Say What? Boy Grabs Knife After Dad Pulls Plug on Video Game

[abaici]

Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
This is not in anyway meant to be funny, but this lady dag near killed someone over this?

Hey, if she wanted her way, she should've went to Burger King!

[Steeltrap]

But why would you fly into a violent rage and jeopardize yourself over that? Believe me, I do pull into the drive-in parking lot and check that sucker. If I see a trace of stuff other than bacon or onions, I just go back into the restaurant and ask it to be corrected.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by abaici
Hey, if she wanted her way, she should've went to Burger King!

As long as it is not THAT ONE in Va. Remember that?

http://www.greeksource.com/gcforums/...ht=burger+king

[MeezDiscreet]

okay, i've been a McDonald's patron for many moons and I never, ever, ever recall mayo on burgers. this isn't just something that they started at the mickey d's on the southwest side. had this lady NEVER ate there before? if they don't have it, you can't get mad! i wouldn't demand a cheeseburger from kfc--why? BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE IT. some folks are just downright and recklessly STUPID!!!

[abaici]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
As long as it is not THAT ONE in Va. Remember that?

http://www.greeksource.com/gcforums/...ht=burger+king

Tee-hee...I stand corrected. But, I agree with Meez, everyone has patronized Mickey D's at some point in their life(broad generalization). Until very recently, the menu has been the same for almost 20 years.

[Steeltrap]

Originally posted by abaici
Tee-hee...I stand corrected. But, I agree with Meez, everyone has patronized Mickey D's at some point in their life(broad generalization). Until very recently, the menu has been the same for almost 20 years.

These days, I hardly go to Mickey D's. I like Jack in the Box better.

[lovelyivy84]

They don't have Jack in the Box here, but Mickey D's has a good grilled chicken sandwich, and the salads are ok!

[btb87]

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Friday, Dec. 5, 2003

'Trampled' Wal-Mart shopper has long history of injury claims



ORANGE CITY, Fla. -- A woman reported "trampled" last week by Wal-Mart shoppers desperate for $29.87 DVD players has a long history of claiming injuries from Wal-Marts and other businesses where she worked or shopped, according to Florida Today news partner WKMG Local 6 News.


Patricia Vanlester, 41, was knocked unconscious and, her sister said, "trampled by a herd of elephants" by a stampede of shoppers reaching for DVD players that went on sale at 6 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving, according to Orange City police and the sister, Linda Ellzey.

The story was picked up by the Associated Press and carried in newspapers and other media as far away as Australia and China.

An investigation by WKMG-Local 6 reveals Vanlester has filed 16 previous claims of injuries at Wal-Mart stores and other places she has shopped or worked, according to Wal-Mart, court files and state records. Her sister, who accompanied her Friday on the visit to Wal-Mart, has also filed a prior injury claim against Wal-Mart, with Vanlester as her witness, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.

Asked whether Vanlester's frequent injury claims might cast doubt on the veracity of her latest allegation, her attorney, David L. Sweat, of Port Orange, said, "No comment." He did stress, though, that Vanlester "has not filed a claim nor have we decided to file one" related to last week's incident.

Wal-Mart is reviewing store videotapes "as we look into the claim," spokeswoman Karen Burk said from the retailer's Bentonville, Ark., headquarters. "We will investigate this claim as thoroughly as we have the other 10 claims that this customer and her sister have brought against our stores in the past."

Vanlester, who worked at Wal-Marts in Mount Dora and Orange City in 1996 and 1997, declined comment through her mother, Barbara Rastellini, with whom she owns a home here.

Vanlester spent at least two days in Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach last weekend and was back in the hospital Thursday "having a procedure done," Sweat said. He did not know if the procedure was related to the Wal-Mart incident.

Vanlester has for years complained of head, back, neck, leg or arm pain caused by slipping and falling, objects falling on her and other accidents, according to medical records in a public court file examined by WKMG-Local 6. In fact, her sister says she was wearing a neck brace at the time of last Friday's incident because of injuries from a years-old car accident.

According to state worker's compensation records and court files at the Volusia County courthouse in DeLand, here's some of what Vanlester has claimed over the years under some of her various legal last names: Rastellini, Findley, Crabtree, Platt and Vanlester:

In 1978 and 1982, more than $400 in worker's compensation was paid after she claimed injuries from being struck by a falling object and from slipping and falling while working as a machine operator at a now-defunct manufacturing plant in DeLand.
In 1984, she claimed a back sprain from working at a restaurant in Winter Haven, producing $356 in worker's compensation.
In 1987, she filed an injury claim against Deltona Lanes, a Volusia County bowling alley, after claiming she slipped and fell while bowling there. In a 1993 sworn deposition in another case, Vanlester testified she received a cash settlement from the bowling alley claim, but did not recall the amount.
In 1989, after her car ran off Interstate 4 in Volusia and overturned, she filed a claim against Big T Tire and Wheel Service, of Orange City, claiming the crash was caused by a tire blowout. She testified she received a cash settlement in that case, as well.
In 1991, she claimed to have slipped on a puddle of hand lotion while shopping for a curling iron at an Orange City Walgreen's, causing "permanent injury, disability, disfigurement (and) mental anguish." She filed suit in 1993, but it was thrown out in January 1994 after a 10-minute hearing. Walgreen's argued no one at the store had seen any liquid on the floor, so it could not be liable for failing to clean it up.
In 1995, Vanlester reported slipping and falling on liquid or grease while working in the meat department of a Eustis Publix, resulting in more than $1,200 in worker's compensation.
In 1996, she claimed to have slipped and fallen while working at the layaway desk of a Mount Dora Wal-Mart, leading to more than $600 in worker's compensation payments.
In 1997, she claimed a back strain while working at the snack bar of an Orange City Wal-Mart that was replaced by the Wal-Mart Superstore where she claims to have been trampled last Friday.
-Tony Pipitone, WKMG-Local 6 News

Seems like ol' lady is a pro! What'chall thank??

[Steeltrap]

This news sure as heck doesn't help her credibility, particularly since the average person isn't down with this kind of stuff. It may look like she's an abuser....

[CrimsonTide4]

And here I was feeling sorry for old girl. . . she can go to fraud hell!!!

[1savvydiva]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
And here I was feeling sorry for old girl. . . she can go to fraud hell!!!

Ditto!

[RedefinedDiva]

Originally posted by 1savvydiva
Ditto!

Add me to that list! Ole girl gets no love from me!

[CrimsonTide4]

Woman Gets 10 Years for McDonald's Mayo Spat
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas woman was sentenced to 10 years in jail for running over the manager of a McDonald's with her car because she wanted mayonnaise on her cheeseburger.


Waynetta Nolan, 37, showed no emotion Thursday as the sentence was read in court following a trial in which the McDonald's manager, Sherry Jenkins, said she gave Nolan the mayonnaise she requested, but she flew into a rage anyway.


"I gave her everything she asked for -- mayonnaise, no mustard, onions, everything I could possibly do for this lady. Mayo, mayo, mayo, and it's still not good enough," Jenkins told reporters outside the courtroom.


Nolan, who was convicted of aggravated assault for the April 23 incident, became so angry when a McDonald's employee told her she could not get mayonnaise that she threw her cheeseburger into the drive-through the window, witnesses said.


Jenkins tried to placate her by offering a cheeseburger with mayonnaise, but Nolan continued to make demands until Jenkins finally called police.


When she went outside to write down Nolan's license plate number, Nolan ran her over, breaking her pelvis.


Nolan testified that she was putting ketchup on her cheeseburger when she accidentally struck Jenkins.



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"I never intended to hit this lady. I (go) to this McDonald's all the time," Nolan said. "Never in my life would I dream -- this is the worst thing in the world. I was so scared."


"She'd seen me. She laughed when she ran me over," Jenkins said. "She'd seen me. There's nothing wrong with this lady, but she needs to go to a penitentiary."


Jenkins said she is unable to hold her grandchild after the disagreement over a $3.25 order.


Her family is scared to be around her since she was a target.


"They won't allow me to hold my grandbaby when she sees me. She screams and hollers because she (doesn't) know me," Jenkins said. "What she did to my life and my kids' life is horrible and I don't wish that on my worst enemy -- what she (did) to me."

[1savvydiva]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Her family is scared to be around her since she was a target.

Ummm, they act like there was a mob hit out for her!

"They won't allow me to hold my grandbaby when she sees me. She screams and hollers because she (doesn't) know me," Jenkins said. "What she did to my life and my kids' life is horrible and I don't wish that on my worst enemy -- what she (did) to me."

Heh?

[RedefinedDiva]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4

Her family is scared to be around her since she was a target.


"They won't allow me to hold my grandbaby when she sees me. She screams and hollers because she (doesn't) know me," Jenkins said. "What she did to my life and my kids' life is horrible and I don't wish that on my worst enemy -- what she (did) to me."

Did I miss something? Has she been away for years or something? Why wouldn't the kid know her? This may be mean, but do they only not allow her to hold the kid when cars are around? I don't get it.