Progressive marine insurance
Technical problems, fog, rain and other weather issues are already causing delays at several airports says USAToday.
Dallas Forth-Worth lost radio communications in two control towers, causing all incoming and outgoing flights to be delayed while the problem was fixed.
Heavy fog delayed flights at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California was shut down briefly due to the weather. Newark and LaGuardia saw delays due to high winds, while Chicago O'Hare blamed heavy cloud cover, though how this instance of "heavy cloud cover" is in any way different than "normal weather from Nov-April in Chicago," we don't really know.
Snow is expected in Colorado tomorrow.
Should be fun!
Richard Holmes - Metro Atlanta Region Senior Vice President - Customer Service - 404-506-3701 (direct line)
Mickey Brown - Georgia Power Corp Executive Vice President - 404-506-2412 (Richard's boss)
Michael Garrett (pictured)- CEO - Georgia Power - 404-506-7733 (Mickey's boss)
RELATED: Just when you thought insurance companies couldn't get any sleazier, Progressive Insurance got caught sending private eyes to infiltrate and secretly record an Atlanta area church support group in hopes of digging up dirt to discredit a church couple involved in a car accident lawsuit, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
After headquarters found out, a letter signed by the President of Progressive apologized for the actions and took full responsibility for them. They also pledged to enact new rules and procedures to prevent future occurrences. That may not be enough for the Insurance Commission and authorities, who say they are investigating the matter.
Members of the sessions, each which began with group pledges to keep the discussion private, disclosed abortions, sexual orientation issues, and drug abuse, all of which were tape-recorded by the Progressive gumshoes. After an emergency convening, and learning their trust and privacy was breached and violated, the group broke down and cried and several members left.
There's no mention of how the private investigators' identity was discovered. Maybe the group got suspicious after the couple would say, "pass" whenever it came their time to confess. Also gotta wonder how "isolated" this incident was. Maybe Progressive was just unlucky enough to get caught in something that goes on all the time. Guess if you're involved in a lawsuit with a company you need to watch out for any "new friends" you suddenly find yourself having.
Private eyes sneak into church group [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
Company says it's sorry for spying [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] (Thanks to ptkdude!)
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Best Buy calls 911 after Consumerist reader RJH asks for a refund on a nonworking Tony Bennet CD.
Sooooo RJH buys the CD and goes to his car to play it. He gets "Disk read error" three times. RJH walks back in with his three minute old album and receipt and asks for a refund.
The clerk tells him there's state and federal laws against refunding money. Our guy calls him a fool.
Manager comes and says the guy can have a substitute disk or leave, or else the manager will have him arrested for trespassing.
Guy laughs.
Manager calls 911...
UPDATE: RJH wrote in again to clarify some issues. Posted inside. Highlights:
• The Best Buy was in Altanta, GA, in the North Metro area.
• He paid cash, not with gift card.
• RJH says he got so incensed at Best Buy because of, "...[T]he countless times they steamroll other customers who do not have the wherewithal I do to fight ludicrous charges like this. The bottom line is that I could care less about the fifteen bucks, it was the idea that a major retailer can just sit there and make it up as they go."
RJH writes:
- "I was out shopping with my daughter, Z and her brother yesterday, trying to use those dreaded gift cards, the one of interest was from Best Buy.
While they are looking for music, I see the new Tony Bennett CD, kind of a Duets and I decide to spring for the fifteen bucks.
We get to the car and I pop it in and see "Bad Disk" on my player. I tried unsuccessfully three times to get it to work, but alas, it must have been a bad disk. So I walk back into the store with my three minute old receipt and show it to the door guard who shows me to the return line. Now I have owned this thing for three minutes and I just want to swap it out. It is three days after xmas and I really do not want to go through the entire return process so when I finally get to the front of the line; the customer service trainer is waiting on me. I tell him, forget it, just give me my money back, it is a bad disk.
He tells me there are state and federal laws against them refunding my money at which I literally laugh out loud. I said there are no such laws. He claimed there were and I said, if you believe that you are a fool. Then I asked to see a copy of the law at which point the "manager" showed up. He said that he would show me the law it was right out the front door and If I did not leave, they would have me arrested for trespassing. At this point the manager says I can have another disk or be arrested for trespassing. I asked again to check the CD, it was a bad CD.
I am thinking this is a riot, let's just see where this goes.
Sure enough, he calls 911 for a trespasser in his store.
I am literally laughing out loud. I go back to the car where the kids are and explain that I will be a few more minutes. I get my phone and call my wife and tell her what is going on.
Then I call corporate in MN. I explain
