In Canada Molson Beer, a division of Molson Coors, is planning to standardize its free beer policy in 2009 for its Canadian retirees. Presently the free beer costs Molson $900,000 a year. Molson retirees living in Newfoundland were notified by letter their monthly allotment will be reduced from 6 dozen bottles a month to zero over the next 5 years. The retirees are upset there was no discussion about this; and unions have filed grievances in Montreal and Vancouver, where allotments will be less. Although Molson says it's still providing a very generous benefits package, 2,400 company retirees are crying in their beer.
In Tel Aviv a thoughtful daughter decided to surprise her mother by replacing her mother's old mattress with a new one and taking the old one out to the trash. Needless to say, her mother was surprised - almost to the point of fainting. It seems for years she had been secretly stuffing her life savings into that mattress. Now a frantic search is underway in Israel for the valuable mattress. To the daughter the mattress may have looked lumpy and uncomfortable, but to her mother it felt like a million dollars.
Around the world the down economy is inspiring people to perform community service - even fight crime. According to "Superheroes Anonymous", a New-York-based Web site dedicated to organizing and making alliances with superhero groups, there are presently 250 to 300 real-life superheroes worldwide. A laid-off computer technician became Mr. Ravenblade after preventing a woman's mugging and rape in Walla Walla, Washington. A superhero named Geist patrols Rochester, Minnesota with a group of like-minded, similarly costumed colleagues. Dark Guardian, a 24-year-old, patrols Brooklyn at night and Chaim "Life" Lazaros is in New York performing homeless outreach. Instead of super powers, these superheroes are armed with good intentions.
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