Sandbags galore: "Driving on SH16, the Northwestern Motorway, I was wondering if there is a king tide or a tsunami coming that we haven't been informed about?" says Jan Hendrix.
Outlandish interviews
A British survey reveals some bizarre questions put to candidates in job interviews, including "who would win in a fight, Superman or Batman?"; "How would you get a hippo out of a hole?" and "What dinosaur would you be?". Respondents had also been asked to carry out tasks such as singing or improvising a film with a potential colleague. One jobseeker was even told to "build a tower of paper cups in one minute that would not fall down when you put water in the top cup". (Via The Daily Mail)
Scooter scourge
"While I can see the merit in cheap, cheerful transport that is largely unaffected by traffic, scooter riders in Auckland are driving me mad," declares Matt. "When I am on my motorcycle they pull up in front of me at the traffic lights, then when the lights change, they accelerate like an asthmatic ant. Surely if you make the effort to get to the front of the queue you should at least be as fast off the mark as a car? When I am on my bicycle, they block the gaps in traffic that I can fit through. They are also oblivious to the fact that bicycles are often faster than scooters and don't check their mirrors before turning."
