Shut up, or else....

Cribbers have another reason to crib - they can can lose their job for it! The move to initiate the sack penalty for complaining was inititated after some employees companied about complainers in a German company. Ananova reports:

Whinging about the weather or the broken photocopier are sackable offences at a German company that has banned moaning.

Employees at IT company Nutzwerk Ltd, in Leipzig, have to agree to be in a good mood as part of their employment contract.

Manager Thomas Kuwatsch said those who get up on the wrong side of the bed should stay at home and work out their grumpiness rather than come into work...

... "Mood is an important factor in productivity and everyone here works hard and is happy."

You can read the full story here.

Bush may not have won over Europe in the way he runs US, but my guess is that Nutzwerk at least supports his blinders-on-'Iraq's just fine' stance.

The Name Game: Chris rechristens himself KentuckyFriedCruelty.com.

Someone tell Shakespeare that he's wrong. And a contemptuos "what's in a name?" is not the right attitude in marketing. And can he please meet Chris aka KentuckyFriedCruelty.com to expand his mind-set right away and rock and roll in his grave later?

Here's what News Yahoo News: has on the matter:

NEW YORK - A 19-year-old PETA staffer has legally changed his name to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com.

Chris Garnett, youth outreach coordinator for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said he changed his name in support of the group's anti-KFC campaign.


"People don't believe me at first when I tell them my name, but it never fails to spark a discussion," Garnett, er, KentuckyFriedCruelty.com, said in a statement. "Many vow to boycott KFC after I explain the company's indifference to cruelty to animals."

Norfolk, Va.-based PETA's complaints against KFC stem from video footage shot last year recording alleged mistreatment of birds at a Pilgrim's Pride Corp. plant in Moorefield, W.Va. The plant is a KFC supplier.

Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC, has disputed the claims of mistreatment. In June, a grand jury refused to indict former workers at the West Virginia chicken plant.

"Stacked" star Pamela Anderson, who has narrated a PETA video showing the alleged abuse, supports Garnett's name change.

"I'm sure Chris can't wait till KFC stops torturing chickens so he can change his name back," the actress said in a statement, adding that the chicken abuse "is awful and has to stop."