Apparently Harris Teeter (a chain of grocery stores located in the south) requires not only your name and address for their VIC loyalty program, but also a driver’s license or other government-issued ID. A store spokesperson claims that this is necessary to thwart double-dipping by customers with more than one card and that no one outside the company sees that info, it’s never shown to the cashier and it is protected. pbbbbbbbb
Well, this is just great news. Even people who use “buttery spread” the rest of the year need butter for their holiday baking. The tainted stuff was found in Texas, not up here, but are we now in for another round of scary food stories? Click here for the Trib article.
Breaking news on the Chicago Trib site claims Groupon has turned down Google’s bid of between $5 and $6 billion, preferring to remain independent. I’m certain when the Groupon people sober up they’ll be in touch…
12/2 – got 3 more coupons in today’s mail! Just got off the phone with Sobe and learned the following: they are aware of the snafu and are in the process of mailing out replacement coupons with apology. The CS person I spoke with was not authorized to make an official statement, but said that the error only applied to a small batch. Given the volume of complaints I’ve read, I’d say Pepsi’s concept of small is definitely different than mine. So don’t phone, since they have the mailing info on file. It took 15 minutes before a human even picked up. I did suggest that Sobe change their voice prompts to 1) eliminate all instructions for playing the Sobe game and 2) add a message that Sobe is aware of the expiration coupon problem and will automatically be mailing out replacements. ya think?
For those of you in the same boat (receiving expired coupons), I just received the following email:
Thank you for contacting us at SoBe Beverages.
We’re so sorry that you received an expired coupon as part of our SoBe® Heads or Tails™ promotion. If you’d call 1-800-316-0299, we’d be happy to send out a replacement with a later expiration date.
Again, we apologize for the inconvenience.
Max Jabbonsky
Consumer Relations Representative
012554248A
I suggest you all call and get replacements (press 0 to get to customer service). At least they’re on top of replying to disgruntled consumers. And don’t forget that this is actually a Pepsi company, so they can’t claim to be a small company overwhelmed by traffic…
Guess who just got two more Free Sobe coupons in today’s mail? And guess what expiration date is on them? I’ve already popped them an email phrasing it rather more politely, but since I’m not paranoid enough to think it only happened to me, they better have a contingency plan in place, ’cause I sure as hell am not going out in the cold for two free Sobes. And what really pisses me off is that the rest came weeks ago, so I used them at CVS with my BOGO rain check. So two = four, not no more…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Transportation Security Administration is acknowledging that the new pat-downs are more invasive than what travelers were used to in the past. [unless they’re used to naked Twister or Hide the Weinie party games]
TSA administrator John Pistole says he has received the new pat-down, as has his boss, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
Some travelers complain that the new inspections target sensitive body areas. Pistole says he understands those privacy concerns, but says the government must provide the best possible security for air travelers. [so the way to catch the next shoe/foot bomber is to have a TSA toe-sucker]
Pistole was testifying before a Senate committee about TSA policies and procedures. The hearing was scheduled before the recent outrage about airport security pat-downs.
So maybe normal people should just start taking trains and let the pervs fly all they want. Can you imagine the delight of the creepy old guy on Family Guy? He’d be taking short hops all around the country for quick gropes.
Well, maybe not the last, but they’re definitely rarer than hen’s teeth! At every Wags store that received a shipment today, not one got Sinex – even stores that told me they were ordering extra cases. Bad news for us, but there’s still a few suburbs I haven’t yet hit! If we’re SOL this week, plan on hitting them hard on the week of the 28th. The 2/$10 deal will be back on, the coupons expire on the 30th and the RR is a monthly deal. At some point we have to score, peeps!
<- homemade sauerkraut – do it yourself and avoid jailtime
A Palos Hills woman faces a charge of retail theft after police say she attempted to steal everything from sauerkraut to a stereo from a Bolingbrook Meijer on Sunday. And yet another news article straight out of the Nutjobs on Parade section of the Tribune.
Since Rachel (MUM) seems to be cornering the market on scam posts, I thought I’d chime in with this one:
As my son commented, “I didn’t know Kia had so much money to give away!”
| From: | KIA MOTORS ([email protected])  |
| Sent: | Tue 11/16/10 10:41 AM |
Attention Lucky Winner, This is to inform you that Your email address attached to Prize Secret #: PROMO2011XXXXhas won you a cash sum of Ј650,000.00 Pounds and a Brand new KIA Sorento Car. For claims E-mail Mrs. Karen Walter now via [email protected] ************************************************* Contact Mrs. Karen walter Email: [email protected] Call Tel No.: +234 813 607 9263 Ensure to Provide Her with: 1. Full Name 2. Country: 3. Age/Gender: 4. Occupation 5. Phone Number: ** Send all details to [email protected] OR Call +234 813 607 9263 only
I’m posting this ’cause it bothers me on so many levels…
By now I sure you’ve all heard/read about the 17 year old Bolingbrook teen who drove his SUV into an apartment in the middle of the night and killed the woman sleeping in her bed [if you’ve been under a rock, click here]. There are so many things wrong with this story that I wouldn’t even know how to list them: teen is in this country illegally, but works part-time; doesn’t attend high school; doesn’t speak English; has no drivers license; had a blood alcohol level of .204. If the car is his, how did a 17 year old come up with the cashola to buy this -I can’t even imagine a company loaning money to a 17 year old illegal who works part time (unless it’s a sub-prime car loan company). And if the car wasn’t his, well, then, who loans a car to an unlicensed driver? ’cause let’s face it, if you’re close enough to a person to loan out your car, you’re close enough to know the SOB doesn’t have a license. Obviously there are even more things to get upset about but let’s start with those.
Where did he get the booze? An alcohol level that high and he’s still able to walk, talk and drive? Doesn’t that mean he drinks frequently and has a higher tolerance? One glass of wine and I start yawning, so I’m maybe not the person to ask, but still… Isn’t there a curfew for those under 18? And someone commented that you have to have a licensed driver with you if you’ve been driving less than a year, but if he never bothered with the license in the first place, that one’s out the window!
And his parents? Don’t they have some responsibility for this? Oh, wait, if he’s illegal, then his mother is possibly also illegal – but wait, she works for a hotel. And some news articles mention the mother’s boyfriend. So many questions, so few answers…
Why is it that Naperville is known on one hand as such a kid-friendly community but on the other hand, every few weeks there’s a big prostitution bust? With another collection of butt-ugly losers – and honestly? I wouldn’t touch these perps with your dick … well, not as long as there’s choke the chicken…
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