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It really is dog-eat-dog out there, says a reader who snapped this North Shore Council parking warden in Birkenhead "metering out swift and brutal justice to one of his own".
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Marie Lupe Cooley of Jacksonville, Florida, noticed a situations vacant ad in the newspaper which sounded a lot like her current job and with her boss' phone number listed. Cooley leapt to the conclusion that she was about to be fired and took her revenge on the company. According to police she went to the architectural office where she worked late at night and erased seven years' worth of drawings and blueprints, estimated to be worth US$2.5 million. Steven Hutchins, owner of the architectural firm, knew straight away Cooley was responsible - she was the only other person who had full access to the files. Police arrested Cooley and charged her. As for the job, Cooley originally wasn't in danger of losing it. The ad was for Hutchins' wife's company. (Source: FOXNews.com)
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Board game maker Hasbro is launching a worldwide vote to find the 20 greatest cities in the world to be included on the first-ever Monopoly Here & Now: World Edition game board - and Queenstown, New Zealand is the only Kiwi name to make the list of 68 finalists. But its immortalisation depends on the number of Kiwis visiting www.monopoly.co.nz to vote for it. The 20 cities with the most votes will be part of the World Edition game board with the top city being placed on the coveted highest rent property traditionally held by Mayfair. In a press release, Hasbro product manager, Leigh Gibson said: "A vote for Queenstown is a vote for New Zealand. We may have lost the Rugby World Cup and the America's Cup but this is a chance to mark New Zealand firmly on the world map alongside some of the world's greatest cities like New York, Tokyo and Paris."
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I too have started parking in two carpark spaces," admits a reader responding to the VW in yesterday's Sideswipe. "I am sick of getting new dents in the side of my car every time I park. It would seem that people in New Zealand cannot open their doors without hitting the adjacent car. And each dent costs $300-$800 to repair."
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Kate Porter, communication manager for McDonald's, explains why John Amiria and his 5-year-old heard the explicit version of a Pink song when at McDonald's Northcote: "Please pass our apologies on. We certainly don't expect our customers to hear swearing in songs when they're visiting our restaurants! It seems an iPod from the previous night's close-down was left connected to the stereo. This is usually checked each morning but unfortunately wasn't picked up on this occasion."
