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McDonalds -- Man Sues for $1.5 MILLION ... They Only Gave Me One Napkin
TMZ ^ | February 27, 2014

Posted on 02/28/2014 3:31:17 AM PST by Pinkbell

McDonalds has made a new golden arch enemy -- a California man is suing the company for $1.5 MILLION ... because he says he only got ONE NAPKIN with his meal.

Webster Lucas claims he was stiffed on napkins at the Mickey D's in Pacoima, CA on January 29th -- after ordering a Quarter Pounder Deluxe -- and when he went up to the counter to ask for more, he was rudely rebuffed by the manager ... who insisted he already got some.

According to his lawsuit, Lucas -- who is black -- then retorted, "I should have went to eat at the Jack-in-the-Box because I didn't come here to argue over napkins. I came here to eat."

That's when Lucas says things got racist -- claiming the manager (a Mexican-American) mumbled something about "you people."

Lucas subsequently emailed the general manager to complain -- insisting he couldn't work because of the "undue mental anguish" he was suffering as a result of the napkin debacle -- and says he was insultingly offered free burgers in return.

Lucas wants to super size instead -- $1.5 million.

(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: mcdonalds; napl; racism
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Actually, McDonalds could’ve saved money by doing what people like this expect. Hand him cash upon entrance. McDonalds is a “1%” er.


21 posted on 02/28/2014 4:24:49 AM PST by albie
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To: Pinkbell

He probably would added another couple million to his lawsuit if he had went to the bathroom and there was only one square left on the toilet roll.


22 posted on 02/28/2014 4:25:51 AM PST by RetSignman
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To: Pinkbell

Two things: You gotta wonder what people like this’ll do if they ever experience a real disaster.

And it’s funny that the police can’t be sued for failing to serve and protect, but a business can be sued over something as silly as a napkin. Big brother’s really got his priorities straight, doesn’t he?


23 posted on 02/28/2014 4:26:41 AM PST by RWB Patriot ("My ability is a value that must be earned and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
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To: Pinkbell

Why couldn’t he get his own napkins if he went back into the counter? I have never been to a McDonald’s where I couldn’t get napkins from a dispenser inside the building itself.


24 posted on 02/28/2014 4:33:29 AM PST by Codeflier (Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama - 4 democrat presidents in a row and counting...)
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To: reg45

Some fast food restaurants are eliminating those dispensers. I don’t think it has anything to do with the environment, but rather, too many people taking 20 or 30 napkins at a time. Napkins are a business expense. If you’re that sloppy with your food, invest in a bib.


25 posted on 02/28/2014 4:40:19 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: Pinkbell

When did Mad Magazine become reality?


26 posted on 02/28/2014 4:44:43 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Islander7

shot


27 posted on 02/28/2014 4:46:47 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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To: Pinkbell

To quote John McEnroe, “YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!”


28 posted on 02/28/2014 4:46:53 AM PST by McGruff (Every night has it's dawn.)
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To: nhwingut

Every time someone puts up a photo of this iconic comical character, I spew coffee all over the screen. Thanks!


29 posted on 02/28/2014 4:47:29 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: RetSignman

it’s CA, paper products kill trees, can’t have that.. Can’t use water to wash your back side.. so pull up your pants and get out or use the hand dryer powered by unicorn farts and bird killing windmills.

won’t come off? oh well. Have some more mcdonalds. it’ll loosen up.


30 posted on 02/28/2014 4:50:34 AM PST by cableguymn (It's time for a second political party.)
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To: McGruff

To quote John McEnroe, “YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!”
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
To ‘cite’ Bryce Harper, “THAT’S A CLOWN SUIT(sic) BRO!!”

We are completely overrun with lawyers.

Go back to HillaryScare and part of the proposal at the time was to let the lawyers ‘breed’ like junkyard dogs while stemming the amount of ‘home grown’ Doctors ...

Of course if Congress had been full of Drs rather than Lawyers, they would have been allowed to run rampant.


31 posted on 02/28/2014 4:55:41 AM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --When you have them by the short hairs, the minds and hearts soon follow.)
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To: RWB Patriot
"You gotta wonder what people like this’ll do if they ever experience a real disaster."

Hurricane Katrina....

32 posted on 02/28/2014 4:58:04 AM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Pinkbell

insisting he couldn’t work because of the “undue mental anguish” he was suffering as a result of the napkin debacle
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Didn’t catch this till the 2nd run through.....

What kind of a job would one have that anything that happens at Mickey D’s would cause you mental anguish in regards to your job?

Unless, of course, you ‘picked up’ the Big D........


33 posted on 02/28/2014 4:59:34 AM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --When you have them by the short hairs, the minds and hearts soon follow.)
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To: Pinkbell

This guy’s jurors will be selected from among those who favor redistribution and think it’s perfectly reasonable to call 911 to complain about a nugget shorting on their food order. This guy wins his mcdonalds powerball.


34 posted on 02/28/2014 5:05:51 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: Pinkbell

When I got 19 nuggets in my 20 piece McNugget box, I had
mental anguish as well.

But then I found the bonus fry loose in the bottom of the bag so I recovered.


35 posted on 02/28/2014 5:19:58 AM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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To: Pinkbell
To anyone who has ever worked retail or worked directly with the public... "you people" isn't racist, it means literally you people - the fools who wander in and out of your establishment. The ones who make you wonder how they manage to feed and clothe themselves each day without assistance. The people who do and say the most boneheaded things.

Once you've worked with the general public you realize that while humans produce the occasional Einstein, nature produces a lot of examples at the other end of the bell curve too. I would be willing to bet "you people" had nothing to do with race, and everything to do with the guy self-identifying with the idiot end of the bell curve.

36 posted on 02/28/2014 5:31:03 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Codeflier

“Why couldn’t he get his own napkins if he went back into the counter? I have never been to a McDonald’s where I couldn’t get napkins from a dispenser inside the building itself.”

Recently some of the McDonalds near my house have removed the napkin dispensers. One napkin is provided per meal served. If the customer wants more napkins he/she must ask. This must be a cost savings move which over the chain would be worth millions of dollars given the number of people I’ve seen remove a fist full of napkins from dispensers in the dining room.


37 posted on 02/28/2014 5:42:40 AM PST by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: ThunderSleeps
That's when Lucas says things got racist -- claiming the manager (a Mexican-American) mumbled something about "you people."

Unfortunately for the manager, he didn't mumble his "you people" retort in Spanish.

38 posted on 02/28/2014 5:43:14 AM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: Pinkbell

As my wife is wont to say, “I know how he votes”.


39 posted on 02/28/2014 5:44:22 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: RetSignman
He probably would added another couple million to his lawsuit if he had went to the bathroom and there was only one square left on the toilet roll.

That would be something to Crow about.

40 posted on 02/28/2014 5:44:22 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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