Brazil's Embraer plans to build electric flying taxi factory near Sao Paolo
Embraer says it will build electric aircraft with hopes they will take flight from 2026.
2023-07-21 09:20
TikTok Signs Payments Pact With Advance Intelligence in Malaysia
TikTok’s e-commerce arm struck a partnership with Advance Intelligence Group, a financial technology startup, to expand its online
2023-07-21 08:45
Blinken to visit Tonga, New Zealand, Australia July 24-29 -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Tonga, New Zealand and Australia next week to discuss
2023-07-21 06:29
Universal theme park in Florida plans to open new DreamWorks land with Shrek, Trolls
The Universal Orlando Resort theme park in Florida plans to open a new land next year based on characters from DreamWorks Animation
2023-07-21 05:25
Private Debt Firms Roil Asset-Based Loans as Liquidity Heroes
Private credit firms are extending their reach into the more than $260 billion global asset-based lending business, seizing
2023-07-21 04:51
Colorado police buy woman groceries after her partner made young children ‘watch him eat’ and go hungry
A Colorado woman broke down in tears after police bought her groceries to feed her hungry grandchildren. A deputy brought food for 71-year-old Vicki Green and her adoptive son and great-grandson after the woman’s boyfriend ate the last food in the home home as the hungry children watched. “I’m going to be here for you today and I’m gonna get you some food for your kids,” deputy Ryan Weiner explained, as Green held her hand over her heart. “I don’t want them to go hungry,” he said. “And it sounds like they didn’t eat last night and they’re not going to eat today.”
2023-07-21 03:26
Florida rulings ease concerns about drag performers at Pride parades, drag queen story hours
Librarians in Florida who feared fines for hosting drag queen story hours, and Pride parade organizers who worried about citations for including drag performers, can breathe easier now
2023-07-21 03:16
Elon Musk’s Wealth Slumps $13.6 Billion as Tesla Shares Tumble
Elon Musk’s fortune slumped $13.6 billion Thursday after Tesla Inc. warned it may have to keep cutting the
2023-07-21 01:18
Homes become 'air fryers' in Phoenix heat, people sacrifice on AC for fear of cost
Temperatures have peaked at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) the entire month of July in Phoenix and extreme heat stretches across the American South
2023-07-21 00:26
Aviation bill upping pilot retirement age to 67 passed by US House
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to pass legislation that would raise the
2023-07-20 23:55
Zimbabwe Plans First Corn Exports in 22 Years After Surplus
Zimbabwe plans to sell 40,000 tons of corn to Rwanda, marking its first export of the crop since
2023-07-20 23:18
Chinese takeaway goes viral for savage responses to customers
The owner of a Chinese takeaway has become an internet icon for her fiery responses to disgruntled customers. Alice Cheung, the boss of Oriental Express restaurant in Pudsey, West Yorkshire has garnered 149 reviews on Just Eat – and she’s made a point of personally replying to every negative one. While most customers award the eatery five or six stars, Cheung refuses to pander to the complaints of some of the “sillier” reviews, she told Leeds Live. So when one woman complained that the food was “terrible”, she was having none of it. Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter “You ordered a Vegetarian Munch Box and then called the shop to complain there was no MEAT in it,” Cheung wrote back. “We sent what you ordered and there was nothing wrong with it. The bad review is to cover your error,” she continued, before ending the response: “Please do not call again.” Another reviewer moaned that her meal was “not good, soggy and old” and that she “threw most of it away,” before condemning it for being much more expensive than her regular takeaway. Cheung, or rather Oriental Express, replied: “I suggest you stay with the other takeaway and take your false review with you.” Responding to a one-star reviewer, whose full comment has been deleted, Cheung wrote: “What sort of idiot orders ‘Salt & Pepper Chicken’ and then complains it has salt in it, our delivery record shows it was NOT late and it was NOT cold. “A fake review and derogatory too. Take your foul mouth and business somewhere else.” Another critic – who offered the restaurant a similarly measly two stars out of six – said her meal had been “totally ruined” by “small pieces of battered dry chicken mixed in with battered prawns.” The furious response read: “Will you please open your eyes and read the descriptions, you ordered the ‘Special sweet and sour’ which contains king prawns. You got what you ordered so how is this our fault? “The food was fresh and perfectly cooked. We are good but mind reading the stupid is not one of our skills.” Another two-star reviewer failed to write a justification for his low score. So Cheung replied sardonically: “Thank you Kyle, whay? Too much food, too hot, too tasty, delivered too quickly?” Speaking to Leeds Live, Cheung defended her tough tactics: “If you’re writing a review just be honest about the situation,” she said. "If we messed up, we’ll reply seriously. If not, expect some banter.” Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-07-20 22:47