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Toyota or Toy Yoda?
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Posted By:
Winona
in USA
May 02, 2005
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<a href="http://www.heferito.com/toyyoda.asp" title="Woman thinks she wins Toyota, wins Toy Yoda">Woman thinks she wins Toyota, wins Toy Yoda</a>
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — A former waitress has settled her lawsuit against Hooters, the restaurant that gave her a toy Yoda doll instead of the Toyota she thought she'd won.
Jodee Berry, 27, won a beer sales contest last May at the Panama City Beach Hooters. She believed she had won a new Toyota and happily was escorted to the restaurant's parking lot in a blindfold.
But when the blindfold was removed, she found she had won a new toy Yoda — the little green character from the ``Star Wars'' movies.
David Noll, her attorney, said Wednesday that he could not disclose the settlement's details, although he said Berry can now go to a local car dealership and ``pick out whatever type of Toyota she wants.''
After the stunt, Berry quit the restaurant and filed a lawsuit against Gulf Coast Wings, Inc., the restaurant's corporate owner, alleging breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation.
The restaurant's manager, Jared Blair, has said the whole contest was an April Fools' joke.
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Comments
Eric The Lumberjack
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 | 10:08 AM
Holy crap some people are so lame. Seriously, you don't need to sue someone because of your own stupidity and inability to defer the difference between Toyota and Toy Yoda. Were the rules written down on paper? If not, no valid case.
I, personally, would have laughed my head off. No need to sue anyone, I would have found it hilarious. |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 | 10:15 AM
I think I'm gonna sue them just for the trauma of having to hear about this. And Winona for posting it. And Eric for continuing my suffering. You'll be hearing from my attorneys. |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 | 10:28 AM
I heard about that when it happened...It was kind of weird while they were promoting it...when I heard there was some sort of joke later, I knew right away it was a Toy Yoda. |
alteregogi
Member
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 | 03:00 PM
This is crazy. If you read the article it is clear that she settled for MORE than the cost of the car. That is BS.
I think this one needs to be blamed on the Judge for not just tossing it out right away. |
vince
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 | 08:26 PM
winona what hapend 2 ur icon with the skirt?? i like that 1... :p btw ive been reading this site for a while now but this is my 2nd post. :D |
Winona
in USA
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 | 11:32 PM
vince, too sexy. 😉
i started to feel like I was showing my own panties, lol. |
Smerk
in to mischief
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 | 01:53 AM
I was gonna say that I heard about this ages ago. I see that this is the follow up where we find out how it was all settled. Must read things more carefully. |
illustrator
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 | 08:46 PM
All of you are morons. If you had worked your butt off on the basis of a malicious lie like this jackass of a human trash manager told, you'd sue too. I'm so glad she won, if for no other reason than to annoy the hell out of idiots like you lot. |
bob
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 | 03:06 AM
sounds like the guy above me wants to sue you guys.
have a nice life. |
Tim
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 | 11:19 AM
I won't be offensive like the "illustrator", but I would respectfully propose that you research the background before passing judgement. Just search "toy yoda". You'll find that several other waitresses confirmed that the manager had deliberately mislead them, even using the word "automobile". He had said he didn't know what kind of automobile it would be. It was a pretty sick joke if you ask me. I don't know that I would have gone to the extent of a lawsuit. |
Movie
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 | 01:06 AM
What is the best way to make someone work for you? Offer them something for their great service. When it's time to pay, just make up an excuse and don't pay. This is a common practice in our world today. |
Xenon bulbs
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 | 11:53 AM
Both the waitress and the boss are a fault here. She shouldn't expect to receive a Toyota for doing her job and the boss should have misrepresented the prize. |
Little tikes cars
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Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 | 01:17 PM
I heard about that when it happened...It was kind of weird while they were promoting it...when I heard there was some sort of joke later, I knew right away it was a Toy Yoda. |
Little Tikes Coupe
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 | 10:49 AM
Perhaps it was some sort of play on words if it was an April's Fools prank. Maybe they worded it as Toyota and then pulled out the Yoda! Otherwise it would be her own fault and she would not have got a settlement. The restaurant must have had done something that was at fault for her to benefit off of it! |
car for sale PA
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 | 05:38 PM
Well it's not like I'm with the manager on this but after all it was an April Fool joke. A mean one but it could have been worse. Like that guy that had his office filled with peanuts or the one with batteries glued to his desktop.I'm just saying. |
automobile donation
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 | 06:58 PM
It's a pitty you didn't post the picture with the waitress sitting in the lawyer's room with the toy right next to her.It's epic.Did anyone else notice that the store manager called the whole May beer sales contest an |
Ford Portsmouth NH
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 | 10:08 AM
I'm actually surprised that she won the lawsuit.Although that was a bad joke, the misunderstanding of a word game isn't,in my agenda, a motive for a lawsuit. |
Quadrant vans
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 | 08:07 AM
There must have been some misunderstanding from false advertising for the woman to think that she has won a car and not a star wars toy. I'm not surprised the woman was angry. |
donate a car
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 | 04:30 PM
This is so old,I think from 2001.I haven't yet heard why in the name of God she sued and actually won the lawsuit.I want the lawyer she had. How could she possibly won that car when it all was just a prank?It must be something else,not just this. |
Stalagmite
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 | 01:05 AM
This was not just a litte joke. This was a month-long sales contest, supposedly involving the whole district. I agree with Tim--the manager deliberately misled the staff, telling them that he did not know if the prize was a "car or a truck or a van". So after everyone busted their asses all month to sell as much beer as they possibly could, management suddenly says "Hahaha-April Fool's". I would have been pissed, too. A lot of sales-oriented businesses have contests with big prizes as incentives, and there was no reason for the staff to think this was anything but legitimate. I'm glad she sued, and I'm glad she won--she deserved what was promised, in my opinion. |
BMW dealers MD
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 | 04:16 PM
I wonder if Eric,the first to post a comment,would be laughed his head off if this happened to him.This meaning being told that hard work will be rewarded with a car and then mocked and given a toy.Not to say that the manager deliberately misled the staff.Stalagmite said it best,she had all the reasons in the world to sue them. |
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