A Good Samaritan was given a parking ticket – after he pulled over to help a heart attack victim in Germany.
First aider Steve Schiltenwolf, 42, of Wolfratshausen, spotted the woman collapse in the street and pulled up to give her help.
“I could see something really bad had happened and did what I could to help. I knew the best thing was to just get her an ambulance and the last thing I was thinking about was where and how long I could park my car,” he said.
“I waited with her for the ambulance to arrive but when I got back to my car I found a traffic warden writing a ticket. She could see what I’d stopped for and I tried to explain it but it didn’t make any difference.
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A Swiss woman has lost her job after her bosses spotted she was using Facebook when she claimed to be too ill to use a computer.
The woman was suffering a migraine and had told her employer, Nationale Suisse, she needed to lie in a darkened room, reports the BBC.
The company said its discovery that she was also using Facebook destroyed its trust in her and prompted her sacking.
But the unnamed woman, who is from Basle, said she had been accessing the internet on her iPhone while in bed.
She said she did not believe the company’s assertion that a colleague had inadvertently noticed her using Facebook, accusing it instead of spying on her.
She said the company had created a fictitious Facebook persona which become “friends” with her, allowing the company to monitor her online activity.
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A Somerset postman was bitten by a snake as he collected letters from a postbox.
Alan Wakley, 58, was nipped by an adder when he put his hand into the post box, reports The Sun.
He bravely sucked out the poison before continuing on his round.
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This week is…
- National Dance Week
- Astronomy Week
- Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Week
Kick Up the Heels Daily…
- Sense of Smell Day (4/28 )
- Hairstylists Appreciation Day (4/30)
- Law Day (5/01)
- Lei Day (5/01)
- May Day (5/01)
- Mother Goose Day (5/01)
- No Pants Day (5/01)
- Tuba Day (5/01)
- Free Comic Book Day (5/02)
- National Homebrew Day (5/02)
- Lumpy Rug Day (5/03)
- National Two Different Colored Shoes Day (5/03)
- Paranormal Day (5/03)
- Respect for Chickens Day (5/04)
May is….
- National Barbeque Month
- National Egg Month
- National Hamburger Month
- National Salad Month
- National Salsa Month
- National Vinegar Month
- Sweet Vidalia Onions Month
- Ultra-Violet Awareness Month
Categories: Show Pile 4/28/2009
