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Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Fri Apr 22, 2005 at 05:51:41 PM EST
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It's official. Police say the claim that a woman found a fingertip in a bowl of chili at Wendy's is a hoax. She was arrested today on grand larceny charges that allege she caused Wendy's to lose $2.5 million.

But whose finger is it?

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    Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested | 19 comments (19 topical)
    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#1)
    by Che's Lounge on Fri Apr 22, 2005 at 06:03:27 PM EST
    I knew there was something wrong here but I just couldn't put my finger on it.

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 22, 2005 at 06:04:53 PM EST
    Okay, this one was a hoax. But I'll play it safe and remain vegetarian.

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 22, 2005 at 07:01:36 PM EST
    You might say she has been fingered

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 22, 2005 at 07:35:48 PM EST
    You want a finger, Dude? I can get you a finger. There are ways. You don't want to know about it, but there are ways.

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 22, 2005 at 07:38:05 PM EST
    I think she gave Wendy's the finger

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 22, 2005 at 07:42:25 PM EST
    Finger Lickin' good?

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 22, 2005 at 09:35:39 PM EST
    New item for the Wendy's menu: Lady Fingers! And don't forget to leave a tip;-)

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 22, 2005 at 09:49:03 PM EST
    Pun all you want, but I'm not at all sure about this. Woman says she finds a finger in her chili. She's sued companies in the past, but when the news heats up, she says she won't sue Wendy's. So, now, since they can't find where the finger came from, and since they apparently have two people who allegedly heard that the woman put the finger in the chili herself, she's been arrested for -- grand larceny? If she didn't sue Wendy's and didn't obtain any money from anyone under fradulent pretenses, where's the larceny? Yeah, Wendy's lost money - but Wendy's might lose money from a boycott based on fictitious ideas, too, and that's not "larceny," is it? Shouldn't this be very scary? You say something fictitious about a company, the company loses money, and you're charged with criminal theft? Not defamation, not "conspiracy" to sue under false pretenses, not filing a false police report - but theft? This seems very wrong.

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 22, 2005 at 10:21:00 PM EST
    Witnesses can be bought. Claimants can be discredited. Whether it's a laughable fast food corp or a Global oil monolith, there's too much opportunity and bought access for anyone to know anything for sure. I'm sure that those horrid "layoffs" were for high quality jobs that paid a living wage and provided basic healthcare benefits to those serving up french fries.

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 22, 2005 at 10:34:10 PM EST
    If employees' hours were cut back, they suffered a loss from this woman's alleged fraud. The less you earn, the more you need your paycheck.

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#12)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Apr 23, 2005 at 12:55:33 AM EST
    You got to love the system, its a real joke. Can't the cops do a DNA Test? to find out if it's one of her dead family members? and if this body part came from someone else where did it come from? who did it come from? it maybe a Hoax but what if wendy is doing some cover-up's? its not nice to eat people or parts of people. what was really in that chili? and who was in it? I can only hope she isn't beaten to death in a Federal Supermax like some have been.

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#13)
    by pigwiggle on Sat Apr 23, 2005 at 06:32:41 AM EST
    “criminal theft? Not defamation, not "conspiracy" to sue under false pretenses, not filing a false police report” If Wendy’s can show she intended to [fraudulently] take their money, why not? I was under the impression that larceny actually needed money to benefit the accused, but of course I am not a layer, so … “I'm sure that those horrid "layoffs" were for high quality jobs that paid a living wage and provided basic healthcare benefits to those serving up french fries.” Hear, hear; let them eat cake.

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#14)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Apr 23, 2005 at 07:23:52 AM EST
    Remember the "half a rat" with a stub of tail that sent a woman to her psychiatrist? It was crisply cooked in a box of chicken? As Americans we have standards...no cannibalism, and no incorrectly labeled crisped rats..."labeled" chicken. FDA standards and GRAS lists do not include actual rats, just rat droppings allowed. I was appalled to learn more than I wanted to know about rats racing around on filled pop cans in warehouses, etc etc. I love Wendy's Chile...and I'll get over this, and eat more of it...but I haven't since the story ran. Weak me.

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#15)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Apr 23, 2005 at 07:32:59 AM EST
    Oh..."OUR GOV'T" is based on rule of law...whose laws get bent and "adjusted" until they fit "ANY CRIME". Thanks to the inventive, creative minds at the Supreme Court, other lowly judges are taking up the the case of 'transitional' laws...and building bridges to nonsensical charges. Have you noticed when "money" is involved...vs human rights laws get applied without making much cents...sorry for that misspelling...and I do think that woman should not have put a finger in her chili...IF SHE DID. NOW SHE'S BACKING OFF...scared by the system, no doubt. DNA, yes. Research labs at major universities using cadavers should also be checked...as should finger missing people being cremated...oops can't check, the body isn't here.

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#16)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Apr 23, 2005 at 04:34:18 PM EST
    Sources say: the finger wasn't cooked. Developing hard...

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#18)
    by Sailor on Sat Apr 23, 2005 at 08:16:18 PM EST
    Shorter David:
    When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; and when I became a racist I posted on TalkLeft.


    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#19)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Apr 23, 2005 at 08:24:36 PM EST
    Third world? Is she called that because she has a hispanic name? Learn a new racist slurr everyday I guess. I never ate Wendy's chili anyway. They use the scrapings from the burger frier.

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#21)
    by kdog on Sun Apr 24, 2005 at 09:54:40 AM EST
    I never ate Wendy's chili anyway. They use the scrapings from the burger frier.
    So that's why it's so tasty.

    Re: Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested (none / 0) (#22)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Apr 24, 2005 at 11:01:31 PM EST
    I'm sure there is a shortage of other bad paying, poor quality service jobs for them. We should collectively strive to ensure that everyone not entitled from birth is guaranteed a position down at the local Wendy's by eating fast food as much and often as possible. Now THAT is compassion.

    Wendy's Chili Finger Claimant Arrested | 19 comments (19 topical)