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Take it from Snee: The Rainbow Fridge

As a Facebook user, I see what I would normally consider bright and rational people reveal just how close we all are to succumbing to pyramid schemes and cults.

Instead of convincing our friends to buy and sell Amway products, we sell them out to marketing companies through Mafia and Farmville games. When that doesn’t work, we take quizzes and publish the results so we can all form our own Hogwarts band consisting of three Harrys, two Rons and one gender-confused Professor McGonagall.

But, there’s a sneakier, insidious cult forming on Facebook and the Internet at large: dead pet mission work. Continue reading Take it from Snee: The Rainbow Fridge

Death Fridge, the fridge that kills

Twenty-eight people were sickened by the stench at an AT&T office building in San Jose, Wednesday morning when a well-meaning staffer — who had just, natch, had nasal surgery for her allergies, rendering her slightly more immune — purged a fridge of its ancient leftovers.

After a few high-power air-fresheners were administered, the mix of chemicals and rotting food smell had workers complaining of nausea and vomiting. More than 300 employees were evacuated; seven were sent to the hospital.

It’s a bad sign when the fridge at your workplace needs its own series of OSHA ruling guidelines.