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August 21, 2024

Back in June, I wrote about a Chinese flight being delayed more than hour because a possum was loose on the plane. At the time I thought it was the most aggravating reason for a flight to be delayed. Well, roughly two months later, I stand corrected.

More than 200 flights were delayed and another 36 were canceled in Japan after a pair of scissors went missing. Yeah, you read that right. Apparently, stores in the Japanese airport of New Chitose have a very strict system when it comes to cutting things, and if the scissors aren’t replaced when they are done being used, the world must come to a halt. To top it all off, and as one would come to expect, the scissors were eventually found in the same store they went missing. I don’t even have an adjective to describe this story, that’s how ridiculous it is. Well, I guess there’s one. 

What it sounds like is somebody needed to cut somebody else some slack. 

Now, RTO Insider trimmed down today’s news cycle for you.

From everyone at RTO Insider, thanks for reading and enjoy the rest of your day! Also, be sure to check out our latest news from NetZero Insider below! 

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