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TexRex
apnews.com

Florida man with drugs around penis denies they were his

Florida authorities say they found cocaine and methamphetamine wrapped around a man’s penis during a traffic stop, but the man denied the drugs were his.
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When he was arrested, did he say "Oh cock" in a good James May voice?

And here's proof that there's no escape.
If you're a wanted criminal, watch out for those Google vans...
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www.bbc.co.uk

Italian mafia boss caught after Google Maps sighting in Spain

Gioacchino Gammino had been on the run for two decades, but was spotted in Spain on Google Maps.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
I was curious about the legal implications when news of the payment was making the rounds last year. It's a little hard to imagine the courts offering legitimate relief here and I doubt there's much precedent. It's also hard to imagine someone being so vindictive.

Coinstar helped the guy, as I recall. I think they bought the pennies off of him for an even thousand. Of course the publicity was probably worth much more than what the gesture ultimately cost them.
 
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I was curious about the legal implications when news of the payment was making the rounds last year. It's a little hard to imagine the courts offering legitimate relief here and I doubt there's much precedent. It's also hard to imagine someone being so vindictive.

Coinstar helped the guy, as I recall. I think they bought the pennies off of him for an even thousand. Of course the publicity was probably worth much more than what the gesture ultimately cost them.
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I'm reading the actual complaint and it points to Section 15(a)(3) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 215(a)(3), which says:
After the expiration of one hundred and twenty days from June 25, 1938, it shall be unlawful for any person—
(3) to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding, or has served or is about to serve on an industry committee;
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I'm not sure if there is a distinction to be made between employee and former employee. It seems like the complaint would be dead if a former employee is not included. The other part of the complaint is the shop paying flat wages even if the workers worked over 40 hours.

The shop's reviews got hammered:

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I'm reading the actual complaint and it points to Section 15(a)(3) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 215(a)(3), which says:


I'm not sure if there is a distinction to be made between employee and former employee. It seems like the complaint would be dead if a former employee is not included. The other part of the complaint is the shop paying flat wages even if the workers worked over 40 hours.

The shop's reviews got hammered:

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The plaintiff may have cause for action because of the delay in payment but my interest is mainly in the method of payment. Though it's definitely a dick move to pay anyone in a **** ton of pennies, it is technically still legal tender, and though coating those pennies in oil makes processing them a royal pain in the ass, the oil doesn't actually compromise them.

I know a guy who got a parking ticket he didn't think he deserved, so he went to pay it in pennies on the day of deadline but they wouldn't accept pennies as payment and because he wouldn't use any other method, he was fined for late payment. He sued and got relief in the form of having the fine waived because it was legal tender, but that's the only relief he was granted and was out legal fees because he was a dick.

The shop is sure to be most hurt here. The employee was ultimately paid and while payment method was an inconvenience, another party stepped in to help and went beyond the minimum. The shop got lots of bad publicity, though, and now potential customers may end up seeking out alternatives to that one.

The lesson here is you shouldn't be a dick. I'm certainly aware of it but I also haven't actually learned it. I do try, though.
 
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The other part of the complaint is the shop paying flat wages even if the workers worked over 40 hours.
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Depends also if the techs were paid flat-rate or hourly. The former means you're either paid when the work is completed, based on a pre-arranged amount of time (which may or may not be greater/less than the actual time spent). Some shops don't pay techs until the repair order is fully paid. The latter would be based on clocked hours, like most hourly jobs.

Sounds like the employer was bitter; who keeps that many one cent pieces around in a coin shortage, anyhow?
 
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Emergency alert mistake has hundreds Googling 'Gotham City, Mo.'

An emergency alert meant to be a "test" had many people Googling to find out where Gotham City, Mo. , is. The message the Missouri State Highway Patrol sent out late Tuesday afternoon said, "Gotham City MO purple/green 1978 Dodge 3700GT MO UKIDME. " It's a reference to the fictional hometown of...
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They've now received a reply to the alert which reads, "I'm Batman".
 
Northstar
You can get plain ID cards.
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I'm aware of that, but those are visually different from a driver's license so you specifically know they aren't a driver's license, and you'd think someone would have made a connection somewhere. Especially in this day and age when every facet of a person's identity is cross-linked to at least a dozen different computer networks.
 
EngieDiesel
I'm aware of that, but those are visually different from a driver's license so you specifically know they aren't a driver's license, and you'd think someone would have made a connection somewhere. Especially in this day and age when every facet of a person's identity is cross-linked to at least a dozen different computer networks.
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The only people that would actually care about the difference though are the police, and if he had never been pulled over before while driving they wouldn't even know he was driving without a license.
 
UKMikey
People in the UK don't generally ask for generic ID as far as I know.
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Beyond picking up a parcel from my local sorting office, I’ve never been ID’d. Even clubbing underage I was never asked also never asked when renting movies (when that was a thing back when I was younger).

I don’t smoke, and didn’t drink as a teen so never had to then either.
 
I couldn't decide whether to put this story in the Africa thread or here, but ultimately I figured it's bizarre enough for a spot in this thread.

City of Tshwane cuts electricity to SARS, SAPS and other organisations for unpaid bills amounting to millions: article link.

In case you're curious, SARS is South African Revenue Service, not the bird flu. Yes, it's our tax agency. And SAPS is our police.

What's sad about this debacle is that somehow, I'm not that surprised.
 
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