Month: September 2017

Target tried going all healthy-like at their snack bars. It did not go well. (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune)

The airport customer satisfaction rankings are out. When the best is really more less-annoying-than-others, there’s work to do. (Source: Los Angeles Times)

A cartoon was pulled from Netflix after a not-in-front-of-the-kids background image was discovered. Oh, those rascally animators. (Source: BBC)

A man’s obsession with Stag Beer raises questions about all kinds of obsessive fandom. When does it go from typical to weird? (Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Humans are programmed to take afternoon naps. But we don’t. Not intentionally, anyway. (Source: Wall Street Journal)

McDonald’s denied that they teach employees how to cheat you out of french fries, but how much do you expect to get, anyway? (Source: HuffPost)

A bar got fined for refilling vodka bottles, prompting the question: Are you able to taste the difference? (Source: KXAN-TV/Austin)

A small portion of South Jersey has its own soft drink, and every once in a while someone outside that area discovers it. Like now. Again. (Source: Philadelphia Inquirer)

Passengers choosing the no-frills “basic economy” fares on some big airlines are expressing shock that they have to pay to check the carry-on they weren’t supposed to carry on in the first place, plus a penalty. They shouldn’t be surprised. (Source: Money)

Windows in showers, no closets, inaccessible power outlets… those annoying things about hotel rooms are deliberate. They think that’s what you want. (Source: Washington Post)