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TGIF. No, Really.

Think you’ve had a bad week? It could have been worse. Check out what happened to these guys… In Ottawa, Canada, Line Emond, a statistics and data quality manager at the Parole Board of Canada, found herself in close cubicle proximity with a co-worker (Mr. X) who had a plethora of bad habits… How bad? Well, Emond claimed that Mr. X constantly distracted her during the workday by loudly unpacking his bag in the morning, eating strong-smelling leftovers, walking barefoot in the office, making loud guttural noises, passing gas, swearing and… washing his feet with vinegar in his cubicle. So, what happened? In Reading, Pennsylvania, Victor Martinez-Herrer was riding in the cab of Ralph Valletta… when Victor decided to hold up Ralph… He got Ralph’s money (all $11)… but he should have looked in the rearview mirror… Oh, and his hold-up weapon of choice (a “Ruger”) was a bit questionable as well… In — well, cyberspace — hackers managed to breach Bangladesh Bank’s systems last month and stole its credentials for payment transfers… and then bombarded the Federal Reserve Bank of New York with nearly three dozen requests to move money from the Bangladesh bank’s account there to entities in the Philippines and Sri Lanka… In fact, four requests to transfer a total of about $81 million to the Philippines went through… but a fifth, for $20 million, to a Sri Lankan non-profit organization was stopped… but you’ll never guess why. In Richmond, Virginia, Eboni Jones went on something of a shopping spree… first by placing a few items in her shopping cart at a Walmart here… But when she was approached by the store's anti-theft team, she ditched those items… then stopped in another nearby business… and came out wearing a change of clothes… and then stepped into an unusual getaway car… though she didn’t get far… In Mount Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania, two girls found themselves in need of a ride home… so they called the local state police barracks… though not in a state that one should be in when summoning law officials… And finally, near Lowell, Massachusetts, Andrew S. Gordon, 53, wanted to do away with his estranged wife… so he hired a “hit man”… who turned out to be a state trooper… So he hired a hit man to take out the state trooper… a hit man who turned out to be… Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday — don't forget to "spring forward"! And have a great weekend!

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