I've been invited to an "advanced" screening of Planet In Peril! Is there something that makes this screening better than others? Is it advanced in the same way as those annoying parents think their child is advanced and then try to get them to learn Japanese before they're two?
I've heard of seeing a movie in advance, but an advanced screening...that must be something very special indeed.
At least they got "first come, first served" right.
Sacramento vulture Cori sent in this gas station blunder:
It's a wonder they got "assistance" right!
You don't even have to walk to the front of the supermarket anymore. As long as you're not using a gift card, you can complete your transaction right there in the aisle!
I don't know where poor vulture LizyPo found this unfortunate request...
...but I fear for her safety.
I am reminded of Boston's great fire at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub. From the always-reliable Wikipedia:
"As is common in panic situations, many patrons attempted to exit through the main entrance, the same way they had come in. However, the building's main entrance was a single revolving door, immediately rendered useless as the panicked crowd scrambled for safety. Bodies piled up behind both sides of the revolving door, jamming it to the extent that firefighters had to dismantle it in order to get inside."
I think I'd like to jam this sign's creator into a revolving door and spin it around a few times.
While stopping over at a Best Western in Oregon, vulture Noelle captured the following example of outstanding customer service:
"Apparently, there is only ever one guest taken into consideration at the Best Western. " Here's hoping Noelle was that night's lucky guest!
Philadelphia scenester/vulture Carolynn sent in this horrific posting from a local venue:
Wow. Old scholl? Rhmixes? Not altogether surprising, when you consider this blurb from their website: The Khyber is opened upstairs every night of the week and FREE. $1 PBR & $1 High Life every night till 11pm upstairs. Sundays has $10 OPEN BAR.
Au revoir, English language.
Dear Firewise Communities and Forest Service,
Your ad space (taken from the back pages of this week's Entertainment Weekly) might just be more effective if you didn't make up words!
At great personal risk, I whipped out my cell phone camera while in the locker room at my gym:
Extented?! Does the word even sound like that, rolling off one's tongue?
Who knew the Crate & Barrel catalog was so nasty?
Abuela, when translated from Spanish, means grandma. Do the Crate & Barrel marketing wizards think my granny is a mocha-skinned hottie? Or, worse yet, am I downing a steamy cup of chocolate grandma powder?
Gross!
Petty ill will or hatred with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart... now with no calories!!
