“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.”
I remember this one. Waitress works at Hooter’s, put in extra shifts for a long time (I think it was like a month of quite a few double shifts) to win a car in a demeaning job. I think she had a lame commute or something and a child so the car would have really helped. She gets put in a blindfold, given a Yoda doll, and told to ‘take a joke’?
I would have killed the managers with my bare hands. How she managed to keep calm enough to start a lawsuit is beyond me. Hats off to her. She’s made of stronger stuff than I am. I’m glad she won.
Fucking Yanks.
If this was in England where we speak proper English, this would never have happened.
It’s because you Yanks can’t pronounce English properly is why this sort of shit happens.
How do you say PETER? No, there’s no fucking D in it.
Does she fail because she was duped, or because she worked at Hooters and is clearly lacking the, er, accoutrements needed. Or, rather, the acHOOTERments.
Yes. Toyota IS Japanese. Congratulations. You managed to FAIL. LFH was talking about proper enunciation, instead of slurring everything like a drunken Sly Stallone. Most people are really lazy in how they pronounce things. The rest can be chalked up to accents.
Or…we could be half deaf so “s” and “th” sound alike and we never learned to make proper “s”s because of that. No, can’t be. America is just drunk. Gotcha.
On the other FAIL, my family followed this closely for some reason.
i would have cut the brake lines on her new car, i hate people who sue for stupid reasons…so what she got a toy yoda, she probably made a ton working so much more so who cares…and what idiot doesnt hear toyota and think, hm..i wonder what kind of toyota, and then ask
Actually, she sued the restaurant and won.
“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.”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/05/09/toy-yoda.htm
So, Win not fail.
Comment by Tom — 29 Jan 2008 @ 12:08pm
Interesting. You can count on the American legal system to deliver when it doesn’t matter.
Comment by 3stripe — 29 Jan 2008 @ 1:29pm
Aww man, that was a preemptive fail
Comment by KJ — 30 Jan 2008 @ 1:54am
She still failed to get the joke (unlike everyone else)
Comment by HW — 30 Jan 2008 @ 8:11pm
I remember this one. Waitress works at Hooter’s, put in extra shifts for a long time (I think it was like a month of quite a few double shifts) to win a car in a demeaning job. I think she had a lame commute or something and a child so the car would have really helped. She gets put in a blindfold, given a Yoda doll, and told to ‘take a joke’?
I would have killed the managers with my bare hands. How she managed to keep calm enough to start a lawsuit is beyond me. Hats off to her. She’s made of stronger stuff than I am. I’m glad she won.
Comment by Duncan — 31 Jan 2008 @ 1:14am
Fucking Yanks.
If this was in England where we speak proper English, this would never have happened.
It’s because you Yanks can’t pronounce English properly is why this sort of shit happens.
How do you say PETER? No, there’s no fucking D in it.
Comment by LFH — 31 Jan 2008 @ 7:22pm
Woooah. Easy tiger!
I am an idiot, I’ve literally only just got this. Toyata -> Toyoda -> Toy Yoda. Epic fail on my part. Lol.
Comment by 3stripe — 1 Feb 2008 @ 12:23am
Does she fail because she was duped, or because she worked at Hooters and is clearly lacking the, er, accoutrements needed. Or, rather, the acHOOTERments.
Comment by Ekaj — 6 Feb 2008 @ 11:29pm
Whoa there, LFH.
We still kicked your ass with farmers and pitchforks. You fail.
Comment by Michael Jack — 1 Mar 2008 @ 3:45pm
oh, lfh. proper english died out almost a thousand years ago.
anything less than old anglo-saxon english = epic linguistic fail.
but anyway. no harm, no foul. she’s okay, she got her car, we can laugh.
Comment by carlotta — 7 Mar 2008 @ 6:08am
hahaha it wouldn’t happen if we spoke proper english? toyota is japanese!
Comment by shu — 11 Mar 2008 @ 6:30am
Yes. Toyota IS Japanese. Congratulations. You managed to FAIL. LFH was talking about proper enunciation, instead of slurring everything like a drunken Sly Stallone. Most people are really lazy in how they pronounce things. The rest can be chalked up to accents.
Comment by anon — 16 Mar 2008 @ 7:31pm
Or…we could be half deaf so “s” and “th” sound alike and we never learned to make proper “s”s because of that. No, can’t be. America is just drunk. Gotcha.
On the other FAIL, my family followed this closely for some reason.
Comment by Lisper — 28 May 2008 @ 2:31am
Ahahahahaha! Always get it in writing.
Comment by Dingleberries — 4 Jun 2008 @ 7:13pm
Where are her hooters? lol
Comment by Jackson — 16 Jun 2008 @ 4:31am
i would have cut the brake lines on her new car, i hate people who sue for stupid reasons…so what she got a toy yoda, she probably made a ton working so much more so who cares…and what idiot doesnt hear toyota and think, hm..i wonder what kind of toyota, and then ask
Comment by Derk — 22 Jun 2008 @ 7:35pm
Stupid bitch, should have got a bitch slap not a car.
Comment by Smegma — 3 Jul 2008 @ 8:00pm
Did anyone else notice that the store manager, in the article that was linked above, called the whole May beer sales contest an “April fool’s joke”.
Fail.
Comment by kooldrgn — 10 Jul 2008 @ 5:53pm