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Taking the doggy bag to a new level. Snapped by Liz Connoley on the motorway on Friday, heading over the harbour bridge.
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Austen Restall writes: "To the 35-year-old schmuck from Melbourne who, driving his father's black AMG Mercedes, reversed into me at the Milford shops on Christmas Eve, and then said he needed to check on his girlfriend and collect his father who lived just up the road. You taught me a valuable lesson when you never came back: get the licence plate number at all costs. Obviously, to some, a handshake means nothing. I'm a 20-year-old apprentice with a $2000 age-related excess on my own insurance. Let's hope your father is twice the man you are and will step up for the true story on how his Merc got damaged on Christmas Eve."
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A reader writes to tell of a friend who got distracted and walked away from her fairly large ATM withdrawal at a gas station. She realised two minutes later, went back and saw that the money had disappeared. She then asked the bank if it had surveillance on that ATM. It did not, and recommended she fill out a form to explain the situation. Eventually the bank refunded her money and she found out that the ATM automatically sucks the cash back after 20 seconds if not taken by the user. This has happened to other friends, who just dismissed it as being taken by the next person to have used that ATM. So, if you don't inquire at the bank, they steal your withdrawal after 20 seconds. "I guess it's another form of revenue."
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Brendan writes: At 2am on Friday Vodafone sent me a text message advising that I had reached my credit limit and they blocked my phone. I checked online and by phone credit card payment, and both stated the amount due was $0. I rang Vodafone to discuss this and learnt how inept their billing system is. They locked my account three days before sending me the bill or updating my online account. As a five-year customer of Vodafone, they have placed a $90 limit on my account that has an $80 plan. I am dumbfounded by how they expect a bill to be paid before they send it. Luckily they will review my credit limit in three business days and I might be able to make a phone call again.
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A Liverpool driver was stunned when she was pulled over and fined 60 for eating a crust while driving. Ediri Tsekiri, 36, said the officer told her she could have killed a child if one had stepped into the road while she was distracted by eating. He tried to suggest that it was "worse" than using a mobile phone while driving, she told www.ClickLiverpool.com.
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