Stupid people of the week

She Showed Up Late to Zoom Court — Then Started Making a Sandwich. The Judge Had Enough

A Michigan woman was kicked off a court Zoom call after she was caught making a peanut butter sandwich during a hearing by the judge.

Asja Outerbridge was attending Detroit’s 36th District Court hearing online for a misdemeanor charge, CBS News reported.

During the hearing, 36th District Court Judge Sean Perkins asked Outerbridge, who was late to the call and appeared to be spreading peanut butter on a slice of bread, to put the food down.

“Put whatever you are trying to prepare down,” said Perkins.

He also told her to get “properly dressed.”

She told him she was properly dressed.

“Is that a robe?,” he asked.

Outerbridge told him she was trying to feed her daughter. “My daughter is sick I had to keep her home from school I’m just trying to feed her. That is it.”

“I am sorry that your daughter is sick but again you are in court, and we are going to treat it as such.” Perkins responded.

Outerbridge told CBS News that she “definitely was wrong.”

“I could have came dressed better and more prepared, and I don’t want to judge to think that I’m laughing at the situation at him because I’m not. I take that very seriously, I do genuinely, with a serious face, apologize to the judge,” she said.

“I’m a personal stylist, so I know how to present myself, but that day, you know, it’s hard for moms out here. I’m not gonna lie. I took that transition of what you wear to court, and I will show different outfits you could wear to court, how you can present yourself, and how you cannot be caught lacking in a robe, making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. You don’t want to do that.”

Source; People

Ex-flight attendant caught smuggling 100 lbs. of deadly new drug made of human bones faces decades in prison

A former flight attendant caught smuggling over 100 pounds of a deadly new synthetic drug made of human bones faces up to 25 years in a Sri Lankan prison.

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from the United Kingdom, was seized at Bandaranaike Airport in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo earlier this month after allegedly carrying suitcases full of “kush,” a new drug originating in West Africa which kills an estimated dozen people a week in Sierra Leone alone.

Lee, from south London, claimed the drug stash — which has a reported street value of $3.3 million — was planted in her suitcases without her knowledge, her lawyer, Sampath Perera, told the BBC.

She is being held in harsh conditions in a jail north of Colombo where she has to sleep on a concrete floor, though Perera said she’s been in contact with her family.

The haul made on May 12 is the biggest seizure of the relatively new drug in Sri Lankan history.

Customs officers posed proudly with the stash, which could land Lee a 25-year prison sentence if she is found guilty of smuggling.

Lee had been working in Thailand when she was forced to leave because her 30-day visa was due to run out, so she decided to take a three-hour flight to Sri Lanka while she waited for the renewal of her Thai visa, her lawyer said.

“I had never seen them [the drugs] before. I didn’t expect it all when they pulled me over at the airport. I thought it was going to be filled with all my stuff,” Lee told the Daily Mail from prison.

She also implied she knew who had “planted” the drugs in her suitcases, but wouldn’t name them.

“They must have planted it then,” she said. “I know who did it.”

Kush, which is most popular with young men, can cause individuals to fall asleep while walking, collapse unexpectedly and even wander into moving traffic.

One of the drug’s many ingredients is reportedly human bones, and the insatiable desire for the substance has even led to ghoulish grave robbers raiding cemeteries in Sierra Leone.

The country’s president declared a state of emergency over abuse of kush last year, while security has reportedly been tightened in graveyards to stop the digging up of skeletons.

Branding kush a “death trap,” Sierra Leone’s President, Julius Maada Bio, said the drug posed an “existential crisis” to his nation.

Lee flew out of Bangkok around the same time as another young British woman now facing drug smuggling charges.

Bella Culley, from County Durham, northeast England, was arrested in the former Soviet nation of Georgia on May 10 after allegedly flying to the capital, Tbilisi, via the United Arab Emirates with more than 30 pounds of marijuana and hashish in her luggage.

She is accused of “illegally purchasing and storing a particularly large amount of narcotics, illegally purchasing and storing the narcotic drug marijuana, and illegally importing it into Georgia,” the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement earlier this year.

Sri Lankan authorities have warned of a huge increase in drugs arriving in the country via Bangkok.

“Another passenger who had left Bangkok airport, almost at the same time, was arrested in another country. We arrested this lady [Lee] based on profiling,” a senior Sri Lanka customs officer told the BBC.

“This has been a rule nuisance,” he added, referring to the drug scourge.

Click through to the source for some photos of her. You’ll thank me. Source; NY Post

‘Idiot’ tourist sits on and shatters ‘Van Gogh’ chair adorned with thousands of Swarovski crystals

Nightmare at the Museum.

A foolish tourist in Italy sat on a chair adorned with thousands of Swarovski crystals for a photo op, crushing the precious work of art beneath his weight.

Instead of lowering himself and pretending to sit for the photo — like the woman accompanying him had done — security video shows a man deciding to go for it and sit down. The chair crumbled under his weight, as he lost his balance, trying to hold on to the wall with both hands so he didn’t fall.

The woman came to his rescue, and the pair scurried out of the room.

The Palazzo Maffei in Verona took to social media to shame the tourists, sharing footage of their actions, which they called “superficial” and “disrespectful.”

“They ignored every rule of respect for art and cultural heritage,” the museum raged, noting the tourists waited for security to leave the room for the ill-fated photo op.

The art piece by Italian artist Nicola Bolla was named the “Van Gogh” chair, as it resembles a chair in one of the legendary Dutch painter’s most famous pieces. The museum described it as an extremely delicate piece of work, entirely covered in crystals.

But this story has a happy ending — a few days after the horrific accident, the museum was breathing a sigh of relief. It had been able to restore the art piece to its original splendor.

“For days we didn’t know if it would be possible to restore it. But we did it,” a museum staffer recounted in Italian on Facebook.

“A heartfelt thanks goes to the police, our security department and the restorers, whose precious work allowed the work to be recovered.”

It’s unclear what the recovery cost, and if the offending couple would be held responsible for the damages.

“Idiots! I hope they are reported!” raged Davide Baraldi, in reaction to the museum’s post.

“The embodiment of mediocrity, rudeness and ignorance,” added Federica De Guadalupe in a comment.

Source; NY Post

British Airways A380 Crew of San Francisco to London Flight Arrested

A British Airways (BA) cabin crew member was arrested at London Heathrow Airport (LHR) after colleagues discovered him dancing naked in a business class lavatory during a transatlantic flight.

The incident occurred on a San Francisco (SFO) to London (LHR) service, prompting an investigation into suspected drug use aboard the aircraft, The Sun reported.

The steward disappeared from his duties during meal service on the busy flight carrying approximately 470 passengers and crew.

Flight attendants initiated a search of the Airbus A380-800 aircraft when the crew member failed to report for his assigned responsibilities serving food and beverages to passengers.

Colleagues discovered his absence as they distributed meals throughout the cabin during the ten-and-a-half-hour journey across the Atlantic. The aircraft was cruising at 37,000 feet when the search began, with crew members checking various sections of the double-decker plane.

The in-flight crew supervisor located the missing steward in the Club World cabin restroom, where he was found completely nude and dancing. The discovery shocked the crew supervisor, who immediately took action to address the situation.

Flight attendants quickly clothed the steward using spare pyjamas designated for First Class passengers. The crew then escorted him to the premium cabin section, where they secured him in a luxury seat for the flight’s duration.

British Airways (BA) management contacted authorities during the flight, alerting police to the incident aboard the aircraft. Law enforcement officers met the Airbus A380-800 upon its arrival at Heathrow Airport (LHR) at 11 AM on Sunday.

Police arrested the flight attendant immediately after the plane landed. Medical personnel assisted the crew member, who required wheelchair transportation from the aircraft. The steward received medical attention as part of the emergency response protocol.

The remaining flight attendants worked the entire journey without scheduled breaks to compensate for their missing colleague.

The incident forced the cabin crew to redistribute responsibilities among themselves while maintaining passenger service standards throughout the transatlantic flight.

British Airways (BA) suspended the steward from duty pending the outcome of ongoing investigations. The airline confirmed the matter has been referred to police authorities for further examination.

Crew members suspect the flight attendant consumed drugs before or during the incident.

One anonymous colleague described the situation as extraordinary, noting the steward appeared to be under the influence of substances while the aircraft flew over the Atlantic Ocean.

The worker characterised the behaviour as dangerous and career-ending, emphasising the unprecedented nature of the incident. Flight crew members expressed concern about the safety implications of such behaviour during commercial aviation operations.

British Airways (BA) acknowledged the incident and confirmed cooperation with law enforcement agencies. The airline directed inquiries to police authorities, treating the matter as a criminal investigation rather than an internal disciplinary issue.

The case highlights ongoing challenges airlines face regarding crew member conduct and substance abuse prevention in aviation. British Airways (BA) continues investigating the incident while the suspended employee awaits legal proceedings.

Source; Aviation A2Z

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