A staff member at Horry Georgetown Technical College in South Carolina decided to promote her medical technology program by giving young kids fake drugs, and parents are not happy.
At a family event over the weekend, she handed out pill bottles full of M&Ms, labeled “Happy Pills,” with directions that read: “Take 1 M&M every 2 to 4 hours. May refill 5 times by 2/13/2016.”
Talk about a sugar high…
A friend of one of the parents posted the above image to Facebook, asking if other’s thought this was ok.
“I know for a fact if I was at that event I would have made my opinion very clear to anyone within earshot!” Karen Goad Williams wrote.
The school apologized Monday on Facebook.
“While we know this professor meant the candy to serve as a treat, the method of distribution may have confused pre-school children whose parents have taught them not to take pills from pharmaceutical bottles,” they wrote. “We regret further that professors and administrators are human and, although eager to share information about growing careers, sometimes make mistakes.”
The school also emphasized that it has a series of lectures about drug and alcohol dependency, with Meredith Baxter from “Family Ties” scheduled speaking at the school on February 26.
Commenters on the post don’t seem to think that’s enough.
“This is appalling, and as a parent of three children I consider this teacher’s behavior negligent,” writes one commenter on Facebook. “She teaches a class having to do with medication, then she should be educated enough not to hand out medication bottle with candy in it.”
THE SSS PIZZA
Come February 23, Little Caesars Pizza is single-handedly going to give everyone in America a heart attack.
The company announced Wednesday that it will begin selling a new deep dish pizza with a crust that is wrapped in 3.5 feet of bacon.
It will contain two different types of bacon and will also be covered in pepperoni, because you need to eat more meat.
“It’s unabashedly delicious,” said Little Caesars spokesman Edward Gleich. “That’s why we like to say, ‘In Bacon We Crust!'”
This is just the latest in a long line of fast food monstrosities which get a lot of a attention online for their freakish nature and often unhealthy ingredients.
Recently KFC in the Philippines introduced us to a new iteration of its “Double Down sandwich, the “Double Down Dog,” which consists of a hot dog covered in melted cheese with a piece of fried chicken as the bun.
And Pizza Hut in Australia announced back in December that it was selling a stuffed crust pizza covered in Doritos.
Little Caesars’ Bacon Wrapped Crust DEEP!DEEP! Dish will cost $12 and be available until April… or when our arteries are sufficiently clogged.
In brightest day, in darkest night, no evil shall escape the sight of the deceased Puerto Rican man, Renato Garcia. The 50-year-old who suffered terrible asthma, found this Green Lantern costume about a month ago and began wearing it around town. According to his sister, Renato acted like the truest member of the Green Lantern Corps:
He was always very helpful… You beckoned and he was always there.”
The practice of posing embalmed bodies at wakes and funerals has taken off recently in Puerto Rico, so Mr. Garcia’s family chose this pose and costume to honor his life.
Which superhero would reside over your funeral?
Russians Be Crazy
Do you enjoy your donuts with a nice cold glass of white power?
Krispy Kreme in the UK posted a very unfortunate promotional image on their Facebook page this week, which has since been taken down.
Alongside some less controversial activities like “Funday Monday,” “Balloon Madness” and “Face Painting Thursday” sits “KKK Wednesday.”
The event is scheduled for February 18, and runs from 12pm-5pm, so 5 hours of hate-filled donut revelry!
“KKK” is actually intended to stand for “Krispy Kreme Klub,” but to most people this connotes white hoods and cross burning.
See more at the Fail Blog
personally i like the new take on the coexist sticker.