Annoying companies

Jamaica Plain business owner faced felony charge for marking up illegal ads on Centre Street

adamg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:51:57 -0500

The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports the president of the Jamaica Plain Business and Professional Association got nabbed for using his pen to complain about scooters illegally parked on Centre Street connected to ads for a South Boston scooter company.

Is there a collection for the guy?

East Boston woman has world's worst luck

adamg — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:46:18 -0400

The East Boston Times-Free Press reports how a $100 eBay error ballooned into hundreds of dollars of fees because Citizens Bank sucks and got her stuck at a bank robbery and then fined $200.

Globe finally notices something fishy with Evergreen Solar

Brett — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:19:58 -0400

Front page material, even.

It's something I noticed in April of 2008, and wrote again about in March of 2009.

Interesting that new details are coming out, like the fact that a third of their workforce are temporary. I wonder how many of them are "independent contractors"...

The Globe also completely fails to mention that after securing money from the state and letting Patrick brag about the new jobs it was bringing in, Evergreen Solar built a $55M plant in Michigan which they claim will have 100 employees. Evergreen Solar received 2 million dollars from Michigan in tax credits last year.

He knows how to quit Anna's Taqueria

adamg — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:07:01 -0400

Mike Mennonno reports he's finally had enough of sneering, snorting, obnoxious taco makers at his local Anna's:

... I've actually seen two of them gang up on a customer -- a Tufts student I think he was -- berating him for calling pico de gallo "salsa", almost bringing the poor kid to tears. They often mutter to one another in Spanish about customers who annoy them. And by the way, amigos: I know what "una puta flaca mala" means.

Thank goodness for Joe and Dave on WEEI

adamg — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:24:33 -0400

Reports coming in from all over that Comcast is in major fail mode. Will they manage to restore service before 9:47 p.m.?

UPDATE: Looks like they managed to avoide frenzied hordes of Sox fans with torches and pitchforks.

Stupid survey proclaims Bostonians sexless drones who can't get off the phone

adamg — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:46:57 -0400

Allegedly, one out of every three Bostonians would give up sex for a year rather than their cellphones, according to a supposed survey by, ta da, a mobile-phone company.

The pointless survey, in which Bostonians were allegedly asked about a hypothetical situation none would ever find themselves in, showed women were more likely than men to give up bedroom exercise.

Worst restaurant service ever

adamg — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:26:29 -0400

Ari Herzog reminds us why it's a good thing we're usually asleep at 2:30 a.m. instead of trying to get something to eat at the Apollo restaurant in Chinatown:

... About TWO HOURS AFTER entering the place, and telling the kitchen to stop the teriyaki dish, we want to leave. We can't. We have a bill for $32. That was after taking the teriyaki dish off the bill. Why should we pay for food that arrived OVER AN HOUR LATE due to waiter forgetfulness and then bringing out the wrong teriyaki dish? Back and forth with the manager, yelling match ensues, we refuse to pay the bill but they won't let us out without paying.

Did I mention the large-framed bouncer at the door? ...

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He predicted fortune teller would violate her permit

adamg — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:48:02 -0400

Matt Conti reports Hanover Street's new fortune teller has already violated three of her license requirements, most notably a prohibition on garish neon signs.

Conti says when he heard about the proposed shop, he just knew this would happen.

Guess it's a good thing I wasn't planning on getting a bikini wax at Elizabeth Grady

adamg — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:13:16 -0400

Kate Hutchinson describes a hairy situation trying to get a refund for some painful, poorly done service at the Financial District location - that only ended when she met with a regional vice president and pulled her pants down to show her just how bad a job they did.

Target disobeys the natural order of things

adamg — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:25:14 -0400

Thanskgiving comes first? How about Halloween? Jody posts a photo of a shocking display at her local Target.