How often do you take the message inside your fortune cookie seriously? If you're anything like me, you read them for a quick giggle and then leave them crumpled on the table. Occasionally I'll keep one if it seems particularly applicable to something I'm going through, but that's fairly rare.
But what if you got a fortune that predicted bad times ahead? Or one that suggested that "Perhaps you've been focusing too much on yourself." Or even possibly "Your luck is just not there. Attend to practical matters today." These are just a few of the fortunes that consumers have been discovering lately in the cookies produced and distributed by Wonton Food, the country's largest fortune cookie manufacturer.
Apparently, they decided to spice things up and so hired some new freelance writers to create new fortunes. These insulting and dire notes are what these new writers came up with. The backlash has been swift, as people have written into the company to complain about the negative nature of their fortunes. Wonton Food is planning on keeping most of the new messages in circulation, but have admitted that they will be taking a few of the most offensive messages out of their cookies.
[Via New York Times]
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