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The cookie patrol got sued.
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: fredster on February 05, 2005, 01:33:32 am ---What kinda lawyer would have the self respect to sue some girls for trying to be nice? This woman and her lawyer have absolutely no shame in my opinion.
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I don't know if a lawyer ever got involved (at least not in the courtroom). It sounds like a small claims case.
But no good deed goes unpunished...
There are some old people who live down the block I work (my office is in a residential area) who will sit by their windows and glare at you should you have the gall to park in the front of their houses. It's limited parking too so they'll call the cops over the second you're parked one minute past two hours. Meanwhile, they don't drive cars themselves and they barely leave the house. They just want to be grumpy. (OOPS - Just reread the story and it looks like she's not old - 49. That's much more pathetic. She's already a basketcase.)
Anyway, if you suffer $900 worth of emotional trauma because someone came to your door a little late then that's the first sign you can't live alone. It's time to look into those retirement homes (EDIT: Yes, even at 49). Cruel? Perhaps, but if someone leaving you cookies sets you off (even if it is late) then you're too far gone to be able to keep the house from exploding.
But it's a free country and if you don't want people skulking around your house at certain hours, fine. But that's not something you should collect $900 over. Solving that would have needed nothing more than a phone call and explanation.
The girls should make her a second batch of cookies but with spit in the dough. Or better yet, be extra nice to the rest of the neighbors who appreciated the gesture and wait for the day the old bag asks why she's being ignored. But she'll probably sue them for emotional neglect and get awarded more unearned money.
Stupid legal system.
Gunstar Hero:
The wrong thing is, they families stepped up and said sorry, and offered to pay the doctors bills, but the woman drug them to court anyways, seeking punitive damages as well.
She probably saw $$ in it. :-\
Damn sue-happy people.
shmokes:
I just ordered 10 boxes of thin mints from the Girl Scouts.
Sephroth57:
cant really see the chick on the rights boobs which are a deciding factor.. but id probably give her some cookies
Bones:
Off topic a little bit, but....
A couple of years ago some Mormons were door knocking down-under and the owners let them in to discuss.
They were presented with some cookies to munch on while they went on with their spiel. Apparently the Mormons really got stuck in and had 12 cookies each.....
It turned out the cookies were actually hash cookies and the two dudes got extremely smashed and one spent the night in a hospital.
I don't know the outcome of the trial.