Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Woman orders world's most expensive coffee LONDON, March 31 (UPI) -- A woman said she was billed nearly $715,400 for four cappuccinos at the Giraffe Juice Bar at Terminal 5 in London Heathrow Airport. Advertisement Terri Patsalides, 59, of West London, was passing time during a baggage delay in the troubled new terminal when a Giraffe Juice Bar employee handed her the huge bill, The Sun reported Monday. "When I got the print-out I told the waitress that although they were very nice, I thought £90,000 ($178,855) a cup was a bit over the top. She went bright red when she saw my bill was £361,514.97 ($715,386.43) and said it should have been 12 pounds ($23.84)." "It was just a glitch on the computer system. The bill was canceled and everyone had a laugh," an employee of the bar told the newspaper. Terminal 5 has been plagued by glitches and delays since its recent opening. Advertisement Crematorium offers 'pay-per-view' funerals SOUTHAMPTON , England, March 31 (UPI) -- For the first time in Britain's history a crematorium has announced it is offering a "pay-per-view" online funeral service for out-of-town funeral attendees. Starting Tuesday a Southampton, England, crematorium will charge about $150 for families who would rather watch funeral services online than in person, The Daily Mail reported Monday. Some critics reportedly argue the city is attempting to make money off the new service and that it is not private enough. The Rev. Gary Philbrick of Southampton said, "There are a lot of good things about it," but added he did not personally care for the thought of being recorded at a funeral. "We're not putting the services on to the Internet for anyone to watch. Security is very important. It's all about offering a better service to people who are bereaved," crematorium manager Trevor Mathieson said. Companies go 'topless' at meetings SAN FRANCISCO, March 31 (UPI) -- Distractions from laptops and other devices are causing many San Francisco companies to say they are going "topless" -- no electronic devices at meetings. Many companies are banning electronics during meetings after getting increasing complaints of sidetracked workers slowing down productivity, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Advertisement "Laptops, Blackberries, Sidekicks, iPhones and the like keep people from being fully present. Aside from just being rude, partial attention generally leads to partial results," said Todd Wilkens of Adaptive Path, a San Francisco design firm Wilkens said since his company has banned laptops from meetings they have been "a lot more productive." Some companies argue that meetings in general are simply unproductive and should be tossed out altogether. "No laptop meetings make sense. No meetings make even more sense," said Joe Lazarus, former director of marketing for Yahoo. Innocent woman appears on Crime Stoppers LA CROSSE, Wis., March 31 (UPI) -- Police in La Crosse, Wis., apologized to a woman after accidentally naming her as a potential criminal in a Crime Stoppers public service announcement. The announcement was aimed at finding a woman accused of charging items on a stolen credit card by showing her picture from surveillance footage at a Kwik Trip, the La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune reported. The innocent woman learned of the mishap when a co-worker said, "I thought I saw you on Crime Stoppers." "We feel horrible about the mistake, and want to do all we can to minimize any inconvenience or embarrassment this woman may have experienced," said Officer Drew Gavrilos. Advertisement Police said the mistake happened when they mixed up two register transactions. "We had two very similar looking people come to the register about 10 to 20 seconds apart, and each were buying very similar things. It was a one in a million type of thing," Gavrilos said.
