Posts Tagged ‘money’

21
May

Sex More Valuable Than Money

   Posted by: Emily   in Malaysian News



This morning, while reading the online papers, a news article with the word SEX caught my eye. Heh, don’t they always?

So there’s this bunch of robbers who broke into a house, tied up all the family members, went to the back of the house where their maid’s room is, and searched out the Indonesian maid with the intention of raping her.

Fortunately for her, her looks or style does not match up to their standards and they did not assault her sexually but beat her up with the handle of their parangs. Well, sometimes, being born not-so-beautiful could be a saving grace too, you know!

But it’s ironic that even when they went and broke into a house to rob for sex and then money, they still were that picky on WHO to rape and HOW the rape victim looks like!

So after beating the maid up, they continued with their next action plan that is to rob the house. They did it and left and at this point of writing the police here in Malaysia are still clueless as to which gang of robbers did this crime.

I would have linked to this news report except that I know that the report will be moved to the archives after a week and I would be left with a broken link. So yeah, you’ll just have to take my word for it that this is a true crime that happened somewhere in Malaysia.

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22
Mar

ATM Dispenses Double Amount In Hull, England

   Posted by: Emily   in UK Headlines



Did you read the odd news on Reuters where an ATM in Hull, Northern England, dispensed double the withdrawal amount for a few hours until it ran out of cash?

News reports said that people who discovered this malfunction were calling everyone they know to get down to that ATM to make withdrawals. I find it really odd that the daily limit is GBP300. Hhhmmm in contrast, my HSBC account here allows me to withdraw five-figures via the ATM.

It is said that the people who made withdrawals could face charges so that the machine operator could recoup losses. It’s not difficult to trace who made withdrawals from the machine because every transaction is recorded.

Well, I think that the operator should just let these people go with the cash, in good faith. It’s not their fault that the money came out double what they requested for and it is only human nature to get the most advantage over the glitch, right?

Reading this case, I am reminded of the time when an ecommerce store wrongly listed the price of an electronic item and everyone who found out about it was telling everyone else they know to make a purchase of that item. The company did not see through those orders, if memory serves me right.

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