Toby
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quote:
Originally posted by Madkins007
Lots of unanswered questions in the article.
Sure, but considering the outcome of the case, we can guess.quote:
Beer sales contest? How much extra selling was involved- enough to create a legitimate hope of a real car as the main prize? Thats a LOT of beer to sell in two months or less.
Considering the markup for beer at most restaurants, I doubt if it was an infeasible amount.quote:
(The article does not say how long the contest ran, but if she won in May and it was an April Fool's joke, we can assume that it went from April 1 to May 31 at the longest- and could easily have ended May 1st).
One would think that an April Fools 'joke' should have _ended_ on the 1st to make it plausible that it was the real excuse.quote:
Do they often run such contests with such extravagent prizes? Was there a history of either big prizes or jokes she should have used to base her expectations on? One of my kids works at a restaraunt where they often have similar contests- and the prize is often worth even less than a 'new toy Yoda'!
Sure, but Hooters isn't the typical restaurant.quote:
How was the prize advertised? If it was in print and said 'Toyota', then that is one thing. If this was entirely a verbal deal, then shouldn't THAT have set off a few warning bells?
What about the other employees? Did they think that a real car was the prize? Was this a joke she was singled out for?
If it was, that would seem to make it more malicious and even less likely to be a 'joke'.quote:
Trying to judge the case on the basis of this far-too skimpy article is an interesting exercise in speculation, but we do not know enough from this if there is a basis to win a suit or not. Thank God that is the judge's problem, not ours!
Yep, and it seems that somebody thought that the judge would see it her way. 
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no sense of humour? sue!
05-14-2002 01:12 AM
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