Twelve million glasses is a lot of glasses. McBurgers is recalling 12 million glasses. The glasses promote the new Shrek movie. The glasses have pictures of the different Shrek characters. They are pretty pictures. But the pictures contain a chemical...
Burger King in Brazil sells burgers. It also takes pictures. It takes pictures of customers. It puts their pictures on the wrappers. It puts the wrappers on the burgers. The customer gets a burger with his picture on the wrapper. There's no extra cha...
Phil had bought a round-trip ticket to Miami. But he wasn't going to return to Boston. He was going to remain in Miami. He had bought the round-trip ticket because it was $400 cheaper than the one-way ticket. He was proud of himself. He had outsmarte...
Tom's second cousin was getting married in early June. Tom hardly knew his second cousin. They rarely spoke to each other. Tom spoke to Ed's mom more often. Tom hoped he wouldn't get an invitation. He disliked weddings. They reminded him of his own w...
Brenda is overweight and plain-looking. William is her team leader. William ignores Brenda. When she asks him questions, he tells her to ask him later. He tells her to look in the manual. What manual? she asks. He pretends that he doesn't understand...
The phone rang. It was her son. Six years ago she had left her home country. She had sold her business. She wanted her son to get an education in America. She spoke no English. Her son spoke little English. Her friends and family said she was crazy....
You forgot to say thank you, said the apartment building manager. Thank you for what? Sid asked. Remember your email? she asked. He had sent an email about a safety hazard. He had suggested installing a window in the lobby door. Sometimes people leav...
Bill walked to the front door of his apartment. Someone had slipped a piece of paper under the door. It was a notice from the manager. They were going to spray his apartment for bugs. He didn't have any bugs. They would spray Friday morning. Friday m...
She grunted. She was pulling up her slacks. She had bought them a year ago. She tried to button the top button. She couldn't get it close to the button hole. Look at this, she told her husband. Are those the slacks that I shrunk? he asked. She said n...
John was very overweight. The new desks and chairs were too small for him. He complained to the boss. The boss told him to lose weight. John quit. Robert had had a private office previously. Now he was out in the middle of the floor with everyone els...
