Friday, April 22, 2005

Did This Surprise Anyone?

I thought the first time that I heard the story about the woman biting into a human finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili that it sounded fishy. Imagine your own finger sitting on a plastic spoon. Now, imagine not seeing it before you put it into your mouth. It's hard to imagine isn't it. God knows, if one really wanted a big cash settlement, it would sound better to a jury to have had the finger enter your mouth, but it sure doesn't seem likely.

Now authorities have arrested the woman, on various charges some unrealted to the chili incident.

She sounds like a real winner.

I actually heard some guy on Fox News claim that prosecuting this woman for fabricating this would "have a chilling effect" on people with real claims against corporations. What a load of crapola. If you actually have found a human body part in your food you aren't gonna care a flying fig for what happened to this woman in her attempt to commit fraud. If anything they might want to blame this woman for making corporations less willing to settle upfront in the future. Blaming Wendy's for defending themselves from bogus lawsuits or the police for *gasp* enforcing the laws of the land just seems ridiculous.

Just imagine the damage she might have wrought! She may have led to a price increase on the Wendy's Double w/ Cheese.

The horror.

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