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Jail Inmate Halloween Costume Swapped for Orange Jumpsuit After Guy Insults Officers

November 6, 2011 5:32pm by editor

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Stupidity doesn't end with holidays. It may even be intensified. A guy in Pennsylvania (PA) swapped his jailhouse stripes for a real, orange, jail jumpsuit after being arrested on Halloween. He chose the costume of an inmate to celebrate the holiday--a choice that proved foreshadowing after he also chose to toss insults at police officers who nabbed him on a weapons charge. Read more

Cleaning Lady Scrubs Off Million Dollar Puddle Ruins Museum Sculpture Artwork

November 5, 2011 11:32pm by editor

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Expensive bathroom fixtures with a hand-rubbed finish are hard to find. They look beautiful, until a diligent cleaning lady accidentally rubs off the finish in a cleaning frenzy. A piece of artwork currently installed in a German museum experiences a similar problem after a cleaning lady scrubs off its faux puddle. Imported fixtures can be hard to find and replace. Read more

Starbucks Means More Than Lattes for a Doctor Feds Say is Serving Up Painkillers Pills

October 28, 2011 5:02pm by editor

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At least one Starbucks allegedly had a customer serving up not lattes but scrips: An Orange County (CA) doctor is facing 50 charges for illegally prescribing painkillers of opiates like Vicodin and OxyContin to people he met at chain locations in order to exchange pill prescriptions for cash. The Feds aren't happy about illegal scrips for pills that ended up in at least four states. Read more

Researchers Confirm Eerie Cyclops Shark With One Eye is Real Not Hoax

October 17, 2011 10:16pm by copythis

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It’s crazier-looking than most could imagine but researchers now report and confirm the existence of an albino fish in fetal stages--with photos showing only one eye in the center of its forehead--to be real: a true Cyclops shark. Read more

Superhero Phoenix Jones Hits Seattle Streets to Fight Crime After Pepper Spray Assault Claim

October 17, 2011 8:01pm by editor

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Seattle law enforcement has already had its own issues. It doesn’t need a superhero to make matters any worse for police. Self-proclaimed crime-fighter Phoenix Jones is back on the streets after somehow skipping assault charges. Read more

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FAA Suspects Skydiving Pilot Distracted in Plane Sex Video of CA Skydive Employees

October 15, 2011 1:53pm by hearit

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Apparently all kinds of things go on in Taft (CA)--or such a lack of things that it literally takes in-air sex tape video to garner a spot in the news. The FAA investigates a skydiving pilot after video by a self-proclaimed porn star-slash-skydive instructor is shot in the plane. The instructor wants Howard Stern’s attention badly. Read more

Pot Brownies Send California Seniors to Hospital After Eating Medical Marijuana at Funeral

October 12, 2011 10:04pm by editor

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Some find pot brownies take the edge off life and alter memory. For others, weed-filled sweets are proving a big memory. Newport Beach and Huntington Beach invitees of an October funeral service in California have been given a memory meant to celebrate a lifetime. Unfortunately, eating some treats put three in the hospital -- but only temporarily. Read more

Dog Saves Canine Hit on Freeway Dragging Animal to Safety Like Wounded War Soldier

October 12, 2011 2:09am by editor

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It's not a dog-eat-dog world: It's a dog-save-dog world. A miraculous save that occurred on earth may as well have dropped from the heavens above. A dog running between cars on a freeway is suddenly hit by oncoming traffic in Santiago, Chile--a moving truck leaving the canine severely wounded, still on the ground. Read more

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Two Women Kick Square Pants Off Sponge Bob on Hollywood Boulevard in Video

September 25, 2011 12:26am by copythat

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Sponge Bob nearly got his square pants kicked off after apparently saying something to two women on Hollywood Boulevard. Whatever the comment, the women seemed to have a complaint--the star from under the sea taking a few hits by "USC" outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
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Dog Leads Firefighters to Basement Toy Poodle Saves Sleeping Teenager in Utah Fire

September 3, 2011 4:06pm by copythat

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A dog again proves to be man's best friend. Size doesn't matter--loyalty shown by animals and pets is undying, once again proven by "Ted" the toy poodle--a canine who refused to be grabbed by responding emergency crews and insisted firefighters follow the dog to the basement of a sleeping teenager who would have died in the Utah fire. Read more