{"id":3877,"date":"2003-03-19T13:44:15","date_gmt":"2003-03-19T18:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3877"},"modified":"2003-03-19T13:44:15","modified_gmt":"2003-03-19T18:44:15","slug":"only_101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/19\/only_101.html","title":{"rendered":"Only 101?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a long but entertaining article on The 101 Dumbest Moments in Business<\/a> of 2002. A few highlights:<\/p>\n

Panic in the heartland, part 1: The crisis begins.<\/b>
\nOutside a Wal-Mart (WMT) in the small town of Geneseo, Ill., a 73-year-old woman buys a newspaper and suddenly finds herself trapped when the door of the news rack slips closed and catches her coat. Unable to wriggle out, she solicits a bystander to enter the Wal-Mart and ask for help. A Wal-Mart employee comes out to explain that she can’t assist, citing a policy against tampering with the news rack.
\nPanic in the heartland, part 2: The tense negotiation.<\/b>
\nAfter going back inside for a moment, the Wal-Mart employee comes out and tells the trapped woman that she’ll call the newspaper and have a representative come to release her. The woman suggests an alternative solution: Somebody could simply put two quarters in the machine and open the damn door. The Wal-Mart employee rejects this out of hand, explaining that the store can’t pay refunds for the news rack.
\nPanic in the heartland, part 3: The sweet taste of liberation.<\/b>
\nEventually the employee relents and puts two quarters in the machine. Later the liberated woman’s daughter visits the store and gives her a $5 bill to be used strictly to finance future releases. A Wal-Mart corporate spokesperson apologizes for the incident, saying, “This is not how we do business.”<\/p>\n

Although #67 is pretty funny, too.<\/p>\n

Those special memories that last forever.<\/b>
\nIn May, a day after the announcement of possible terror threats involving light aircraft, charter-plane company Wings Aloft flies a Cessna over Seattle to spread the ashes of a Mariners fan over the roof of Safeco Field. Instead of the elegiac dusting that was intended, the container detaches from the Cessna, smashes onto the stadium’s roof, and bursts into a powdery cloud that prompts the mobilization of a haz-mat team.<\/p>\n

(via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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