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• Hotel to be run by robots.

  By Not The Worst News on February 9, 2015 • ( 2 )

  The Daily Mail reports that Japan is set to open a hotel where robotic-humanoids check you in, porter your luggage, and clean your rooms. The robots resemble Japanese women, speak many languages, and blink. 3 More Jobs We’d Like To… Read More ›

• Chipotle Twitter Account Hacked

  By Not The Worst News on February 8, 2015 • ( 0 )

  ABC News reports that Chipotle Mexican Grill apologized this morning for offensive Tweets posted from its Twitter account, which also included a Tweet suggesting that all restaurants would close by the end of the year. In 2013, Mashable reported that… Read More ›

• Japan Introduces Legislation To Force Employees To Take Holidays

  By Not The Worst News on February 7, 2015 • ( 1 )

  The Associated Press reports that the Japanese government is set to introduce a law that makes taking holidays mandatory, in a country where many people work long hours and don’t take the vacation days owed to them. 3 Vacation Destinations… Read More ›

• Starbucks Wants Canadians To Drink Alone

  By Not The Worst News on February 6, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The Globe and Mail reports that Starbucks will be testing serving alcoholic beverages in some of its Canadian locations. Apparently a Starbucks menu promo said this: “Say hello to a new way to enjoy Starbucks after 4 p.m. Drop in… Read More ›

• Twitter Announcing You Can Send Private Messages To Groups…

  By Not The Worst News on February 5, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Twitter has been sending out emails telling users they can now send private messages to groups. Hey, Twitter, if you’re going to disrupt our days by delivering useless information, please do it on Twitter, not in our email inboxes. 3… Read More ›

• Just Don’t Fat Finger It And Order All The Tea In China

  By Not The Worst News on February 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Yahoo Finance reports that Chinese Internet giant Alibaba is planning on delivering packets of ginger tea to customers via drones. 3 Slogans We Propose For Drone Tea Delivery Service 1. “For when you absolutely have to have tea in 30… Read More ›

• Driverless Uber Cars?

  By Not The Worst News on February 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The Wall Street Journal reports that Uber is working with Carnegie Mellon University to develop driverless cars, in direct competition with Google, which also is doing similar work. 3 Interesting Observations About This Story 1. So Uber is driving cab… Read More ›

• Beauty Pageant Brawl.

  By Not The Worst News on February 2, 2015 • ( 1 )

  The Daily Mail reports that a Brazilian beauty contest ended with the runner-up grabbing the winner’s crown and throwing it on the floor. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. Was the runner-up asked earlier what she would do… Read More ›

• 3 Worse Ways Seattle Could Have Ended The Super Bowl

  By Not The Worst News on February 1, 2015 • ( 1 )

  Sports fans everywhere are calling the Seattle Seahawks play that resulted in them losing the Super Bowl by an interception by the New England Patriots the “Worst Play In Super Bowl history.” Here are 3 worse ways we think Seattle… Read More ›

• 3 more bad places to hide cash

  By Not The Worst News on January 31, 2015 • ( 1 )

  Yesterday we wrote about the fact one in six Americans hide cash. We suggested some bad places and here are some more. 1. Inside the footballs at tomorrow’s Super Bowl game to increase the pressure. 2. In Russia where it… Read More ›