Thursday, April 10, 2008

There is a Lesson in this Story Somewhere


I'm starting to wonder if PetSmart isn't jinxed. A few days ago, I posted a story about PetSmart being under fire for it's gouging grooming issues and Banfield's Veterinary horrors . A women is now suing Petsmart, saying that her husband died after a liver transplant that was contaminated by a sick hamster sold by Petsmart to the organ donor. So in other words: Man buys hamster from Petsmart. Hamster is sick. Man gets sick from sick hamster. Man dies. Man donates liver. Second man gets new liver from man with infected hamster. Second man dies. I wonder if the hamster is still alive? I wonder if PS will offer the widow $50 in gift certificates like they did in the last screw up? Speaking of Hamsters... Hate jet lag? Researchers in Argentina have found that taking Viagra considerably shortens the effect on jet lag. So far, they have only used hamsters in the test and the drug helped hamsters adjust to the new time zone 50% faster. I wonder if any of them had to worry about the 4-hour warning?