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BTW looks like hooters have lowered their standards a bit.
you just shush your pie hole mr.
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by Padre » Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:06 pm
Published July 28, 2001
PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Oh, what a feeling. Toy Yoda!
A former Hooters waitress has sued the restaurant where she worked, saying she was promised a new Toyota for winning a beer sales contest.
Instead she won a new toy Yoda -- the little green Jedi master from Star Wars.
Jodee Berry, 26, then a waitress at the Hooters in Panama City Beach, won a contest to see who could sell the most beer in April.
Manager Jared Blair told waitresses that the contest was a regional promotion, according to the lawsuit, and that the top 10 waitresses from each restaurant would be entered in a drawing. The person whose name was drawn would win a "new Toyota automobile," the lawsuit says Blair told them.
In early May, Berry said, Blair told her she had won.
"I couldn't believe that out of all the girls who were entered, I was the winner," Berry said.
She was blindfolded and led to the restaurant parking lot. When the blindfold was removed, Berry wasn't looking at a new car, but a Yoda doll.
Berry said she looked beyond the $40 toy, hoping to see the car driving around the corner. Blair, she said, was inside the restaurant laughing. But she wasn't.
"A corporation can't lead their employees on like that," Berry said. "It's not good business ethics. They can't do that to people."
Berry quit the restaurant a week later.
She sued Gulf Coast Wings, owners of the restaurant, alleging breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation. She is seeking as compensation, the cost of a new Toyota -- the car.
Her lawyer, Stephen West of Pensacola, said he was also looking at false advertising statutes.
West said one other Hooters waitress verified Berry's story.
Berry said Blair knowingly misled them through the course of the contest by telling the employees he didn't know what kind of Toyota it would be -- whether a car, truck or van. The suit contends that he also told them the winner would be responsible for the tax on the new automobile.
West said those statements would go a long way toward defeating any defense argument that Berry misunderstood Blair.
The restaurant regularly had contests where management would come through with the promised prize, said Berry, who worked at Hooters for about a year before quitting.
Stuart Houston, a spokesman for the company, said it had not been served with the lawsuit yet and he would not comment.
- Information from the News Herald in Panama City was used in this report.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Oh, what a feeling. Toy Yoda!
A former Hooters waitress has sued the restaurant where she worked, saying she was promised a new Toyota for winning a beer sales contest.
Instead she won a new toy Yoda -- the little green Jedi master from Star Wars.
Jodee Berry, 26, then a waitress at the Hooters in Panama City Beach, won a contest to see who could sell the most beer in April.
Manager Jared Blair told waitresses that the contest was a regional promotion, according to the lawsuit, and that the top 10 waitresses from each restaurant would be entered in a drawing. The person whose name was drawn would win a "new Toyota automobile," the lawsuit says Blair told them.
In early May, Berry said, Blair told her she had won.
"I couldn't believe that out of all the girls who were entered, I was the winner," Berry said.
She was blindfolded and led to the restaurant parking lot. When the blindfold was removed, Berry wasn't looking at a new car, but a Yoda doll.
Berry said she looked beyond the $40 toy, hoping to see the car driving around the corner. Blair, she said, was inside the restaurant laughing. But she wasn't.
"A corporation can't lead their employees on like that," Berry said. "It's not good business ethics. They can't do that to people."
Berry quit the restaurant a week later.
She sued Gulf Coast Wings, owners of the restaurant, alleging breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation. She is seeking as compensation, the cost of a new Toyota -- the car.
Her lawyer, Stephen West of Pensacola, said he was also looking at false advertising statutes.
West said one other Hooters waitress verified Berry's story.
Berry said Blair knowingly misled them through the course of the contest by telling the employees he didn't know what kind of Toyota it would be -- whether a car, truck or van. The suit contends that he also told them the winner would be responsible for the tax on the new automobile.
West said those statements would go a long way toward defeating any defense argument that Berry misunderstood Blair.
The restaurant regularly had contests where management would come through with the promised prize, said Berry, who worked at Hooters for about a year before quitting.
Stuart Houston, a spokesman for the company, said it had not been served with the lawsuit yet and he would not comment.
- Information from the News Herald in Panama City was used in this report.
by CodeRed68 » Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:21 pm
I think she should sue for as much as she can. I am normally not a "sue them" type of guy. But I hate big corporations that try to squeeze every ounce of energy out of thier employees and expect them to work weekends and on thier free time, just to stab them in the back.
This contest was designed to get the waitresses all hyped up and work extra, extra hard, increasing productivity. Not that there is anything wrong with the employee working hard, but this is clearly misleading and probably illegal. I see this crap all the time from big companies. They set some unreachable goal and everyone works thier ass off and at the end they give away $15. baseball tickets or something lame like that.
MY 2 cents.
This contest was designed to get the waitresses all hyped up and work extra, extra hard, increasing productivity. Not that there is anything wrong with the employee working hard, but this is clearly misleading and probably illegal. I see this crap all the time from big companies. They set some unreachable goal and everyone works thier ass off and at the end they give away $15. baseball tickets or something lame like that.
MY 2 cents.
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by gowhitesox99 » Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:26 pm
Originally posted by CodeRed68
gowhitesox thank you for NOT making the title of the thread "Pwned". And for sticking with normal english.
You are welcome
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;by ferret963 » Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:49 pm
Well, the way that is presented it looks like the contest wasn't out of fun but just trying to get people to work harder to win a car that they never get. What im wondering is did the company set this up or just her manager or whoever gave out the prize? I don’t think the company should have to pay her anything it if was the manager. He should loose his job and she should be suing him if that is the case. The problem with these cases is well how much money dose a hooters manager have compared to the company? So keep an open eye, if the company knew about it make em pay, if not they shouldn’t be held reliable in my opinion but get rid of the guy and if she wants to sue him then do it.
by Siren » Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:58 pm
If someone blindfolded me and led me out to a parking lot......
................................ I'd probably be relieved to see a yoda doll as the reason
I'd assume she'd be used to coming in second...or third...or last
................................ I'd probably be relieved to see a yoda doll as the reason
I'd assume she'd be used to coming in second...or third...or last
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by [ecgn] btt » Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:35 pm
A new toy Yoda. That is funny stuff. Although if it was me, I would have punted the Yoda doll across the parking lot and started beating down the manager. But thats just me.
by PudriK » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:31 pm
Hmm, my first take was she can't take a joke. But if its true the manager said those things, then he's clearly at fault. Suing the corp, not so cool, I doubt the company would be so stupid. Probably the manager's idea of a joke. Sued, maybe not. But he should probably lose his job, or at least suffer some sort of penalty from the company for poor management.
Dateline's 2001. This must have been resolved since then.
Found it:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_21_36/ai_86481954
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:_zsT1MqqRZ0J:groups.yahoo.com/group/forallhooterfanatics/message/21+panama+city+hooter+yoda&hl=en
Dateline's 2001. This must have been resolved since then.
Found it:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_21_36/ai_86481954
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:_zsT1MqqRZ0J:groups.yahoo.com/group/forallhooterfanatics/message/21+panama+city+hooter+yoda&hl=en
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