Is Karma a bleep?

[Basra-]

This is such a bizarre story. Its a story about greed, and how it can change people in an instant. There was this waffle diner place in alabama, where a regular customer, a man who had recently had a stroke, and was limping would drive all the way to florida to buy lottery tickets and tip the ticket to all waitresses in the diner. His only request was if one of them won, they would all share the money and buy him a new truck. So he would basically buy a bunch of tickets, some for himself, his family and five tickets for the five waitresses. The waitress verbally agree if one of them wins, they share the money and of course buy the man a new truck.What do u know-one of them won. Tonya Dickenson, a fat, over-tanned mean woman won the winning ticket. 10 million dollars. She calls in sick, and says she won----she claimed she and her husband bought it over the weekend. The other waitresses were suspicious of course, so they asked her the sequence number of her tickets, since the man had bought five ticket at once, and the tickets would all have chronicle sequence numbering.-- she wouldn't say. The four waitresses file a law suit.

After many witnesses and case digging, it looked like tonya could win--so they tell tonya to make a deal. Let her keep 40% of the win-that means 4 millions and give the rest to the waitresses. Tonya refuses. Finally, the jury believe a last minute elderly witnesses who confirm tonya had told them she will share the win, if she had won--as part of a verbal deal. Jury awards --2 million to each waitresses. End of case? No---Tonya files appeal, knowing she could loose everything, with the mountain of lawyer fees and yearly interest.


Case goes to alabama supreme court--where the court determines that a verbal agreement was made-- and proven in the court of law----BUt........


Since it is illegal to gamble in alabama----whatever verbal contract or agreement made in alabama was void--under alabama law.



Tonya dickenson----keeps the full 10 million to herself. This was in 2000.


In 2001----Tonya made the headlines again--her husband kidnapped her--they were having domestic abuse problems-- and in 2003 tonya was broke---filed chapter 13--- and is now working as a waitress in a diner not far from the original diner.




Is karma a bleep?

[nomadicwarlord]

Money is the root of all evil. Why would you have done in that situation?

[Basra-]

Nomadloooooooooool


I know--money is evil. gosh walaahi religion is VITAL for humanity wallee.



Personally-- i would have bought the guy a truck, and kept the money. I wont share it with the waitresses. Why should i? do u think--they would have shared if they won? U know, damn well---each one of them would have done exactly the same thing. But i would be responsible and not play with the money. Or i would have taken the 4 millions when offered in the original court settlement.thaT would have been fair.I mean, after all, tonya was the one who had the luck and the ticket. Why should it be split fairly as if luck had fallen upon all them?

[grandpakhalif]

Basra I would donate all the money to my Somali village

[Basra-]

grandpalooool

Hell no! I would donate yes--but not all the money! I need a luxuriously life. I deserve it.

[nomadicwarlord]

Basra I would donate all the money to my Somali village

Does that mean arming your local clan militia.

[barakaboy10]

WOOW!! THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE STORY NOT BECAUSE OF THE GREEDINESS OF THIS WOMEN, WHICH IS UNIVERSAL, BUT HOW THE WHOLE THING PLAYED OUT. COULD YOU TELL ME HOW I COULD FIND MORE ABOUT THIS STORY? I WANT TO READ MORE ABOUT IT. THXS.