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MILTON,VT - June 25, 2008 - Adirondack Towels and Scrubs, a national supplier to the hospitality industry, announces their selection of the most outrageous travel stories of spring 2008.

Adirondack Towels and Scrubs keeps their customers up to date on important industry developments with news links posted on their web site's home page as well as an online blog that is updated daily. Every 3 months the company selects their most outrageous travel stories for the previous quarter.

This quarter's most outrageous travels stories are:

Man Arrested for Punching Camel at Six Flags
A Santa Rosa, California, man was arrested on May 4 for allegedly punching a camel at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo. Police said a friend of 24 year old Christopher Allen dared him to enter a restricted area and assault the camel. Allen reportedly punched the camel and was detained by park security before running from the park with his friends, police said. Allen was taken into custody as he and Chrissy Thatcher, 22, of San Rafael, drove along Highway 37. The camel reportedly wasn't injured in the assault.
 
JetBlue Pilot to Passenger: Sit on It
Gokhan Mutlu filed a $2 million lawsuit against JetBlue in May saying the airline pilot forced him to spend part of the flight in the plane's bathroom. Mutlu says the alrline allowed him to board the full flight from San Diego to New York after a flight attendant agreed to give up the last available passenger seat and travel in an employee jump seat. About 90 minutes into the flight, Mutlu says he was then informed that the attendant was not comfortable in the jump seat, and he was directed to "hang out" in the bathroom. He says he was later allowed to return to his original seat. An FAA spokeswoman said, "We are investigating because, obviously, a passenger would have to have access to a seat belt for takeoff and landing, or whenever the seat belt sign is illuminated, and as you know, you wouldn't be able to have that in the lavatory,"
 
Flight Attendant Charged with Arson
A flight attendant, upset about the route he was forced to fly, was charged with setting a fire in the plane's bathroom on May 7. The Compass Airlines plane, flying from Minneapolis to Regina in Saskatchewan and carrying 72 passengers and 4 crew members, made an emergency landing in Fargo, North Dakota. Court documents said flight attendant Eder Rojas, 19, told authorities he was upset at the airline for making him work the route. He allegedly smuggled a lighter onboard and lit a pile of paper towels in the plane's bathroom about 35 minutes into the flight. Rojas appeared in court on May 16 and was charged with setting fire aboard a civil aircraft.
 
Airline Workers Suspended for Nighttime Romp
A pilot for regional carrier Pinnacle Airlines was allegedly naked and drunk when police say they found him hiding behind a shed near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in May. Police report it was a romp in the woods that ended badly. Jeffrey Bradford, 24, of Moon Township and flight attendant Adrianna Connor were suspended while the airline investigates. Police say Bradford and Connor were at a diner before they apparently decided to walk into the woods. The two somehow became separated. Fire chief Robert Furlong says he found Connor in his sports utility vehicle. She told him she was looking for a flashlight. "She was very intoxicated - very hard to understand. I told her that I contacted the police (and) that police were in route. I wasn't really sure what was going on," said Furlong. Police report they eventually found Bradford hiding behind a shed after he reportedly tried to ask a stranger for clothes. He was only wearing flip flops and a wristwatch. The two later appeared in court on charges of public drunkenness, loitering and prowling at night. Bradford was charged with indecent exposure and Connor with theft from a motor vehicle.
 
Bank Kicks Out Hotel Guests
Fifty guests at the three-star Tatami-Hampton Inn Hotel in Hong Kong were thrown into the street the evening of June 18 after the property suddenly shut its doors. A closure order was issued on the 108 room hotel after the owner lost a prolonged court battle with the Bank of East Asia over an unpaid $10.8 million loan. Police were called to keep order as the angry guests were forced to leave. Many of the guests were from the Chinese mainland, but others were from Taiwan, Malaysia, Australia, Italy, Singapore and Argentina. One visitor who was thrown out said he knew no one in Hong Kong, and his first concern was to find a place to spend the night.
 
School Project Sparks Subway Scare
College student Gregory Kats was carrying a school project on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York, on March 27 when he inadvertently caused a panic. The science project, a model of an elevator's inner workings containing a small battery, wires and motor, short-circuited and started smoking in his backpack. Kats, 29, tried to reassure his fellow passengers that it was only a school project, but people started scrambling for the exits nonetheless. "They were panicking, and I realized their fear," said an apologetic Kats. He said he then tried to disassemble the contraption on the platform even as he reassured riders by saying, "Don't worry. This is my science project."
 
Fifth Grader Finds Mistake at Smithsonian
Is the Smithsonian Institution smarter than a fifth grader? Maybe not. Kenton Stufflebeam, a fifth-grader from Michigan, noticed a 27 year old mistake in a display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington. The Tower of Time, a display seen by millions of visitors since the early 1980s, lists "Precambrian" as an era. That, young Kenton knew, is wrong. So Kenton’s father Kevin took his son to the information desk to report the error on a comment form. Kenton later received a letter of acknowledgment from the museum that his observation was correct. A Smithsonian official says this was the first time a patron has complained about the mistake, which has long troubled the museum's paleobiology department. "The question is why was it put up with that on it in the first place," says spokeswoman Lorraine Ramsdell.
 
Indonesian Masseuses Told to Lock Their Pants
Massage parlors in the Indonesian town of Batu asked their female masseuses to padlock their skirts and pants to make it clear that sex is not being offered. But the state minister for women's empowerment said the request is an insult. State Minister Meuthia Hatta said the policy is misguided. "It is not the right way to prevent promiscuity. It insults women as if they are the ones in the wrong," she said. The Jakarta Post newspaper reported that the local administration's move was aimed at curbing prostitution and maintaining Batu's image as a popular tourist destination. Hatta says the best way to curb prostitution in massage parlors is to improve security systems including installing CCTV.

Absolut Apologizes for Ads
In April, Vodka maker Absolut was forced to pull ads that depicted the southwestern U.S. as part of Mexico. The advertisement angered some Americans who called for a boycott of the company. The ads showed a 1830s era map when Mexico included California, Texas, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming. It also carried the slogan 'In an Absolut World'. The advertisements were displayed only in Mexico. In its defense, Absolut said, "In no way was this meant to offend or disparage, nor does it advocate an altering of borders, nor does it lend support to any anti-American sentiment, nor does it reflect immigration issues. Instead, it hearkens to a time which the population of Mexico may feel was more ideal."
 
Drunken Passenger Duct-Taped on Flight
A drunken man on a flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles on April 23 attacked a flight attendant and was then wrangled back into his seat by a group of passengers and crew. The unruly traveler was then duct-taped to his seat by several passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 862. The man was arrested after the plane landed at LAX. It wasn’t clear what provoked the man to attack the flight attendant. Several passengers were injured during the scuffle. There were 329 passengers, 15 flight attendants and four pilots on board the 747. Jeff Kovick, a spokesman for United Airlines, said, "Safety is our No. 1 priority. Our flight attendants' primary responsibility is to ensure the well-being of our customers, and we take interference with that role very seriously."