Well that was quick: the Pizza Time employee who told reporters that the store’s manager had shut off the heat and was making them work in a subfreezing store, was fired. This guy really is a terrible boss.
According to King5, which broke the original story, the employee was told yesterday that he didn’t have to serve his suspension for complaining about the temperature, and was called in to work that afternoon. When he got there, he was fired. The owner, Luke Benjamin, says they mutually agreed to part ways. Fortunately, the ex-employee says he has received several job offers since the story broke, so we hope he is happy in his new, hopefully warmer, job.
Cold Pizza Employee No Longer Employed [King5]
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Some of those pro-consumer credit card rules that we reported on have already disappeared. That’s because our post was based on the preliminary report, but by the final version, three got chucked. Here’s the final tally:
CHUCKED:
Language regarding
1) Overlimit fees due to account holds
2) Deceptive advertising using multiple APRs or credit limits
3) Problems about automatic overdraft programs on checking accounts
STAYS:
1) Raising APRs, especially on existing balances, restricted
2) Payments applied either to highest APR balance, or divided evenly among the balances
3) Bills must be sent at least 21 days before they’re due, unless delivered electronically
4) Double-cycle billing is dead
5) Subprime credit cards that have a $500 credit limit but a big upfront fee will have that fee capped at no more than 50% of the credit limit, and it can be paid off over a year, rather than immediately.
For a more in-depth look, check out this post at the Financial Privacy Now Blog. And if you’re low on reading material, nothing beats the 284-page final ruling. Bear in mind, none of these will go into effect until 2010.
PREVIOUSLY: New Rules Kill Credit Card Industry’s Most Abusive Practices
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A Bloomberg investigation found that some insurance policies with the AARP stamp of approval actually cost senior citizens more, and part of that money is getting kicked back to AARP in the form of “royalties” and “fees.” Essentially, the AARP is taking a cut of your premium before passing it on to the insurer. These payments have gone from 11% of AARP’s revenue in 1999, to 43% in 2007. One man found he was paying twice the average for his car insurance. When walked into the the group’s brass and marbled headquarters, flashing his 20-year AARP card, to find out where his money was going, he was told the AARP doesn’t give tours.
AARP’s Stealth Fees Often Sting Seniors With Costlier Insurance
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Homeland Security’s dossier on all your the travel you’ve ever taken looks something like this.
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The FIPS blog, via undercover video (which contains NSFW curse words in textual format), attempts to uncover why the Target at the Atlantic Center Mall in Brooklyn is the absolute worst Target ever created. See, you people in the suburbs, with your nice Targets where products are arranged on the shelves in a sensible matter and the floors are clean and the lights are bright, probably don’t get it. This Target is like a Kmart that got too depressed to be physically able to put its shoes on in the morning. I know of this particular Target and speak from experience. So the FIPs people don’t get anywhere close to finding out why the Target is so bad, but they do approach its pathos. (The girl in the video blames the disarray on “the weekend” and “time of year.” Not true. It’s ALWAYS like that). Video inside…
FIPS UNDERCOVER: Target, Atlantic Center Mall [The Seventh Level of Hell]
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That’s right, despite having its budget slashed and being put up for sale, Consumerist still rocked 2008 with a bunch of cool and/or ridiculously awesome posts, and now we’re in the running for the Best Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards. You can cast your vote here. Frankly, we haven’t even heard of some of the competitors. Gawk-er? What is that, a peeping tom site? Boing boing? Who names this stuff?
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In its largest ever hiring spree since 9/11, the FBI is hiring 850 new special agents and 2,100 professional support personnel. Maybe they’ll catch all those shady mortgage crooksters before they Jenga the system! Oh wait, too late. Next time there’s a sub-prime meltdown, though, we’ll be ready! [FBIjobs.gov] [CNN]
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No more free beer at Busch theme parks. Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, will no longer offer free beer at its theme parks, which include Busch Gardens and SeaWorld, due to the “limited appeal” of free beer.
From the St. Louis Business-Journal:
“The hospitality centers had pretty limited appeal because it was for patrons who were of legal drinking age who wanted beer,” he said. “We were looking for something that had a broader age appeal.”
Park goers who are of legal drinking age will still be able to buy beer at the parks.
The AB InBev is expected to sell the theme parks in an attempt to pay off its debt from the $52 billion acquisition of Anheuser-Busch.
No more free beer at Busch theme parks [Bizjournals via Fark ]
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Wanna save on your Tmobile bill? Ask your company’s partnership rep if they have an employer discount available. Then you can call Tmobile Corporate Migrations at 877-453-8824 and claim your discount. In fact, if you Google that number, you can find the names of a number of companies and organizations that give their members Tmobile discounts. Perhaps you belong to one of them. (Thanks to Romeo!) (Photo: Ed Yourdon)
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