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Consumerist Top Stories of the Week - 4 new articles

Fri Aug 29 2008
obama
Obama's Promises To Consumers

Obama just gave his acceptance speech. Here's what was in it for consumers:

He promised to:

- Cut taxes for working families and the middle class.- Get rid of capital gains tax for small-businesses and entrepreneurs.- Some kind of rollback on the changes in bankruptcy law in '05... MORE >>

POSTED: Thu Aug 28 2008 23:20



Gross
Applebee's Food Comes With Delicious "Use By" Sticker

Reader Jamie's Applebee's dinner came with an interesting ingredient: an expiration date sticker. Understandably grossed out, Jamie asked Applebee's for some new food. They agreed, fished out the sticker and brought the old food back. Ick.

Jamie writes:

Me and my 4 other military... MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Aug 27 2008 09:50



Burgers
Wendy's: You Will Have Your Burger With Toppings Or You Will Get Nothing

Reader Brandon goes to Wendy's about once a week and usually orders the double stack "plain" as in "without toppings, just meat and cheese." This fairly straightforward request has never caused a problem... until now. Brandon says that he and some friends stopped in to Wendy's to grab some... MORE >>

POSTED: Tue Aug 26 2008 10:15



hostility
AirTran Agent Screams, Curses At Travelers While Supervisor Looks On

Forget about those dowdy old-school Olympics. What we need is an international competition to see which airline can suck the most, since everyone is getting so good at it. In the category of Random Rudeness, this AirTran agent and her equally hostile supervisor would have a good shot at the... MORE >>

POSTED: Mon Aug 25 2008 10:17





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