1. A couple companies that (wrongly?) requested extra amounts of the scarce H1N1 vaccine back when it was forecasted everyone would get the virus and become very ill have been cleared after an investigation. It appears it was simply a “misunderstanding.”
One misunderstanding was a typo: Star Medical Group had intended to serve 50,000 close contacts of infants 6 months or younger but accidentally registered for 500,000.
So what does all this tell us? That people are not always great in a crisis. But when that crisis ends up not being that much of a crisis, people are really forgiving. And everyone lives happily ever after.
2. Some parents are just selfish. Their kids each gave a quarter to raise enough money to buy their Frisco principal a designer handbag for her birthday. And now the parents are complaining that the gift sent the wrong message and the money should have been raised for a charity instead. Sheesh. What would the principal have worn with her designer shoes (last year’s birthday gift) if the kids didn’t come through this year? The principal found out about the surprise and ended up donating the money. Again, this was just a misunderstanding.
3. Thirteen city of Dallas employees in the water department have filed a lawsuit claiming racism at the workplace. They were threatened and intimidated by graffiti on bathroom walls. (I think the same could be said for the male employees of D.) And maybe this situation with the water department is all just a misunderstanding, too. Maybe.
