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Custard Customer Won't Return Finger This is now horrible. There was a chance to have his finger put back on and this jerk kept it to make $$$. I think if it was me I'd be beating someone with my half finger.
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It seems like the guy who lost his finger could sue the finder for not giving it back, and get much more than the finder would for "distress" at finding the finger. Posts: 4174 | Registered: Sep 2003
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quote:Medical experts say an attempt to reattach a severed finger can generally be made within six hours.
But according to the shop's management, Stowers wouldn't give it back when he was in the store 30 minutes after the accident.
"The general manager attempted to retrieve it and rush it to the hospital," reads a statement posted Thursday on Kohl's Web site. "Unfortunately, the customer refused to give it to her and declared that he would be calling the TV stations and an attorney as he exited the store."
I wonder if I could think of a criminal charge to apply to this.
I am also wondering, though, just how the custard got sold - they knew a finger was missing, didn't they? Why wasn't the shop shut down until it was found?
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"Oh, ouch, I lost my finger and wow, it's a grisly wound. Let's keep selling custard, though, even though we know there's a finger in there somewhere!"
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quote:I am also wondering, though, just how the custard got sold - they knew a finger was missing, didn't they? Why wasn't the shop shut down until it was found?
Apparently the person at the front counter (who was scooping and selling) didn't know about the accident. From the first link:
quote:Thomas said that as several employees tried to help the injured worker, a drive-thru window attendant apparently scooped the custard into a pint container before being told what had happened.
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You'd think someone would say something like, "Everybody stop what you're doing! We've had an accident!" Of course, the Fox News article said it's not the first time an employee has lost a finger in this machine, so it sounds like they're not quite on the ball when it comes to stuff like this.
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Although you think they'd have "Lost Finger Procedures" by now.
Regardless of the fault of the custard shop, the failure to return the finger is reprehensible. No excuse - the guy is a selfish <insert appropriate naughty word>.
Edit: Thanks for pointing that out, ludosti. I skimmed right past that.
That is just despicable! That is basically saying, "I would happily see this person have a life long disabilty to make money" Posts: 2711 | Registered: Mar 2004
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Sorry for mentioning this, but ever since I read the story I imagine biting into a spoonful of cold ice creamy stuff and chomping into a finger. Just imagining the sensation...
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what a jerk. Personally, I think they should have just jumped and taken it back. They were already going to get sued anyway, they might as well go all out. Yes, it was terrible that he got a finger in his food...I'm sure it was disgusting (shudder). But there is no reason to be such a jerk and prevent doctors from saving the finger.
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quote:I'm not even certain that withholding the finger couldn't be prosecuted under criminal law, depending on local laws.
Conversion is a possibility, depending on the laws. Reckless endangerment is another, depending on how creative the indictment is made up. They'd have to prove it could be reattached and that he knew that when he refused to give it back. Also, that he hadn't already put it in the freezer.
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quote:For Kohl's, Sunday's fingertip amputation was the second time in less than a year that a worker lost a finger on the same frozen custard machine.
Sounds like something from a Stephen King story, if you ask me. Yeah, I know, nobody did.
More seriously, there are other ways to find out if the person whose finger it was has any kind of disease that the guy could have gotten from having it in his mouth for what I imagine was a very short time. Withholding it so that it could not be reattached is spiteful and just plain wrong.
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My question is, to whom does the finger really belong? The person to whom it was formerly attached, or the person who legally purchased it? I mean, if you bought a batch of old paintings at an auction, and there was a lost van Gogh in the batch, you wouldn't have to give it back, would you? It's yours, even though you didn't know what all you were buying, right?
quote: Withholding it so that it could not be reattached is spiteful and just plain wrong.
Yeah, I agree. I hope a jury finds in his favor and awards him a dollar.
Who cares if he was disgusted--withholding the fingertip was far worse, and intentional, not accidental.
quote: ...to whom does the finger really belong?The person to whom it was formerly attached, or the person who legally purchased it?
Melissa, welcome to Hatrack! Good question. In the US it's illegal to sell organs, though there are exceptions (blood, plasma, etc.) We'll have to ask one of the resident necromancers..err, lawyers. Posts: 6316 | Registered: Jun 2003
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Well, fat lot of good it will do the original owner now. So*, wanna make bets on how he finally figured out what a scumbag he looks like, and he wants to avoid paying out a huge lawsuit?
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