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Complaints: Tino
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Miscellany
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Now I've long since left the hated restaurant, tossing in mediocre money and long hours for poor money and relatively short hours. A fair swap, as far as I'm concerned. But I'm still in touch with my former co-workers, and my last 2 landlords have both continued to work there. Over Thanksgiving dinner with G his brother brings up the story of Tino, a new waiter, old waiter about town, classical 50's greaser, hair and appearance, and incidentally Italian, reminding you of no-one so much as a failed Vinnie Barbarino, trapped in a fashion that went the way of the dinosaur some 40 odd years ago...
Anyways, G gets a call from a customer looking to speak to the manager. G identifies himself as the manager. The customer then goes on to explain that he's noted a certain waiter pissing behind the restaurant....not once, but several times.
This in what passes for "fine dining" in Calgary.
G promises to address it, speaks to Tino, issue done. This isn't even remotely the most ridiculous letter of complaint they've ever had....
Radiotopia.fm
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Audio & Podcasts
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A new discovery, radiotopia.fm, similar to This American Life & Radiolab. Enjoy!
Viking Hoard in Scotland
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Found
- Hits: 1988
"Retired businessman Derek McLennan found more than 100 objects, including solid gold jewellery, on church land last month"
Read the full article here: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/13/-sp-metal-detector-enthusiastic-viking-treasure-hoard-scotland
Beating the Casino
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Found
- Hits: 2208
The heartwarming tale of a couple of losers who after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars to Vegas Casinos finally found a way to start winning their money back. OF course this would imply they were cheating, and the following article deals well with how Vegas treats its winners:
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