing
the week, just days after you drew some free attention your way by taking a
shot at the low-hanging fruit that is Guns N’ Roses. By the way, Metallica’s
new album, “Hardwired…To Self Destruct” just so happens to drop this week, but
in no way is it a nostalgia album from a nostalgia act…….
- Eff you, Christmas decorations before the Halloween
pumpkins on folks’ front porches have even begun to rot. That message was
clearly sent over the weekend the South Carolina State Fairgrounds, even if the
“victim” in this case doesn’t realize it yet. See, vendor Mike Adams was
committing the same crime so many folks do around this time of year, namely
failing to recognize that Christmas is a day, not a f*cking three-month
holi-orgy of gaudy decorations, abysmal music and lame “holiday” parties that
are an excuse for the office drunk to get his DUI on while on company time. No,
it’s a single day honoring the birth of Jesus, so those who would try to
shamelessly exploit it in the name of $$$ or anything else need to be checked -
which an unidentified individual did to Adams’ trailer, filled with
merchandise, while it was parked in a hotel parking lot in Columbia.
"Things happen for a reason, we don't understand why, but maybe one day we
will,” Adams said after someone broke
the lock off his trailer and stole it at the Extended Stay hotel on Forest
Drive. Adams was in town for the annual Christmas Classic show, where he hoped
to make money selling $10,000 worth of Christmas wreaths he crafted himself. “Everything. All of my merchandise was in that
trailer except for what I happened to have, the overflow in my van,” Adams
said. Adams has plied his trade at the
Christmas Classic the past 12 years and started making Christmas wreaths to
keep himself busy after he retired, so he might seem like a sympathetic old
man, but don’t be fooled. Besides, other merchants/holiday exploiters at the
event donated some of their excess merchandise to Adams to sell at the event,
so he didn’t even go away empty-handed……..
- Russell Wilson has brought the Seattle Seahawks back to
win a lot of games in his NFL career, but this comeback might be too big for
even him to pull off. Wilson revealed this week that he’s joining an ownership
group led by investor Chris Hansen with the goal of building an NBA/NHL arena
in Seattle's SODO neighborhood, thus bringing the NBA’s SuperSonics back to the
Emerald City. Seattle has tried and failed to regain an NBA team since the
Sonics left Seattle for Oklahoma City before the 2008-09 season, with their
last attempt being a failed effort to pull the Kings out of Sacramento. But
maybe a squeaky clean NFL quarterback with a famous wife can push the group
over the top. "I'm blessed and excited to partner with Chris, Wally
[Walker], Pete [Nordstrom] and Erik [Nordstrom] and the greatest fans in all of
sports to bring the SODO arena to our beloved city," Wilson said in a
statement. "There is no place like the Emerald City. The positive impact
sports has on our kids and many generations to come, and bringing different
cultures and people together is what motivates and inspires me." Ah, a
well-crafted, business-speak statement that is syrupy and says absolutely
nothing you couldn’t already find on a visitor’s brochure by the local chamber
of commerce. Hansen, whose group led the effort to poach the Kings a few years
ago, has a unique - and appealing - pitch in that he and his investment group
announced last month that they would pay for the arena with private funds. Any
effort to build a stadium with the rich people who want to profit from it
paying the bill rather than asking a cash-strapped city and public to give them
hundreds of millions of dollars is worth hearing out. "We couldn't be more
thrilled that Russell is joining our partnership and continued efforts to bring
the NBA and NHL back to Seattle," Hansen said in a statement. "We
have always kept our focus on doing this for the right reasons -- our love for
our city, our love of basketball and our belief that pro sports has the ability
to positively influence our youth and bring communities together in a way very
few things in this world can.” That’s swell, but can we stop with the canned
statements, please………
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