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La-Tee-Da
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posted December 07, 2003 05:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for La-Tee-Da     Edit/Delete Message
Woman jailed for driving over McDonald's worker in burger row
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HOUSTON, Texas (AFP) - A woman who drove over a McDonald's employee, breaking her pelvis and causing her serious internal injuries in a row over a hamburger, has been jailed for 10 years.


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"I sure hope it was worth it, because you'll have 10 years to think about it," US District Judge Brock Thomas said Thursday as he handed down the sentence to Waynetta Nolan in district court.


The 37-year-old was convicted of aggravated assault in connection with the April 23 incident in which she flew into a violent rage when denied mayonnaise on her cheeseburger and ran over the restaurant manager in the restaurant's parking lot.


"I was going through a bad time in my life," Nolan told jurors during the penalty phase of the trial. "I was having a lot of problems."


Judge Brock said the case was one of the most absurd he has ever seen. "I can't imagine or think of anything more ridiculous than this. It all happened over a hamburger."


The spat began when Nolan was told mayonnaise was not an option with McDonald's cheeseburger. When Nolan became angry, the employee at the drive-through window at the McDonald's in suburban Houston encouraged her to pull her car around to the window counter and speak to the manager.


Witnesses said Nolan cursed and threw a cheeseburger back though the drive-through window.


When manager Sherry Jenkins offered a special-order cheeseburger with mayonnaise, witnesses said, Nolan complained her French fries had grown cold. After receiving new fries, she then demanded a new drink.


Unable to pacify the belligerent customer, Jenkins finally called police, who asked her to get the customer's license plate number, according to court testimony.


Nolan, who has a previous conviction for running her car into her ex-boyfriend's girlfriend, testified that she was unaware she had run over Jenkins.


She said she was putting ketchup on her burger when she heard a car horn, realized she was blocking drive-through traffic and hit the gas pedal. Running over Jenkins seemed like "a bump," she said.


Nolan sped away and drove head-on into one-way traffic. A driver followed and reported her license plate to police.


"I gave her everything she asked for," a tearful Jenkins told jurors Thursday. "I put mayo on her burger. I took off the onions and mustard. What did I do to deserve this?"





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Harpyr
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posted December 07, 2003 11:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Harpyr     Edit/Delete Message

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Harpyr
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posted December 07, 2003 11:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Harpyr     Edit/Delete Message
uuuuh, eer..the wasn't supposed to be a smiley face post...

egads, yet another reason to not work at McD's.

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lioneye68
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posted December 07, 2003 12:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lioneye68     Edit/Delete Message
Hate to say it, but food is EVERYTHING to some people. They see it as their only friend and confidente, their only joy in life. Very sad, and well...pathetic. I bet this was an obese person too.

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La-Tee-Da
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posted December 07, 2003 04:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for La-Tee-Da     Edit/Delete Message
Actually, Lioneye, this was her second offense with a car!!! She ran over her boyfriend's new girlfriend with her car, just prior to the cheeseburger incident. I think food was the secondary issue.....the primary was her CRAZINESS!!!!!

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trillian
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posted December 07, 2003 07:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for trillian     Edit/Delete Message
This is a very sad case, but with all due respect, lioneye, as one whose opinions and posts I value ....and speaking as a chubby chick vegetarian who never eats fast food at McDonald's or anywhere else...I really don't see the equation between rage/craziness and weight. Just ask the woman who was trampled by Wal-Mart shoppers hoping to score a $29 DVD player, no food involved and I'm sure they weren't all obese!

In fact, I agree with LTD, the food was secondary, an excuse for something very troubling inside this woman.


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lioneye68
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posted December 07, 2003 07:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lioneye68     Edit/Delete Message
Yes, you're right of course. Reading that just reminded me of someone I knew who was very defensive and hostile when it came to food. I think she may have been neglected and not fed regularly when she was a kid or something like that. She used to take other kids' food from them, beat them up if she had to, steal it from the Max store...I can only imagine what it would be like to live with someone like that.

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trillian
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posted December 07, 2003 09:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for trillian     Edit/Delete Message
Beating up other children to take their food?? Wow. That's a whole new set of issues...terribly sad.

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SoapOperaJunkie1
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posted December 13, 2003 12:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SoapOperaJunkie1     Edit/Delete Message
I was listening to the radio the other morning and the DJ's were talking about a case where a person was suing McDonalds (this is sad&hilarious but true):
A man had just gotten his food and since he didn't have a cup holder in his car he put his shake between his legs. Well he bent down on the floorboard (where is food was) to eat while his drove but hit the car in front of him. Now get this, the man that was hit is the one sueing McDonalds, for not warning the person that hit him the dangers of eating while driving.

Isn't this just crazy? *I don't know the outcome or even if it made it to trial---Sorry!)

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Harpyr
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posted December 13, 2003 01:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Harpyr     Edit/Delete Message
sheesh.
Anybody know any good lawyer jokes?

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dafremen
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posted December 13, 2003 01:11 PM           Edit/Delete Message
I dunno..I used to weigh 210lbs (and I'm a short guy..) and I can remember wishing I had a 4x4 Monster Truck while sitting behind 10 cars at the drive through In and Out burger!

(I've since slimmed down to 155 and given up all but fish and poultry...but still the thought of a Double-Double animal style makes me...(wipes drool from chin..))

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