Waitress sacked for giving away 16 cent treat
Theft from the workplace throws up many issues of trust etc, but when single mother working in a restaurant gave a crying child a bite sized doughnut valued a just 16 cents; you may think that this was not a case for being fired.
But it was and the woman from Ontario in Canada, was fired [...]
New drink takes the bacon
It could only happen in the States, they have created a new drink that is strictly for the meat eating population, but as drinks go it is probably not going to be advertised as that, otherwise they could be pushing themselves out a massive marketplace which is just plain bad for business.
However it is the [...]
Mother is not always right
For some strange reason it would seem that all of things that your mother told you not to do were in fact wrong. Here are just a few examples of the things that some mothers say in order to stop their children from doing something they do not like.
“Stop cracking your knuckles…it will give you [...]
French President inspires male grooming
Ever since the French President married Carla Bruni last year, there has apparently been a surge in middle aged men who looking at plastic surgery in an attempt to turn the clock, because they have a second wife who is lot younger than themselves.
Plastic surgeons from the world famous Harley Street in London are saying [...]
Into space and beyond
Sir Richard Branson has been outlining the future of commercial space travel as he see it with Virgin Galactic, which could be the first commercial space touring company when they test fly their ship later in the year.
It seems that just orbiting the earth is not going to be good enough, once this has been [...]
No more waiters needed
The Germans pride themselves in being efficient and able to come up with some great ideas, and this one is will go down as the idea that put waiting staff out of job, or so they are hoping.
This is a restaurant that requires no waiting staff at all, everything is done by computer and [...]
Organise your life and the kids too
Life is complicated enough with careers and busy lifestyles, but when you add kids to the equation all you plans and routines need to be totally revised. It’s easy to just sit back and let the whole thing blow over your head, but that is not really the way that it should be going, having [...]
March 21, 2008Eiffel Tower to be redesigned
To celebrate the creation of Gustave Eiffel’s design that is a classic landmark in Paris, the Eiffel Tower there has been a competition in process which was open to architects who thought that they had a great way of redesigning the famous tower to celebrate the towers 120th anniversary.
With all of the plans and designs [...]
Gaming machines pulled out of pubs
It seems that the smoking ban in public places has not just made the smokers leave the pubs, but many of the affiliated services too. As trade drops and one thing about smokers is that they are normally drinkers too. But as they have been pushed outside they obviously take their money with them, which [...]
March 12, 2008Nasty food additives
Food labelling has always been a bit if a mystery to many people, the basics are fair enough we can all follow the listed ingredients but when it comes to the end of the list things become a little sketchy. So what exactly are some of those mystery ingredients?
Shellac - wood-finishing product, used in [...]