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08 Feb 2009 21:24

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Offbeat: Tip: When in the Witness Protection Program, don’t beat guys up.

  • Divorced from the mob Joey Calco, 40, used to be a contract killer for the Bonanno family, but then he became a snitch. As a result of this, he had to hide his identity so as not to get hit on himself. So he joined the Witness Protection Program. Yousee?
  • An argument over calzones Calco, hiding out in Florida working at a pizza joint, screwed up a calzone order. He got so irate that he attacked the two men involved. He got charged with battery, sued and then his identity came out in the press. Idiot. source

09 Jan 2009 23:46

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Offbeat: This pizzeria owner really knows how to hook up his workers

  • 10% amount in tips that the Flying Pie in Boise, Idaho saved over a 13-year period so that they could take their staff on a trip
  • 62 current and former employees get to go on a week-long trip to to Costa Rica; the restaurant will close for a week source