Sunday, May 30, 2010

'Con' gal's military plunder - NYPOST.com

From the NY Post:

"After 17 years of conning and bankrupting military men, the search is finally on for serial bigamist Bobbi Ann Finley.

"The devil himself has nothing on this woman," said Shane Chessman, who met Finley 12 years ago, when he was stationed with the Army at Fort Hood. Within weeks, they were married; a few days later, the military police picked up Chessman after Finley forged a string of bad checks in his name.

"That's when I found out she was still 'married' to seven other service members," Chessman said.

His credit rating is in tatters, and he had to borrow money from his sister to qualify for a mortgage.

"I can't have a credit card," he said. "The lady at the bank said, 'I don't know what we can do -- you have a 0 score.' "

Finley's mother, Sue Wolf, estimates that her daughter, 33, has conned thousands of servicemen over the past two decades.

"She's a sociopath," said Wolf, who lives in Oregon and has not spoken to her daughter since 2006. "She doesn't have a conscience. She's been married at least 30 times."

Her m.o., according to victims and their families, has remained the same: She roams military bases around the nation, targeting very young servicemen who are just out of high school and worth about $5,000 in cash and assets.

After a whirlwind courtship, Finley tells them she's about to come into millions of dollars -- she claims to either be the heiress to the Wrangler jeans fortune or the victim of a car accident -- and that they should either marry her or give her power of attorney so she can triple their worth.

The minute they're deployed, Finley allegedly wipes out their bank accounts, sells all their personal belongings and takes off, leaving behind stacks of bad checks in their name...."


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/con_gal_military_plunder_4A2Nhdsw1lJehTT7kNJ9cM#ixzz0pQpjUs41
'Con' gal's military plunder - NYPOST.com

Saturday, May 29, 2010

How to Forgive Rude Behavior | eHow.com

Do you agree with this? Would love to hear your thoughts in the comment section below.

How to Forgive Rude Behavior | eHow.com

Friday, May 28, 2010

Via Gothamist and Gawker: Ewwwwwwwwwwww.

Drinking 'Dr. Pooper'

Drinking 'Dr. Pooper'The Daily Mail started a burgeoning trend for bizarre teen drink-related scare stories when they wildly exaggerated featured "vodka eyeballing." Now Gothamist ask if teens pooping in each others' soda cans is next for the 'shocking expose' treatment.

The faux trend idea is based on this 1010Wins story about a 17-year-old who admitted "that he defecated in a classmate's soda during an auto-shop class." And the classmate TOTALLY drank it. "Authorities say the victim sipped the soda, then spit it out as his classmates laughed on March 29."

Click to read the whole story: http://gawker.com/5550229/drinking-the-dr-pooper

-hmg

Public Transit is not your personal garbage can...

A fan of the site, Bella, sent us this. She has given us great stuff before. Keep it coming!

Bella says:
I was riding the bus the other day... I have bad foot issues and can't walk really far... so I took the seat right after the ones for the handicapped. I look down and I see a used paper cup wedged into the back of the seats in front of me. I was disgusted!! The actually garbage can is no more than 6 feet away from where this cup was wedged. COME ON PEOPLE, You can't be that lazy, WALK to the garbage can instead of putting it in the back of the seat in front of you! THE WORLD IS NOT YOUR MOMMY! CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELVES!!!

THANKS!
Bella



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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Airport Employees- Is it part of the job to be unhelpful?















Dear Airport employees, security, etc.-

In these hard times when airlines are struggling, it might be a good idea to be a little more helpful. Last week I started out my weekend away, with a security person telling me that my bag was too big to go on the plane. I took great care to make sure I bought a brand new suitcase, so it would not have to be checked in. Yes, it was a little tight, but it still fit. Just an FYI, you do not need an attitude about it. Then as I went on the escalator to security my handle rip off and rolled down and I was trying to go back and it get. It kept falling over and over. Instead of getting on the escalator and helping me, two employees were just standing there and kind of laughing. (Honestly it was kinda funny, but still.) It would have been nice, instead of me looking like a jackass in front of all those people if you could have jump on the escalator and grabbed the bag. It would have taken seconds and you could go right back down. There were two of you, so it was not like you were leaving your station, unguarded. So next time you see a passenger struggle, maybe you can help them out. It goes a long way.

P.S. If any one sees this on you tube, let me know. Maybe I can win some money on Funniest Home Videos.

-MRF

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Follow the link- Gym rudeness

Got this from a great pair of twins that have their own blog. Thanks Yvonne and Yvette for some great commentary. Gyms and rudeness- Love it.

http://www.yvonneandyvettetiquette.com/

YOUR GYM, IS IT SWEATING YOU?

We’ve never been loyal gym gals. Maybe because we’ve heard about how gross the pursuit of fitness can be. Chris, a friend of Yvette’s had suggested that we write a post about the lack of gym etiquette. We figured who’d better to interview than Chris, a gym loyalist with manners.

What are the most common inconsiderate things people do at the gym?

Monopolizing a piece of equipment or dumbbells. This is usually done by a pair of guys who, despite seeing each other every morning at the gym, chat on endlessly about any and everything. They've forgotten that they're there to work out, not to socialize. While they're "catching up", the 7 sets of dumbbells they've pulled off the rack to do supersets are completely useless to everyone else.


Also, yelling, groaning, screaming and singing. We’re not here to be inundated with a cacophony of sounds because ‘Jimmy Tone Deaf’ doesn’t realize how loud he is.

Anything else?

There’s always the guy who feels that the entire locker room is his personal bathroom. He leaves his dirty clothes on the bench when he goes to the shower, takes over the entire bathroom sink, and then refuses to consolidate his belongings as he's getting dressed. And, of course, he never puts his dirty wet towels in the bin - he just leaves them on the floor.

How are gyms handling keeping equipment clean and what should a member do to help? Obviously, wiping down equipment with a used towel isn’t the way to go.

Gyms ask people to wipe down the equipment when they're finished using it, but as you've guessed, wiping it down with a sweaty towel isn't exactly what they had in mind. I bring two towels with me when I workout - one for me and one for the equipment. That way, I'm not repolluting the equipment with my sweat when I try to make it clean for the next person.


If you could make the rules, what would they be?

The golden rule of "do unto others as you would have them to unto you" would probably be my only rule. Maybe spread posters around the gym - by the bench press, a sign would read "Would you want to use this bench if it were covered in someone else's sweat? Wipe off your equipment with a clean towel when you're finished, please." By a highly used piece of equipment, a sign would read "You were able to use this equipment today because the person that used it before you didn't hog it for an unnecessarily long time. Keep that in mind as you use this."

We thank Chris for his input and if you’re a gym regular we hope that your experience will be less rude and germy from now on.

Monday, May 24, 2010

"Last year 51 bus operators reported they were spit on and got to take an average of 64 days off..."

Spit on THIS:

"Thanks to a bizarre MTA policy and a union contract, city bus drivers are taking an average of two months off each time a rider spits on them.

This was revealed at an MTA committee meeting today where officials explained that they define an "assault" on a driver broadly enough to include getting spit on.

Under the drivers’ contract, each time they are assaulted they are entitled to take sick time to recover.

Last year 51 bus operators reported they were spit on and got to take an average of 64 days off, MTA officials said.

They said they believe some of those drivers were abusing the leave time policy and others were genuinely traumatized by being spit in the face. They said they were looking into changing the definition of "assault."

Altogether 153 drivers were assaulted last year in various ways, including being punched. "Some use no sick time at all," MTA bus chief Joe Smith said."

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bus_drivers_take_two_months_off_s8BT0ngnrcK7uJRiGlJJvL#ixzz0ot9xfJTK

-hmg

Sunday, May 23, 2010

"It really always boils down to who is 4, and who is not 4. And then the question of good versus evil. And then running away. "

Via Huffington Post and Buzzfeed:

'This is every squabble you've ever had with a significant other. The same rationales, the same talking points, the same passion. It just happens to be done by a pair of four year-olds, who coincidentally enough, are arguing over who in fact is four years-old. We're gonna side with the girl here. Her logic is flawless. (via Buzzfeed)"



-hmg

Saturday, May 22, 2010

At Last!!! Well, at least until more pop up.

Three companies that made claims that they could help consumers reduce their credit card interest rates -- and then charged fees of up to $1,590 -- have been shut down by the Federal Trade Commission. “The last thing debt-ridden consumers need is to be deluged by illegal robocalls - especially when all the calls are offering is a scam,” said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz.

The three companies are Advanced Management Services NW LLC, doing business as AMS Financial; Rapid Reduction System’s [sic] LLC; and PDM International, Inc., doing business as Priority Direct Marketing International, Inc. Among other things, the FTC says the companies would boast that they could help consumers reduce their credit card interest rates, but would really just send out information about how to pay down your balance early and save on interest.

Read the full story here: http://consumerist.com/2010/05/ftc-shuts-down-bogus-credit-card-robocallers.html

and at the FTC: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/05/ams.shtm

-hmg

Friday, May 21, 2010

' Chicago Mayor Regrets "Up Your Butt" Comment'. Best Headline EVER.

Richard Daley, Wielding Gun, Told Reporter "If I Put This Up Your Butt, You'll Find Out How Effective It Is"

(CBS 2 Chicago) Mayor Richard M. Daley said Friday that he regrets his choice of words when he suggested he'd stick a rifle with a bayonet up a reporter's "butt," but he said he was trying to "shock" the media into exposing gun manufacturers who flood the streets with firearms.

"I want to shock you, maybe scare you, to realize this is serious," he said.

Asked if he was sorry for how he went about illustrating his point, Daley said, "Sure I'll be sorry... I'm not going to sing the song 'I'm Sorry' now, but sure, you can write it. But I hope I shocked you that you can write about now the gun manufacturers."

The mayor said the focus should not be on his remarks, but about the impact of gun violence in urban America.

The mayor was talking about his controversial remarks on Thursday during a news conference on the city's handgun ban and what the city plans to do if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the ban this summer.

At that news conference, Chicago Reader reporter Mick Dumke asked Daley if the ban has been effective, given how many people are shot in the city every year. The mayor responded by picking up a rifle with a bayonet from among several seized guns that Chicago police had put on display.

"It's been very effective," Daley said as he held the rifle. "If I put this up your butt, you'll find out how effective it is. Let me put a round up your, you know."

Daley said without the gun ban, people would be in danger from people with weapons such as the one he picked up. But since such weapons can be confiscated, lives have been saved, he said.

On Friday, Daley said he didn't go into Thursday's news conference planning to shock reporters, but believed his outburst would spur more discussion about gun violence.

Asked what prompted him to pick up the rifle in the first place, Daley said, "It was a gun with a bayonet. … just think, a gun with a bayonet. What is a bayonet used for?"

When a reporter pointed out bayonets are not traditionally used for sticking up someone's butt, Daley said, "you stick it everyplace."

For the complete story, click on the link:http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/21/politics/main6507338.shtml


Watch those bayonets, and have a great Friday!

- hmg

Thursday, May 20, 2010

TEXTING WHILE DINING WITH FRIEND = RUDE.

Dear FloFab: The Dangers of Distracted Dining

Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

FloFab Says ...

Each Thursday, Florence Fabricant gives advice on the fine points of entertaining at home and eating in restaurants. Have a dining dilemma? Ask FloFab.

Q.

My friend has a horrible habit of e-mailing, texting and using instant messenger during cocktails and dinner. It’s horribly annoying when
I’m speaking to her and she picks up the phone to respond to a message. What can I do?

Click here to read the full column in the NY Times, and her response: http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/dear-flofab-the-dangers-of-distracted-dining/

-hmg

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Please wait till you get home to do that....

Sarah, a fan of the site, sent this lovely picture to us. If you live in a city, where you take public transportation, you know you have been sitting/standing near a person who does things like this. It still shocks you every time.

Sarah says:
Subway manicure, R train. Dickweed.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

STOP DOING THIS, IDIOTS.


STOP stopping at the top of a stairway to do your stupid Crackberry crap. STOP. Stop reading your book/newspaper/Kindle/email as you walk UP the stairway. Use your damn sense, fool.

-hmg

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Hey buddy, wait your turn...

Dear Lame drivers-

We all go over the speed limit. Usually, most people are in a hurry to go somewhere. But sometimes, we just have to deal with the situation at hand. Example of this is when there is an accident and the traffic is barely moving. Yeah, we are all frustrated, but who gives you the right to drive on the shoulder of said freeway? That would be nobody. Don't you think that we all want to do that instead of inching slowly toward our destination? That is why it was great to see one of you dummies getting pulled over by the cops. It really made my day, considering it took me two and half hours to get to where I was headed, when it should have taken 45 minutes. So to you lame drivers: can we all just get along and work together?

-MRF

Friday, May 14, 2010

Via Livecheap and Consumerist: 5 Ways Grocery Stores Get More Moola From You


5 Sneaky Ways Grocery Stores Take You For More Money


Written by livecheap staff
Thursday, 13 May 2010 03:17

"Saving money at the grocery store is something we all strive for. While many people worry that their supermarket might Haagen_Dazscheat them by charging a higher price at the cash register, there are much more subtle ways that stores can take you for hundreds of dollars every year without you even knowing it. Some of these are out and out cheats, while others are just shrewd business practices that help them make more money. Little by little these practices add up to a small fortune over your entire lifetime. Here's 5 of the most common ways that stores separate you from your money without you even knowing it.

INTENTIONALLY LEAN PACKAGED MEATS

We don't mean low fat, we mean low weight. Earlier this week, the Ralph's grocery chain in Los Angeles was sued by the city for deliberately selling pre-packaged meats that weighed less than advertised. The Department of Weights and Measures found the practice was widespread dozens of stores. How do they do it? A combination of many different methods: including the package in the weight calculation, adding an ice glazing to the weight, and just plain selling meat that was less than the stated weight. In some stores the average was 3.5% lower than the specified weight. On a two pound package of $5 per pound meat, that works out to 35 cents. Doesn't seem like much until you think about buying 100 of those packages in a year or the chain selling tens of thousands of them every day.

PAYING 15% MORE FOR WATER

The next time you grab a package of chicken look at it very carefully. You might just find the words "Up to 15% solution." The store will tell you it's to improve the flavor, but it's almost certainly done to boost their bottom line. So while you may be paying $1.99 a pound for that inexpensive chicken, its really more like $2.29. Virtually free water is what helps them boost their profits...."

Want more? Click on the link for the full list: http://www.livecheap.com/food/groceries/364-5-sneaky-ways-grocery-stores-take-you-for-more-money

Thanks to Consumerist for the story! http://consumerist.com/2010/05/5-ways-grocery-stores-rip-you-off.html

-hmg

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Some people should never be in charge....

Dear Event Planner-

If you are in charge of an event you should know all the details. (And I mean all of the details-major and minor) This sounds like a given, right? Well in the case of the conference I went to on Tuesday, this was definitely not what was going on. I asked you one of many simple questions, "how do we know if we get to go into the special meet and greet?" Your reply was, "did you get the info this morning? If not, you are not in. " Here is the thing: 10 minutes before, in front of a room of about 150 people you said you were still working out the details. So how do you know if I am in it or not? How about double checking a master list? Oh, yeah there was no master list. You had a room of professionals and you were so unorganized that a kindergartner could have done better. If this is your chosen field, may I make a suggestion for another? How about walking around in circles? This is something I know you are a master of. Have a lovely day.

-MRF

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

" Home Depot Exec: "F*** Michael Powell. Let him sue us."

From fantastic site Consumerist.com, and the Palm Beach Post:

"Home Depot had a problem: their employees kept sawing off their own extremities with the saws they used to cut lumber for customers. Michael Powell invented a gadget which fixed the problem, and offered to sell the device to the chain for $2,000 each. Then, the inventor's lawsuit alleged, Home Depot simply stole the gadget's design, made their own, and wouldn't compensate him. "F*** Michael Powell. Let him sue us." one executive said at the time. Now the chain must pay him a judgment of about $25 million...."

Read more here: http://consumerist.com/2010/05/home-depot-called-arrogant-must-actually-pay-inventor-for-invention.html

and from the Palm Beach Post:http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/home-depot-called-arrogant-ordered-to-pay-ex-680890.html

-hmg

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Who is the rude one in this hellish kitchen?

From our favorite rude snarksters, Gawker (and the New York Times):

"Ron Lieber writes a financial column for the New York Times. He is also a self-appointed Regulator of Restaurant Noise. Which is how he got himself kicked out of a restaurant last weekend, with good reason.

Lieber tells the tale on the NYT's Diner's Journal blog today: There he was, dining at Restaurant Marc Forgione in Tribeca Saturday night, when all of a sudden, "loud, sustained yelling" erupted from the kitchen. It was Mr. Forgione himself, chewing out a staff member! A few minutes later it happened again. That was when Ron Lieber, Unlicensed Dining Etiquette Enforcer, swung into action—pushing back from his table and walking into the kitchen: "

[click on the link below to get the whole, hilarious story...)

http://gawker.com/5536389/nyt-columnist-appropriately-ejected-from-restaurant

-hmg

Monday, May 10, 2010

Hey Rude and you...

Hey everyone out there! Do you have a video that you must share? Are there pictures of people doing things that annoy you? Is there a story about someone being so rude, you feel you need to get it off your chest? Send it to us at mail.heyrude@gmail.com. We love when you guys send in stuff. Great things coming up for the site!

-MRF

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Really??

Happy Mothers Day! Just a little clip from last night on SNL. Had to share with everyone.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Some people never change....

Dear Mean Girl from Junior High and High School-

20 years have gone by and most people have grown up. I remember back in the day you were just mean, nasty and rude to people you did not deem worthy in your eyes. Now you are a mother and supposedly a grown-up. Last weekend we celebrated being out of school. Most people enjoyed each other and caught up with each others lives. We had fun. You were one of those people that if I never saw again I would have been fine. At the same time, many years have past and I know I had changed, maybe you had too. But no, you are still the same. Acting like you are better than everyone and only speaking to a selective few. Still judgmental and looking down on people from you high horse. I was just wondering, what is it about you that makes you so much better. No, really I would love to know. Maybe you are better than everyone else. If that is true, I am sorry for doubting your super powers. Seriously, I hope your children grow up to be better people. Cause you sure as hell have not. Maybe another 10 years is all you need.

-MRF


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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Facebook's New Features Secretly Add Apps to Your Profile

Facebook, you are pushing the rude envelope....stop screwing around with our privacy!!!

From PCWorld:

"When a piece of software is automatically installed on your computer without your knowledge, it's called malware. But what do you call it when Facebook apps are added to your profile without your knowledge? We discovered Wednesday that this is actually happening, and stopping it isn't as easy as checking a box in your privacy settings.

If you visit certain sites while logged in to Facebook, an app for those sites will be quietly added to your Facebook profile. You don't have to have a Facebook window open, you don't need to be signed in to these sites for the apps to appear, there's no notification, and there doesn't appear to be an option to opt-out anywhere in Facebook's byzantine privacy settings.

The apps appear to be related to Facebook's latest sharing features and tools. The sites currently leaving this trail all have Facebook integration, and the list includes heavyweights such as the Gawker network of blogs, the Washington Post, TechCrunch, CNET, New York Magazine, and formspring.me.

It isn't entirely clear what information these apps are pulling from user profiles or feeding back to Facebook. They aren't automatically visible to friends viewing your profile page, but if you go to an application's profile page, you can see a list of your friends who also have that app installed, essentially getting a unintentional peek at their browsing habits. On the other side there are sites like the Washington Post's, which has a Facebook Network News box showing a list of your friends who have recently shared a Washington Post article on Facebook.

How to block the apps..."

Click here for the full story, including how to block the apps. It'll make any Facebook user growl "Hey, RUDE!!!"

-hmg

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

You don't know who I am -- always a great way to motivate people....also, name-calling.

[image via Angel Chevrestt/NY Post]

A former top state Senate aide was busted after calling a female cop a "fat bitch" -- and then snarling that he outranked her when she confronted him over it, prosecutors charged yesterday.

The ugly confrontation allegedly began when Wayne Mahlke -- former deputy chief of staff to ex-Sen. Hiram Monserrate -- stopped his 2009 Honda Civic at a red light at Queens Plaza North and 29th Street in Long Island City at around 9 a.m. Sunday.

Authorities said Mahlke saw NYPD Officer Denise McDonald standing nearby, and suddenly yelled at her, "Why don't you do your job, you fat bitch?"


-hmg

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Question of the Day:

Why do people on the bus insist on sitting on the aisle seat and not slide over to the window when more people board the bus?

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2507125/5_reasons_everywhere_you_sit_on_the.html


-hmg

Monday, May 3, 2010

Moments in heyrude

I want to apologize for not having video. My camera decided not to work right when this event was happening! Yesterday, I was having bagels with the family at a local restaurant. When all of a sudden two women are outside yelling at each other. It seems that one lady had banged her car door into lady number #2s door. The lady that had cause the problem was yelling like it was lady number 2s fault. Lady #1 drove away with her friend in the passenger seat, but all of a sudden came back just to get Lady #2 license number. Meanwhile yelling and threatening her. Then drove away again.

They got each others license numbers, but really the lady that drove away, it was a hit and run. What I saw was two ladies acting like a bunch of children. I wish I had the tape, because it was just ridiculous and funny. How difficult is it just to say sorry and figure something out? It just proves that adults do not always like adults. Just another heyrude moment in time.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Entertaining rudeness

From the New York Times:

Dear FloFab: My Boyfriend Was Raised by Wolves

Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

FloFab Says ...

Each Thursday, Florence Fabricant gives advice on the fine points of entertaining at home and eating in restaurants. Have a dining dilemma? Ask FloFab.

Q.

Dear FloFab,
My boyfriend has horrible table manners: using his fingers when it’s not appropriate, eating as if meals are a race, etc. Think of how a 4 year-old eats and you get the picture. I enjoy going to restaurants very much, but I’ve stopped suggesting going out because his bad manners are kind of embarrassing. Do you have any suggestions about what I can do to improve his table habits without making him feel self-conscious?

A.

This is the moment to make him self-conscious. And if your relationship can withstand this, you’re fine. I would bring it up after dinner, when he’s had some alcohol, but not too much: “Oh by the way, can I point something out to you?”

I am appalled at the bad manners on the part of younger, well dressed people that I see around town. Holding a knife or a fork like they’re about to hammer in a stake, for one thing. And talking with their mouths full. People who reach across without saying “Please pass the…” All those things that your mother told you not to do.

As for eating fast, though–listen, lots of people eat fast and that’s hard to change. People who hoover their food are going to hoover their food no matter what you do.

Q.

Dear FloFab,
I often dine with slow eaters, so when I finish I politely place my cutlery on my plate and wait for them to finish. I was always taught that plates should not be removed until everyone at the table is done. But a friend tells me I am all wrong, and that nobody should ever sit in front of a dirty plate. Who is right?

A.
At home, never clear the table until everyone has finished eating. Now, this may not apply at breakfast, when the whole family is rushed. But in general, and especially when you are entertaining, you should wait. In a restaurant, if the waiter tries to clear your plate, don’t let them. Even if your plate is so clean it could go right back into the cupboard. Just say, “We’re not finished.” Because it’s just rude.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Oh lady, we are not the bad guys....

Dear waitress at the 24 hour establishment:

I get it, you have a crappy job. That is why I try my hardest to be nice to you, since you have to deal with all the obnoxious, spoiled teenagers that have no where to go be your restaurant. When the food is cold, it is not your fault. Here is the thing, you do not have to take the plates forcefully from the table and throw them in a sink, before we are finished talking to you. See even though there is a small divider between you and our table, we can see and hear you. Just remember this: I am on your side. Have a nice day and tell you bosses their food sucks.


-MRF