Saying no to Oprah is rude

We have talked about. But seriously, you can not say no to Oprah!

At first I thought it said "Undies Love It"....

Via The Smoking Gun and Gawker :
I bet they do, sir, I bet they do.

-hmg

Should government set an example....I think so....

Seriously, Ukraine. This is your government. I we thought we had issues......

Hey lady, you knew he was married.

Sometimes truth is stranger then fiction. But I ask this question: As a mistress, what makes you think it is okay to write a letter to a wife and make it public? I am really sick of all these mistresses of Jesse James, Tiger Woods, etc. who act like they are some kind of victim. Talk about rude! You knew he was married and you knew what you were doing. Please do not act like people are stupid and own the fact that you are a homewrecker. Now, I think that the man is the worse in this scenario. But seriously ladies, you all know you wanted your fifteen minutes. The clock is ticking...

P.S. Leave these wives alone! Shut up already and let them move on.

Jesse James Mistress Number Two Writes Letter to Sandra Bullock

-MRF

Why are these people famous?

I really, really do not want to give any more press to these people, but I could not help myself. Below is a news item from people.com. What have we come to? When did people think it is okay to fight whenever they want. The whole thing is rude. Do you agree?

Jersey Shore

Snooki Gets Into Another Bar Fight

April 26, 2010

It looks like Snooki is going for round two. The Jersey Shore star, who was punched in the facecontroversial first season of the MTV reality show, was kicked out of a bar in South Beach this weekend after getting into a fight with another customer. on the

Snooki (real name Nicole Polizzi) and her costars are filming season 2 in Miami and have shot scenes at the popular bar Ocean’s 10 in the past month. On Saturday night, however, things got out of hand.

After drinking shots with fellow cast member Jenni “JWOWW” Farley, the newly single Snooki got upset when a guy at the bar tried to pick her up. She mouthed off to him, using cuss words, and he returned the favor, a observer tells PEOPLE.

“Then Snooki got really mad and threw both food and a glass of water on the guy,” a bar source says. “It got really ugly and continued with both of them cussing out loud. So we kicked them out.”

The altercation was captured on video and posted on Radaronline.com.

While Snooki and her costars have been photographed having a good time around Miami, another source tells PEOPLE, “The cast is wearing out its welcome in South Beach.”

A rep for MTV had no comment. –Linda Marx

Rudeness around the corner...

I came across this on a business website. Our Canadian neighbors have the same customer service problems we have. Please keep sending your pictures, stories and video to mail.heyrude@gmail.com. It will just make you feel better.

I’m often struck by how rude people in customer service positions are. I understand when people say “they have a tough job and they get fed up with it just like anyone else”, but ultimately if it’s the ENTIRE point of someone’s job to interact with the public, shouldn’t they stay nice (or at the very least neutral)?

Bell is AWFUL as a company, and the worst experience I had was when no one showed up for a scheduled installation, I called their customer support and a mouthy representative kept obnoxiously telling me that it wasn’t in his computer system, so the best he could do was treat me like a brand new customer and schedule an installation 2 weeks later. I finally had had enough of him, asked for a supervisor, and he refused! Smoke was coming out of my ears at that point. There are *SO* many reasons to hate Bell, but this one incident always comes to mind when I think of the company. I suspect that the true cost of lost business is not realized by companies when a customer is treated rudely and never returns.

I ate at a local buffet restaurant this week, and was left standing at the door while one waitress told me to wait and then went to fill up water glasses (she continued to be abrupt with me throughout the meal) and the owner shoveled food down her throat and stared at me like I was some kind of science experiment. Most of the food items in the buffet line were left empty while I was eating and I was left standing at the till waiting to pay. At the end when I didn’t tip, the waitress looked at my credit card receipt, huffed and stormed off. I’m never eating at this restaurant again.

I’ve gotten the MBNA Mastercard that Henry recommended and I LOVE it! There was a problem with my first payment and I called up to ask them to reverse the fees and interest that was charged. Ultimately I was at fault, so I would have been fine if they didn’t reverse them (but they did, thanks MBNA!). The woman who reversed them was quite rude to me however, which seems to defeat the whole purpose of doing something nice for a customer (“We’ll give you a refund to ensure your loyalty, but I want you to know that I hate you SO MUCH.”) All the work that was put into offering an outstanding card to the Canadian public was undermined by one rep having a bad day.

I get that no business WANTS their employees to be rude. I think they turn a blind eye to it to a self-destructive degree.

I was out for coffee with some friends, all of whom had worked in customer service. They related, with great mirth, stories of pretending to be one another’s supervisor for angry customers and how they would provide (or deny) services based on how nice the customer was to them. Apparently it has gotten to the point that instead of reps behaving professionally to us, we have to suck up to them to get them to do their jobs.

For better or worse, customer service reps are the face of a company that the public interacts with. It’s difficult for us to distinguish between one employee mistreating us and the company mistreating us. I think the only way businesses get away with this is that it’s so pervasive that customers don’t have any alternative. When it’s possible and an employee has been particularly unpleasant to me, I try my best to shop elsewhere. Often I run out of companies to do business with. If one company could keep their reps providing a consistent experience, eventually they would get all the customers like me.

One way I think a business should deal with this is to invest time, as part of the training, in the proper way to interact with customers. Go through, in detail, what is an appropriate reaction and what isn’t. After the training when the employee is working, monitor this interaction and correct them as soon as possible after they’ve been rude to a customer. If a restaurant takes the attitude “Oh-well, she may be rude to customers but at least she shows up on time for work…” I think there’s a long term trend, as more customers get turned off, that will accumulate and become VERY harmful. It’s kind of like reverse marketing, instead of getting new customers, you lose existing ones.

I watched a documentary Up The Yangtze (it’s great if you get the chance to see it) and there was one scene that showed how the cruise ship trained its staff to interact with Canadians. I had a good laugh when they were told not to tell Canadians they’re fat or talk about Quebec. Many workers in Canada would be offended if part of their training was interpersonal instruction that is this specific, but from my shopping experiences it’s necessary!

I realize complaining about poor manners is more a sign that I’m getting old than anything. So if nothing can be done about customer service reps, at least get those damn teenagers off of my lawn!!!

What sort of rude experiences have you had dealing with businesses? Do you think putting up with it is just a part of modern living or can something be done? What are your thoughts on “kids these days”?

How to Stop Being Mean to People - wikiHow

At hey rude we like to help people. I came across this article and thought maybe some people will see things that will help, maybe not. But check it out and click the link below. Then let us know what you think in the comment section below.


How to Stop Being Mean to People - wikiHow


-MRF

A Letter said with Love

Dear Drivers-

I know I have written you before, but I felt that some things need to be repeated. First, get off your phone and stop texting while you are driving. Hey, if the cops will not get you, Oprah will. (And let us be honest, she is the most powerful person in the universe. You might want to think about what she could actually do to you.) Second, learn how to merge. Really people, let us help each other out. It is not that difficult to let at least one person in your lane. I know you are in a hurry, but so am I. Stop being so selfish. Third thing: Listen closely. GET OFF MY ASS! Yes, I said it. You really need to be that close to my car? Here is a little hint: go around me. Tailgating is for football games. I think you get what I am saying. And if you can not help out with any of these things, take the bus. Thank you and please do not litter. (Earth Day was yesterday, but what the hell.)

-MRF

You got a problem with that?

This article, from Smithsonian Magazine, talks about New Yorkers. Just for the record, New Yorkers are not rude. Click onto the article below and see what you think about what this author says about people of the Big Apple:

You got a problem with that?


-MRF

Now why didn't we think of this....

Thanks to Gawker, and artist Jason Shelowitz, who created the subway posters.

Full story here: http://gawker.com/5520874/unofficial-subway-etiquette-campaign-launches

-hmg

Sweet. Just when you thought it was safe to sit.

Via Gawker and Asylum :

Peeing on the subway, recorded for posterity on video, posted on YouTube for FUN!!! Yay. Good times. Keep it classy, dudes. Awesome. Nice. Fan-freakin-tastic.



-hmg

NO NO NO NO NO. You Idiot.

From Gawker (oh, read the comments!) and Reddit (from whence the delightful picture came):

Happy Monday, everybody! Any rudeness in your life?? Please help us stamp it out. Send us pictures and video and stories to mail.heyrude@gmail.com.

-hmg

Who do you think is the rude one in this situation? The jilted boyfriend or the actress with the alleged sham marriage? You be the judge.

Feds: Jilted boyfriend exposes actress' sham marriage

By Alan Duke, CNN

April 16, 2010 8:16 p.m. EDT

Mexican actress Fernanda Romero and her American husband face charges of entering a sham marriage.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: Complaint names jeans company founder as target of federal investigation
• Fernanda Romero accused of marrying American to become U.S. resident
• Mexican actress has appeared in at least 15 television shows and movies
• Jilted boyfriend exposed marriage, authorities say

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A well-known Mexican soap opera star and her American husband face federal charges of entering a sham marriage so she could get legal residency in the United States.

The government said the fake marriage was exposed when a jilted boyfriend, fashion photographer Markus Klinko, called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

"This actor should have realized that posing as a bride for immigration purposes could land her a role in a real-life crime drama," Special Agent Miguel Unzueta said.

The 28-year-old Romero appeared in at least 15 television shows and films since 2005, according to the Internet Movie Database, when prosecutors allege she paid Kent Ross, a pizza delivery man and musician, to marry her.

Romero appeared before a U.S. magistrate on Friday and was released on a $50,000 signature bond. She was ordered to surrender her passport and not to leave Southern California. Her activities will be monitored electronically.

The prosecutor in the case, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Left, said Romero could get between 15 and 21 months in prison if convicted, though such cases usually produce shorter sentences.

Ross appeared before a U.S. magistrate on Friday and was released on $25,000 bond.

The case is unusual because marriage fraud charges are usually litigated by immigration authorities rather than prosecuted as criminal cases.

A federal complaint filed Thursday accused Romero of paying Ross, 28, to "marry" her on June 12, 2005, but alleges they never lived together as a couple.

Romero began dating Klinko a month later, and they lived together for several months, the complaint said. After Romero dumped Klinko, the photographer "presented ICE with evidence that Romero was in a sham marriage," the government said.

The complaint names Michael Ball, founder of the Rock & Republic jeans company, as a target of the federal investigation, alleging that he helped arrange the sham marriage while Romero was modeling for his company.

The judge barred Ball from helping Romero post bond on Friday.

Romero's publicist did not return calls seeking comment Friday.

Her biography posted on her IMDB page listed Klinko as one of several photographers "who noticed her on-camera appeal, opened Fernanda's eyes to acting opportunities in Hollywood."

Romero's show business career began in Mexico at age 16 when she joined the ensemble Frizzby, the biography said. The group toured Mexico and Central America, releasing two top 10 singles, it said.

She started hosting television shows and appearing on commercials in Mexico when she was 18, it said.

Romero has appeared in print and TV ad campaigns for Rock and Republic, Clean and Clear, Pepsi, Apple and JC Penney , it said.

"She was cast in Telemundo's original production 'Wounded Soul,' where she was not only a lead actress, but also a lead singer, performing two songs in the soap-opera's soundtrack," her biography said.

Totally rude: Michelle McGee Laments "Most Hated Person in America" Status

Not that I want to give this person more press, but I had to share this. I do not know and maybe it is just me, but do these women really think we believe they are victims? Yes, I do believe the male they cheated with is just as responsible. But when you go after famous, married men you know what you are getting into. They just want fame. And the fact is they are just infamous. So to Bombshell and to all of Tiger's girls, take a look in the mirror, you did this to yourself.

Michelle McGee Laments "Most Hated Person in America" Status

-MRF

Put the cash away, we do not care.....

I saw this picture on people.com and thought to myself, too perfect for our site. Seriously, you think having wads of cash out makes you cool, Mr. Situation/Jersey Shore dude? What it makes you is a douche.



-MRF

Thanks lady for ruining it for the people that actually want kids.

To Russia, for love: Adoptive parents on edge as suspension threatened

By Jessica Ravitz, CNN

April 14, 2010 9:23 a.m. EDT

Valera has lived nine years in a Russian orphanage and is weeks away from having a home.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• About 3,000 American families are in the process of adopting from Russia
• Actions of Tennessee mom, who returned adopted son to Russia, has them worried
• Moscow officials threaten to suspend adoptions; hopeful parents move forward
• Advocate: "100,000 people adopt every year. I don't know of another case like this"

(CNN) -- Valera remembered being left in the Russian snow. How he lost his lower arms and some of his toes, he wasn't always sure. At times, he said he was in a fire. The truth of what the 14-year-old experienced in his early years, no one will ever know.

The orphanage where he lives said Valera was abandoned as a small child at a hospital in St. Petersburg, Russia. He had gangrene, the result of meningitis and an infection, which forced amputations. He was released to the orphanage in Nizhny Lomov, where he's waited nine years for parents and a home to call his own.

On Saturday, Stephen Jack and his wife, Christine, will leave their Goldsboro, North Carolina, home to fly to Russia, the final step in a 15-month journey they hope will give the boy what he's always wanted.

"Having never seen him and only knowing a little bit about him, I still feel attached to that child," said Jack, 53, who already has six children, four of them adopted. "I understand he can talk his way into your heart and mind in no time. When the world is opened up for him, who knows what his capabilities and possibilities are? ... If all goes well, on the 21st he becomes my son."

It is a trip the Jacks will take with trepidation.

The actions Thursday of a Tennessee woman who put her adopted 7-year-old son on a plane and returned him to Russia, saying he was violent and that officials misled her family, puts Americans in the process of adopting from Russia on edge. Officials in Moscow have threatened to suspend all American adoptions and the Jacks face a two-week process involving a court appearance and loads of paperwork before they can fly home with Valera.

Having never seen him and only knowing a little bit about him, I still feel attached to that child.
--Stephen Jack, who hopes to adopt Valera, 14

"What this woman did to us is put us on pins and needles," Jack said. "My wife has been beside herself, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned."

The adoptions of about 3,000 Russian children by Americans are in progress, according to Tom DiFilipo, president of the Joint Council on International Children's Services, an advocacy group for children in need of families. Russia is the second country this year, after Haiti, in which adoptions have been thrown into a tailspin.

No suspension has been announced, but mere talk of such a recommendation spawned a campaign on Monday by the council to galvanize the adoption community and child advocates. People are being encouraged to sign a letter to President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (which will be presented to them Wednesday morning), post blogs and share videos about adoption successes.

"Our message is this is an isolated incident. The adoption system did not fail. What failed was the decision-making process of this adoptive mother," DiFilipo said. What Torry Hansen of Tennessee did is "outrageous and indefensible, and not indicative of the average adoptive parent. One-hundred-thousand people adopt every year. I don't know of another case like this."

The case has rocked the adoption community.

"I talked to parents yesterday, and they're just devastated," said Deborah Gray, a child and family therapist, trainer and author, based in Seattle, Washington, who has 20-plus-years experience working on attachment, trauma and grief issues.

"It makes it seem like these kids are defective, that adoption itself is not a permanent status. ... It's a public embarrassment," she said. "The vast majority of families are enriched by adoption. To have this kind of approach is really off the wall. I can't understand why it would have gotten to this point."

Adoptive parents can feel overwhelmed during transition

She and other advocates said they wish Hansen had reached out for assistance and tapped services available for parents before shipping the child back to Russia after six months.

The adoption system did not fail. What failed was the decision-making process of this adoptive mother.
--Tom DiFilipo, advocate with JCICS on actions of Torry Hansen

"There are so many services that were available to her. She could have contacted FRUA [Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption] which is a resource-rich place, gotten a good psychiatric assessment, including hospitalization if necessary to figure out what made this little guy tick," Gray said.

The incident may have been a wake-up call to agencies and those in the adoption community to make sure adoptive families are prepared for challenges and have resources for help lined up in advance, especially if they live in rural parts of the country, said Sue Gainor, national chair of Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption, a volunteer-led nonprofit that offers support and community.

Gainor, who adopted a son from Moscow in 2001, said there are between 600,000 and 800,000 orphans in Russia, with an additional 80,000 to 100,000 in hospitals awaiting placement in orphanages.

"When you slow adoptions, you affect a lot of children," she said. "There's lots of angst in the adoption community. The minute you see the picture of that prospective child, that kid is yours."

Being a parent, child advocates and members of the adoption community add, means helping a child adjust to change and work through challenges.

"This is just so sad because that kid had no chance whatsoever," said Larisa Mason, who directs a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, adoption agency and serves on the board of the National Council for Adoption. "A 7-year-old who changed his whole life within six months -- new language, new food, a new mother -- no question he would have issues. Even a dog would have issues."

In addition to hoping adoptions continue uninterrupted, many also want Hansen punished for her actions.

Natasha Shaginian-Needham is the founder and director of Happy Families International Center in Cold Spring, New York. The agency, established in 1992, helps orphans with special needs (including Valera), with adoptions being part of its work.

Russia-U.S. adoptions: How they work

Video: Boy's return still riles Russia

Video: Woman 'did not love' her adopted child

RELATED TOPICS

• Adoption
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"The mother who finds somebody on the Internet, who sold his services for $200 in order to pick up and deliver [him] ... in Russia, demonstrates serious neglect and abandonment," she said. "There was a very high risk that the child could have been met by a pedophile or worse, a killer. The community in Russia is outraged by the fact that the mother may not be punished at all for her inhuman action."

Prospective adoptive mothers like Andrea Wright of Wake Forest, North Carolina, hope she, her husband, Kenneth, and the boy they want to adopt aren't punished because of Hansen's actions.

Leaving St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, Wright was overwhelmed with joy and anticipation. The 40-year-old fundraiser and her husband had just spent a week bonding with a little boy they are on track to soon call their own.

The hopeful first-time parents arrived armed with toys to engage little Andrei, who will turn 1 later this month. In awe and with hearts melting, they watched as the child teetered into the room, clasping the hands of an orphanage caregiver.

Of all the toys they brought him, stacking balls and cars included, his favorite item: Cheerios. Though he was a little reluctant at first, he warmed up during their stay. When they left him, he waved his arms to say goodbye.

In six to eight weeks, they have plans to return to Russia to appear in court, the next phase in their journey to become parents.

"We've been working on the process for close to a year. It's been one procedural thing after another. ... We are so prepared to be parents and have worked so hard to get to this point," she said. "We're hoping that since we've been to Russia once that we'll be allowed to continue. We're trying to go with a lot of faith and prayers at this point that it'll all work out."

Via Dealbreaker and Gothamist: Don't Drink And Trash A Co-Worker's Cubicle.

Area Credit Suisse Employee Chose…Unwisely? (Update)

By Bess Levin

A couple weeks ago a second year Tech analyst at Credit Suisse got drunk, returned to the office, and entered a colleague’s cubicle. Apparently having not been made aware when he was first hired that destruction of company property is frowned upon at this particular bank, here’s what happened next [click on link to read full story, including a close-up of the damage and the email Credit Suisse sent out re: "Bullpen Incident"] : http://dealbreaker.com/2010/04/area-credit-suisse-employee-chose-unwisely/

-hmg

From Artofrudeness.com: How To Be Rude

HOW TO BE RUDE
This is a HOW-TO top 10 List: [hope it's not too rude that Hey Rude copied this....check out the original site at www.artofrudeness.com]

1.INTERRUPT, interrupt, interrupt, constantly, always, interrupt, interrupt.
Interrupt, INTERRUPT, interrupt. Interrupt, INterrrrupt.
At time preface by saying: “I don’t mean to interrupt. . . . “

2.Talk over. Really talk over. When you can’t interrupt talk over the other person. I mean, really. This one along with #1 are favorite of some choice Customer Service Centers, you call with an issue, they ask you to explain the problem and what happen, and then 10 seconds into a long story they interrupt telling you exactly the wrong thing and when you try to object they talk over you.

3.Be condescending. Don’t you just love the Rudeness Trifecta of being interrupted, being talked over all with a condescending tone? Priceless.

4.Change what you said before by telling the person in front of you, who was there, what happened (because they are too imbecile to understand by themselves). Say something like “You misunderstood” or, better “You’re wrong!” and then proceed with “Let me explain it to you, again, what I said was Yellow, not Read “ and/or “What I meant to say by Read was Blue”.

5.Instead of saying “Thank you” for something that you have received, or for something nice that someone has done for you; try to find some faults with it: “Did you see this scratch?” It helps if you have a magnifying lens or, better a microscope. In absence of any of those, just find a scratch, anything has a scratch here and there, even if it has to be an imaginary scratch, and even if you yourself have to put a scratch on while nobody is looking.

6.Always arrive late. And upon arrival go about business as usual, the later you are, the better. If the meeting or function has started without you, just announce “Don’t mind me, I’ll catch up”, then breathe, avoid asking any question, and make sure to use the Rudeness Trifecta to make bold statements, don’t mind that the topic has already been dealt, take control of the meeting and steer it toward your agenda, the goal is to prove the answer you already have in you. Always refer to #10.
If it’s 2:30 and the meeting or function has not started because everyone was waiting for you, just casually say: Did we say 2 o’ clock or 3 o’clock? I think we said 3 o’clock, but since we are all here early let’s just start, shall we?

7.Never truly apologize. Just use the “I’m sorry” as if it were a Monopoli’s Get out of jail Free card, the beauty is that you can use it over and over and over. No need to do anything else, you can continue to do what you did before, you did say “I’m sorry”. If called upon just use the Rudeness Trifecta and say “I did say that I was sorry” you can add “what else do you want me to say?” without waiting for an answer, continue to monopolize and steer the conversation where you want it to do, interrupt if need to do so. Do not fall into the trap of saying “what else do you want me to do?”. Never do anything when someone else can do it for you, it’s called delegation, and you can take the credit for being a good delegator (note #5), or blame the other person for not doing it correctly.

8.Never commit to anything. Be as vague as you possibly can, just use the Rudeness Trifecta to establish authority. If called upon missed deadlines face-to-face see #9,if by phone of via email you have choices:
•Do not pick up the phone call;
•Pick up and say you are on the other line;
•Pick up and say that you are busy in a meeting, or catching a flight, or having dinner with the Rockfellers or Bono, or make up a sad story;
•“Let me look into it and I’ll get back to you”
•“Call me back in a week if I haven’t gotten back to you by then”
•If the call waiting beeps: “That’s another call, I have to go now”
•“I never got the email, can you re-send it?”
•“I am traveling to Bogota….” or “I’m about to have dinner with Bono and the Rockeffers” make sure that the bottom of the email says “Sent from my iPhone”. (Note, you can add “Sent from my iPhone” to any email sent from any computer, from home, office, gmail…..)

9.When a discussion takes a turn that you don’t like, you have multiple options:
•Start talking about something else completely unrelated.
•While the other person is talking, just casually walk away from the room.
•Make a phone call, start texting, check your emails.
•Use the Rudeness Trifecta and say “Don’t speak to me with that tone of voice” or “Don’t talk to me that way” or keep repeating “You’re wrong . . . . I don’t think so . . . . “. If talking about business you can always say “Why don’t you go ask someone who knows” or – especially if talking about a function of their job - “You probably don’t know it.”
•For Advanced Users Only: Pull the “Look over there”, as in “Look over there, the sun is out (or the clouds), can you believe that?” make use of the Rudeness Trifecta.
•As a last resort you can start to cry, male or female, it works wonders; make sure other people notice the person who made you cry.

10.Last, but not least: If confronted on any of the points above just proclaim “That’s Rude!“

-hmg

Watch out for Twitter scams- How Rude!

Rude Twitter scam snares politicians

AP

British politicians were among those caught up in the latest Twitter-based scam which hijacks users' accounts to send out sexually explicit messages to friends and followers.

The micro-blogging website has been hit by a wave of so-called "phishing scams," which lure users to a bogus website where they're enticed to part with their passwords. The compromised accounts are then used to distribute rogue messages to other users.

Those tracking the Twitter account of Ed Miliband, the British energy minister, were surprised by a message carrying an unusually direct reference to the politician's sex life.

"Oh dear it seems like I've fallen victim to twitter's latest 'phishing' scam," Miliband said in a message posted shortly afterward.

He wasn't alone.

On Thursday, House of Commons leader Harriet Harman told lawmakers her account had sent a bogus message to opposition lawmaker Alan Duncan.

She didn't say exactly what the content of the message was, but she left British lawmakers wondering when she told them: "I wouldn't ever send a tweet like that."

Other prominent politicians and journalists were among those who received the rogue messages.

Even tech-savvy Twitter users have been hit.

Intel UK, the British arm of the chip maker, apologized to its followers Thursday after saying its account had been hacked.

So too was the account of prominent tech blogger Cory Doctorow, who blamed the small screen on his phone for falling victim to the scam.

Drivers....keep it moving

Dear anyone who drives on a freeway/highway:

Sometimes while you are driving, things happen on the side of the road. Whether it is an accident or someone is just getting a ticket, you should expect it. In any case, may I plead for you to keep driving. Do you realize how much longer you are making it for the rest of us because you feel the need to not mind your own business? I will only speak for myself, but I have places to go and people to see. 99.9% of the time there is nothing to see. If you really need to know, go on the Internet when you get home and find out what happened. By the way, if you have some affliction that makes you have to stop when you see something on the side of the road, I apologize. Otherwise, keep it moving. Thank you and have a lovely day.

-MRF

Via Gawker: American Adoptive Mother Sends Her Adopted Russian Son BACK to Russia On A Plane. ALONE.

Click on the Gawker link for the full Brian Moylan story. Beyond rude; it is jaw-dropping: New World's Worst Mother Sends Her Adopted Child Back To Russia Alone.

-hmg

Sometimes I just think....this is totally something for the website

Sometimes, a situation just falls into your lap. Today, was one of those days. It was also one of those moments I wish I had my camera out. As Sophia on Golden Girls would probably say: Picture this, 2010, a drugstore in suburbia - a young woman is in line at the pharmacy, minding her own business. An older woman walks behind her, almost hovering. The older woman says: You must be having a bad day. Young woman says: No. Old woman says: Well you must be based on what is in your basket.

What was in the basket, you ask? Feminine products.

Rude thing #1- Mind your own business and stop looking at what others have in their basket. Or at the very least, do not have commentary on it.

Rude thing #2- No hovering. (I know, totally obvious, right?)

Rude thing #3- (This is a good tip for men in relationships) Never, ever tell a woman she must be in a bad mood because she is having her time of the month. (or whatever slang you want to use for your period.) It makes the situation much, much worse.

The moral of the story: The older lady needs to zip it.

-MRF

RUDE! Don't Photo-freakin-shop the First Lady, Good Housekeeping - especially when you do it so horribly!!

[thanks to Gawker and Jezebel for the magazine cover from HELL]:

http://jezebel.com/5511687/michelle-obama-gets-a-facelift-from-good-housekeeping

Ugh. These terrible editors need to STOP.

-hmg

Acts of Courtesy - an ole-timey instructional film!

Thanks to Wonders Never Cease (aka Becky Ramsey) for the link to this:



-hmg

Will you put that thing down?

I've just about HAD IT with people who insist on scrolling and clicky-clacking on their Crackberry whilst we are supposed to be enjoying some social event, lecture, movie, dinner, live performance...and the list goes on and on and on. Yes, I do have friends who work at news-related jobs that have to be sort of "on-call" at all times, but there are few other instances that warrant the ridiculous level of screen-gazing that is infecting our every interaction.

Carolyn McTigue at The San Diego Union-Tribune wrote an April 3rd article illustrating this ongoing annoyance, and some suggestions as to when it is and isn't appropriate to be on your damn "smart phone." Click here to read the piece: Will You Put That Thing Down?

-hmg

Holiday rudeness

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Always listen to Oprah

A little clip from Oprah.com, of people talking about what they think is rude behavior and the things that bug them.


http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Rude-Behavior-Video/1

How to Deal With Rude People | eHow.com

Not everyone agrees with the way to handle rude people. Click the link below to see if you agree with the ways ehow.com says. Have a great Friday!

How to Deal With Rude People | eHow.com


-MRF

Get up!

My friend, Jennifer, is in her last couple of weeks of pregnancy. Yesterday, she had the following happen, and shared it with us on Facebook. I thought, how 'hey rude' is this?

Jennifer says:

dear guy on the subway who cut me off to the roomy seat on the subway and then pulled out an OBGYN text book. You are going to be a crappy doctor and you are ugly!

Two of the comments that followed:

Oh that's just wrong! I would have said something...and I have! A couple weeks ago coming home from Union Sq. I said the the whole train, loudly "Excuse me- I'm 9 months pregnant and need to sit down" about 4 people jumped up... ALL WOMEN!

People in the subway do not care. When I was 8 mths preg. I had a man trip me on the stairs of the subway and then everyone walked over me. Needless to say we drove for the next month!

What is wrong with people? This is not an April's Fool joke, either...just a story about some fools.

-MRF