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Verizon Kept Giving Me Worse DSL Service, Charging Me More
Joshua signed up for what seemed like a solid introductory deal for Verizon DSL, but the service was poor and the more he called for suggestions on how to fix it, the worse and deal he got. Verizon kept extending his contract while downgrading his service, insisting there was nothing else it could do to help him out. More »

College Students Arrested For Refusing To Pay Tip

—>Should you be required by law to pay a gratuity if you don't think the restaurant's service was worth it? The police in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania think so, and they arrested two college students for refusing to pay a $16.35 tip over what they claim was poor service. Update 11/23/09: the charges will be dropped.  More »

Airline Employees Call Police On Angry CEO Who Chewed Them Out

—>This story combines two immutable laws of nature in a surprising twist: that executives don't always know what their front-line employees are doing, and that airline employees don't give a f*ck who you are and will call the police if you annoy them.  More »

Delta Doesn't Care About Your Honeymoon

—>[Note: Sandals has already responded to the post, expressed sympathy, and reached out to Autumn. We've removed their name from the headline to more accurately focus the blame on Delta, which is the company really behind the problems.] We get that Delta employees just flat out hate their jobs at this point—that would explain the surly flight attendants on my last Delta flight, at any rate—but why would you take that out on newlyweds, who have their whole lives to be disappointed and deserve that one week of happiness at the start? The least you could do, angry Delta employees, is try to help out after your employer utterly fails to deliver the passengers anywhere near their destination. No, a dingy one-night stay in a hotel room in NYC is not the same as a week in Antigua.  More »

Costa Mesa may follow L.A.'s lead and sue Time Warner Cable for shoddy service, too. [Broadcast Newsroom]  More »