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| 02.12.04 (12:30 pm) [edit] |
If a Disney employee is killed during a parade and no visitors saw it, does it matter?
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - A costumed Disney World employee was run over and killed by a float during a Wednesday afternoon parade at the Magic Kingdom.
The death occurred in a backstage area near the Splash Mountain ride, said Jim Solomons, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Disney spokeswoman Rena Langley said the worker was about to enter the park when he was hit, and she wasn't sure if any visitors witnessed what happened.
Sheriff's spokesman Carlos Torres said the investigation showed the death was accidental. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration also was investigating.
In 1999, a worker in the loading area of the Skyway ride fell to his death, and OSHA fined the park $4,500 for what it called a serious safety violation. The ride was closed later that year.
How hard can it be to identify a prostitute? Apparently in Germany it's difficult to separate a whore from the average slutty girl.
Feb. 11, 2004 (AFP) — German authorities are having trouble enforcing a new sex tax in the western city of Cologne because they often can't tell who is subject to it, a government spokeswoman said Tuesday.
The levy introduced Jan. 1 does not affect everyone who indulges, only employees of brothels and sex shows.
"But we are having trouble proving who is a prostitute," the spokeswoman said.
The monthly tax of 150 euros ($190) per sex worker was aimed at bringing 700,000 euros to the city's empty coffers. But the spokeswoman said the city may have to go back to the drawing board.
"We are struggling with the normal problem that we aren't really welcome there," she said of the city's red-light district. "They don't exactly throw open the door for us."
Brothels are legal in Germany and theoretically subject to the normal tax and employment laws.
Which is sadder - drinking beer at Chuck E Cheese or having the time to go to the alcohol board to complain about it?
MUNCIE - When Bill Tuite heard that the new Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in Muncie would serve beer and wine, he protested to the Delaware County Alcohol and Tobacco Commission.
Tuite believed that the restaurant and game emporium marketed toward children - which opened in late December - shouldn't serve alcohol.
"Children can eat pizza and play games in a so-called family setting," the Alexandria resident said in an e-mail to The Star Press. "Now this establishment wants to serve beer and wine to adults. That changes the perspective on 'family.' "
Tuite was unable to persuade the local alcohol board, however, and the board approved the restaurant's beer and wine permit in a Thursday meeting.
"There was one gentleman that showed up to voice his opposition," said Sam Carson, a state excise police officer who serves on the local alcohol board. "I noted one of the criteria in approving or denying a permit is if the community desires or does not desire a permit location. He was the only individual present."
Carson told The Star Press that in 13 Central Indiana counties, Chuck E. Cheese's restaurants had prompted no complaints to state alcohol authorities.
The Irving, Texas-based restaurant chain has 470 outlets in 48 states but generates few complaints about beer and wine sales, said John Rice, vice president of marketing.
"Beer and wine is not a major component of our menu," Rice said. "We only serve by the glass.
"Chuck E. Cheese isn't the type of place where adults go for drinks," he added. "There is a segment of customers who like to have a glass of wine with their meal, but it's not the focus of our business."
In his complaint, Tuite noted, "Taverns cannot allow children on their premises. Taverns have beer, wine, pizza, pinball games, etc. This new 'children's' place will have beer, wine, pizza, pinball machines, etc."
Tuite also expressed concerns that local church groups did not attend the alcohol board meeting to argue against the beer and wine permit.
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posted by: Spaz (reply)
post date: 02.12.04 (9:50 am)
Who the hell cares if they serve beer at Chuck E Cheese...It's not like anyone's ever going to order it with their kids around. x_X
posted by: WinstonSmith (reply)
post date: 02.12.04 (9:52 am)
compelling stories, dangerkitty...
of course, your 2nd story is intriguing: in the usa it is hard to tell the difference between a prostitute and the bush regime!
he he he
posted by: dangerkitty (reply)
post date: 02.12.04 (9:53 am)
Reply to: WinstonSmith
OUCH! Winston - 2 Bush - 0
posted by: Shondratasha (reply)
post date: 02.15.04 (10:48 am)
Only $4,500? OSHA gave a bigger fine to a company here when the worker was killed screwing off on a power pole.
As for Chuck E. Cheese, parents probably need a drink to survive it. Thank goodness my kids out grew it, even they recognized it was crappy pizza.
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