Biggest Mcdonald's ever in the works

With the 2012 Olympic summer games taking place in London next year, McDonald's is moving in along with them.

Having been a sponsor since 1976, the Golden Arches are essential in development of this sort.

"Faster. Higher. Stronger."

And they mean it.  To a crazy new level.

In the works is a 32,000 square foot behemoth burger place, nearly half the length of a football field, with 1500 seats, and requiring in the area of 500 employees to function.

A couple other new locations are planned for the event, but nowhere near this glorious, I'm sure.

Amid all the burgering and capitalizing on the influx of hungry people, there's some obvious concern raised for health/medical issues involved with the delicious irony of this situation.

"Given the huge public health issues of childhood obesity," said parliament health committee member Grahame Morris in a statement, "it is legitimate to question whether having the world's biggest McDonald's at the Olympic Park is sending an appropriate message to our young people."

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McDonald's manager punches customer

Title pretty much explains it...

A mother brought her autistic twins and service dog into the restaurant.  The off-duty manager became enraged at...the dog being in there for some reason.  Maybe some hidden phobia, or past trauma.  She proceeded to follow the mother around the restaurant, and then into the parking lot, where she punched the mother in the face.

Pretty drastic and random, but eh, maybe something more underlying?  Dunno, man.

The manager was charged, and fired.  Other employees attempted to restrain the manager from her Hulked-out rage.

Article: here

Accidental drug smuggling

Bad things happen to good people.  It's been scientifically proven.  I think. 

In this case, it's part of a trend, a pattern.  The victim?  A hardworking mother and teacher.  What happened?  She was targeted by drug smugglers because she crosses the Mexican-US border daily for work, like clockwork.

She teaches in Texas, and was scoped for a good bit of time.  Smugglers got keys made for her car, and slipped in 100 pounds of marijuana in two suitcases.  She was crossing the border, as if it were any other day, and was pulled over for inspection.  Normally, she keeps all belongings in the front seat for easy viewing by the border guards.

She'd never seen the suitcases before, and wasn't lying.

She wasn't the first victim, or the last, either.  As this occurred in Mexico, an operation over the border was being ran against the specific people who targeted her.

She spent a short time in jail, massive support was lobbied for her freedom, and information was garnered which exonerated her fortunately.  I guess good things can happen to good people, too.

Pretty sure the entire scenario is like an extremely bad dream for anyone.

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Fining pedestrians for texting and walking

In Philadelphia, pedestrians caught texting while walking will be subject to a $120 fine.  It's not the only infraction warranting the fine, but it's the silliest one that stands out.

Others, related to being disrespectful and commonsensical etc, are part of an attempt by the city to enforce respectful behavior in public places...or something.

Multitasking is a pain anyway, man, geez.  Keep it simple.

Article: here

Air Canada loses lawsuit...lol

The company lost a lawsuit over a stewardess failing to speak the required 'mother tongue'.

It's company policy for workers to be able to use English or French when requested.  In this case, a baggage announcement was made solely in English.  Also, the couple that sued were unable to find someone that was able to speak French on the flight.

The couple are fluent in both languages.  Sticklers for their native tongue, and completely asinine to boot, they were awarded money because it's company policy.  And they've done something similar in the past.

They attempted to sue for $500,000 Canadian, but managed somewhere around $12,500 American.

Oh, America's Hat.

Article can be found: here

Heeeeat wave!

If you didn't know already...I mean I knew it already...but still.  If you didn't know already, we're in the grips of a heat wave.  Yep, it's 90+ for an extended period of time...across 18 states.

Swim?  Eat ice cream?  Crawl under a rock?  There are many recommendations for braving this terror.

The power is yours!

Getting steamy: here

Condoms not mandatory for filming porn in L.A.

A court ruling says that the L.A. county health officials do not require films of hardcore pornography to use condoms for the prevention of AIDs.  They're not prohibiting it, but they're not making it a requirement either.

I would've thought people just had the common sense to use something like a condom in the prevention of AIDs anyway.

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Ahh well! 

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