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Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.


Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Sometimes, it's better just to not leave a tip at all... Air Canada Service Staff Get Burger-Coupon Bonus
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Pleased with workers who scored top marks on customer service, Air Canada recently picked 100 at random to give them a bonus -- a $3.78 hamburger coupon that expires in five weeks.

Employees winning the award were sent a personal letter containing the coupon, redeemable until Dec. 31 at the Harvey's hamburger chain, Second Cup coffee shops or other restaurant outlet owned by Cara Operations Ltd., which provides food service for the insolvent airline.

Air Canada said the awards came at no cost to the carrier, mainly because the coupons will soon expire. [...]
Actually, the surprising part of the story, being that it came from our friends at Reuters, is that it contained nary a scare quote, nor did it throw in a gratuitous slam at America for creating a world-wide obesity epidemic caused by hamburgers.

Anyway, back to the story...coupons!? Nothing says gratitude like something with a cash value of 1/100 of a cent.


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