F*&k You! Some Customers Just Do Not Have A Sense of Humour...

Oops!

I had never thought of doing this myself. But, now that I have seen it done, I am wondering why it has not been done before. Or, if it has been done before, why I have not read about it. And, having worked in the fast food and restaurant industry in a previous incarnation of this life of mine, I have heard some really weird and wonderfully nasty customer service stories.

The beauty of modern cash registers and computer technology is that you can put any old message on a receipt for purchases made. Most fast food restaurants use the technology to place standard information on the receipt, such as the name of the server, the store manager, the store contact details or even to up-sell other products.

However, a Burger King store in Sacremento, California, added the classic "show me the love" message and symbol for world peace, "Fuck You". Unfortunately for the manager and the employee involved they scored the unhappy customer who was so traumatized by reading such filth that they just had to complain. Oops! The manager and the employee are now sans of a job.

To be fair to the customer, when you buy a Double Whopper with Cheese, a serve of Onion Rings, and a small drink, you probably are not expecting to be greeted with "FUCK YOU" when you go back and check your receipt. Yes, it was in capital letters. As a matter of interest, when was the last time you checked your receipt?

The customer, Francisco Perez, claims that it was one of the most humiliating experiences he has had to endure. The point Perez makes is that he only bought a burger and end up with a "fuck you burger" instead. To ease some of the humiliation, Burger King has offered all manner of vouchers to Perez. But, the trauma is too real and too recent. Perez has knocked back all offers to rebuild the business / customer relationship. Perez will not be eating at Burger King again.

Copy cats, anyone?

More on Virginity

It is amazing what one stumbles across while surfing the Internet. It seems that there is a thriving market in terms of auctioning off one's virginity to the highest bidder. I am wondering, irrespective of the purpose or rationale for such action, whether this is just a case of prostitution through the medium of an online auction.

Then there are other concerns like how does one know if they are getting value for money? Specifically, that the claim of virginity is real. There is plenty of research that would suggest that a simple hymen test is probably not the best indicator of virginity.

Anyways, Natalie Dylan (apparently not her real name), a student from San Diego, is intending to finance here graduate school education by selling her virginity to the highest bidder. You can find news and commentary on this here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. What is interesting, aside from the fact that this looks a little like prostitution, is that this girl apparently has an undergraduate degree in women's studies from Sacramento State (which if I am not mistaken is part of the California State University system).

By all accounts it is Howard Stern that is going to kick off the auction process. Anything that Howard Stern is involved with is likely to push the edge of the envelope and worth watching in that car wreck kind of a way.

I am not sure that I will be following this story through to its conclusion, although it was a fun read, it just has that "beat up" feel to it! That said, I would be interested to find out how much she settles for and whether or not we get to see the wining bidder.