This Weekend, Think About That Most-Coveted Of Golden Awards: The Worst Company In America Trophy

oscarpoo This weekend, all of Hollywood — and really, all of the nation — will be thinking about who will take home the most sought-after trophy in the world: The Golden Poo. That’s right, it’s time to start sending in nominations for the annual Worst Company in America tournament!


Starting… now! and continuing through 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 13, write to us to let us know about those companies that most deserve to be honored with the Golden Poo.


As always, nominated companies must regularly provide goods and services to American consumers.


!!! NOTE: VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE TO THE NOMINATIONS PROCESS !!!

In order for a nomination to be considered, your e-mail must not simply name the company being nominated, but must include a sentence or two that contains actual information on why you’re nominating.


So a nomination that reads “Company X sucks!” would not be considered, but one that states, “Company X sucks because it [fill in the blanks with reasons for sucking]” would be considered a valid nomination.


You can still nominate multiple companies, but each nominee must have its own explanation.


Once you have your nominations ready, e-mail them to WCIA@consumerist.com before 5 p.m. ET on March 13.


This year’s WCIA bracket will be revealed Monday, March 17 with voting kicking off the next day.


Best of luck, and may the worst company win!




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True Confessions Of A Temporary UberX Driver


If you’re 23 or older, have a driver’s license and car insurance, and have a nice, clean late-model four-door car, you can sign up to drive strangers around for UberX. Should you? Well, it depends on your feelings about voyeurism, cash, and people eating in your car.

Writer Mickey Rapkin signed on to drive his 2013 Prius for UberX in Los Angeles, and you really should check out his “Uber Cab Confessions” in the March issue of GQ. He pondered the wide swath of humanity (who can afford car service and smartphones) who climbed in his backseat, he gained new insights into life. “As I merge into traffic,” he recollects about a trip driving four young partying young adults who are drinking out of a pimp cup in his immaculate backseat. “I begin to understand how my parents must have felt all those years ago chauffeuring around me and my idiot friends.” So it’s like driving your kids around, but with strangers who you can’t ground or guilt if they misbehave.


Driving for Uber does provide some quality eavesdropping and glimpses into others’ lives that you may not have expected. It becomes addictive after a while. “The job becomes akin to binge-watching a TV series late at night on Netflix,” he writes. “Okay, just one more.”


Uber Cab Confessions [GQ]




by Laura Northrup via Consumerist

“I Just Won $50,000″ Is A Pretty Good Way To Talk Yourself Out Of A Speeding Ticket

The winning ticket/get out of speeding free card. (Massachusetts State Lottery)

The winning ticket/get out of speeding free card. (Massachusetts State Lottery)



“I’ve got to deliver this encryption key to super secret government operatives before aliens blow up the world” and “Seriously, I’m on my way to save puppies from a burning pet store” are pretty good excuses, but the truth worked great for one man caught speeding — he’d just won $50,000 in the lottery.

An unusual excuse, yes but it just so happened to be true, say police in Hingham, Mass. (via CBS Boston)



The 22-year-old man told cops he’d won the $50,000 on a $2 Massachusetts State Lottery scratch-off ticket and was racing to the lotto headquarters to collect his prize. The lottery confirmed he’d won.


The ticket provided just the proof he needed, and police decided to just issue him a verbal warning and sent him off to cash in on his newly rich future.


“Today was really his lucky day,” the department added on Twitter.




by Mary Beth Quirk via Consumerist

Così Franchisee Bets TV Reporter $10,000 Restaurant Will Stay Mouse-Free

redsignA franchise of the sandwichery Così in Washington, D.C. was closed down yesterday due to a failed health inspection. What were the restaurant’s violations? Meats stored at unacceptable temperatures, improperly labeled food, food preparation surfaces not clean or sanitized, and mice. So many mouse droppings.


It turns out that the same restaurant was temporarily closed after a health inspection for a rodent infestation last year. When a crew from TV station WUSA stopped by to report on the situation, as they do for all post-inspection restaurant closures, they were ordered out of the restaurant. In a follow-up e-mail, a district manager told the station that “asking questions aggressively” and looking under the furniture caused “a great deal of distress towards our customers and our Cosi team.” You know what else causes customers distress? Mouse crap.


The franchise owner followed up with the station and promised to improve conditions in the restaurant and improve staff training. The $10,000 bet entered the picture when they reminded him of this promise a year ago.


If the restaurant gets cited for rodents in 2015, the franchise owner will make a $10,000 charity donation to the reporter’s choice of organizations. “Tell me the charity and we’ll make the donation on your behalf,” he said. Mark your calendars.


Restaurant Alert: Metro Center infestation closes Cosi [WUSA] (WARNING: AUTO-PLAY VIDEO)




by Laura Northrup via Consumerist

Linkedin en México #infografia #infographic #socialmedia

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Una infografía sobre Linkedin en México. Vía


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Linkedin en México

Linkedin en México





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Ventas Cara a Cara: Guía para Tarados #infografia #infographic #marketing

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Una infografía sobre las Ventas Cara a Cara: Guía para Tarados. Vía


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Ventas Cara a Cara: Guía para Tarados

Ventas Cara a Cara: Guía para Tarados





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Secret Service Reportedly Investigating Possible Data Breach At Sears


The retail world is still feeling the aftershocks that rumbled through the industry after Target revealed it was hit in a hack attack that exposed credit card info and personal data of up to 110 million customers. As such, inside sources are whispering that Sears is the focus of a new probe from the U.S. Secret Service to see whether it was the victim of a possible security breach.


Bloomberg News cites a person familiar with the investigation who says the Secret Service is looking into things at Sears, but didn’t explain any other details like how big the breach might be, if it exists, or when it might’ve happened.


Sears is staying relatively mum as well, admitting that it’s got the same concerns everyone else does after the Target attack, but stopping short of confirming a particular incident at the company.


“There have been rumors and reports throughout the retail industry of security incidents at various retailers, and we are actively reviewing our systems to determine if we have been a victim of a breach,” said Howard Riefs, a Sears spokesman. “We have found no information based on our review of our systems to date indicating a breach.”


So basically, they’re not sure anything has happened, but they’re also not sure something hasn’t happened.


Meanwhile, the Secret Service is continuing to investigate the hack attacks on Target and Neiman Marcus, which put the credit card data of millions of consumers at risk at the end of 2013.


Sears, Secret Service Said to Probe Possible Data Breach [Bloomberg News]




by Mary Beth Quirk via Consumerist

El ritmo del crecimiento en Twitter desciende notablemente #infografia #infographic #socialmedia

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Una infografía sobre el ritmo del crecimiento en Twitter desciende notablemente.


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Infographic: Twitter's User Growth Is Tapering Off Alarmingly Quickly | Statista

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La gente prefiere Internet y el móvil a la Televisión (USA) #infografia #infographic

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Una infografía sobre la gente prefiere Internet y el móvil a la Televisión (USA).


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Infographic: Americans Would Choose Internet Over TV If They Had To | Statista

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USDA Report: We’re Wasting 141 Trillion Calories Of Food Every Year


The next meal where you fail to join The Clean Plate Club, just remember this number: 141 trillion calories. That’s how much food the United States Department of Agriculture says Americans are wasting every year — about 1,249 calories per person, per day.

And a lot of wasted food could be going to feed people who need it, points out NPR’s The Salt blog in its coverage of the repot.


Researchers at the USDA’s Economic Research Service reached that hefty number by crunching the numbers from 2010, the most recent year with data available. Any edible food that’s available for consumption was included, stuff that’s spoiled, thrown out by retailers for blemishes or deemed unworthy, and whatever food you leave on the plate (or forget in your doggy bag left in the back of a cab, sigh).


A total of 133 billion pounds of food was lost in 2010, or to put it another way, 31% of the total food supply, worth about $161.6 billion.


What are we wasting the most? Surely there aren’t large number of Kobe beef steaks sitting in Dumpsters. We’re most likely to waste dairy products, vegetables and grain products, say USDA researchers.


“So what if I don’t finish my burrito? Why should I care?” a hypothetical version of an uncaring person might say. But you should care, say researchers — not only are we losing food, there’s money going into the trash along with nonrenewable resources like fuel and water.


And when you dump food at a landfill or let it decompose, it emits greenhouse gases which are harmful to the planet. Not to mention all the empty stomachs at home and around the world that would welcome a good meal.


These reasons could give us a collective kick in the pants to cut down on food waste, and it’s up to us, say researchers: “Economic incentives and consumer behavior will be paramount in reducing food loss.”


Even better? Your grocery bills could get smaller, maybe.


“If food loss is prevented or reduced to the extent that less food is needed to feed people (i.e., the demand for food decreases), then this would likely reduce food prices in the United States and the rest of the world.”


The Clean Plate Club, everybody. Remember: Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.


U.S. Lets 141 Trillion Calories Of Food Go To Waste Each Year [The Salt]




by Mary Beth Quirk via Consumerist