# She \*really\* wanted mayo! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 5, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195 "2003-12-05T17:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/1 "2003-12-05T17:57:57Z")
> [@](#): > > [Houston Chronicle](http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2271487) > After deliberating for about four hours, the Harris County jury served up a 10-year prison sentence for Nolan’s April 23 rampage that injured the manager of a McDonald’s restaurant in southwest Houston. > > “I can’t imagine or think of anything more ridiculous than this. It all happened over a hamburger,” state District Judge Brock Thomas told Nolan. “I sure hope it was worth it, because you’ll have 10 years to think about it.” > > Nolan, 37, was convicted of aggravated assault Wednesday for running over and dragging Sherry Allen Jenkins, who had come outside to write down Nolan’s vehicle license plate number. > > Nolan was in the drive-through lane during the lunchtime rush at the McDonald’s on Bissonnet at Beltway 8, where she ordered two double cheeseburgers, super-sized french fries and a drink, according to witnesses. After being told she couldn’t get mayonnaise in her cheeseburgers, she became incensed and still wasn’t satisfied after Jenkins offered a burger made to her specifications. > > Jenkins said she called police, who told her to get Nolan’s license plate number. When she stepped into the drive-through lane, she said, Nolan accelerated her sedan, knocking Jenkins onto the hood before she fell beneath the car and was dragged. > > “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?” > > Nolan, who was six months pregnant at the time, told jurors she temporarily lost control. She offered no explanation for hitting Jenkins. > > “I was going through a bad time in my life,” she said. “I was having a lot of problems.” > > She earlier had 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. > > Nolan sped away and drove head-on into one-way traffic. A driver followed and reported her license plate to police. > > Running over Jenkins seemed like “a bump,” she said. > > “I accept full responsibility. I feel really, really bad,” Nolan said Thursday. “I don’t know her pain. When I get a bee sting it hurts. When you get run over by a car and have somebody leave you, I just can’t imagine.” She should have just been given what she wanted right away but to be so clueless as to run over the manager? What the fuck is this shit? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/2 "2003-12-05T18:48:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*She should have just been given what she wanted right away but to be so clueless as to run over the manager? What the fuck is this shit? \*\* I think it’s tapping into a much deeper question: Are people getting crazier (in a sociopathic me me me way), or are we just more aware of it because of our constant bombardment by the media? -Joe, deep ---
**Author:** ![Sionach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sionach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sionach)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/3 "2003-12-05T19:02:19Z")
I think the media emphasizes this sort of stuff & makes it appear to be a huge, growing problem, out of proportion to reality. Ever wonder how many GOOD stories they don’t tell us for every crappy story they report? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/4 "2003-12-05T19:13:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sionach \* > \*\*I think the media emphasizes this sort of stuff & makes it appear to be a huge, growing problem, out of proportion to reality. Ever wonder how many GOOD stories they don’t tell us for every crappy story they report? \*\* That’s a good question, but is it the truth? Fifty years ago, when there may have been a radio in every house, rather than a TV in ever room, did these things happen? Were there people killing each other for fucking parking spaces? Over cheesburgers? Did it happen less frequently, or was it just not reported on? So as I said, are people getting crazier, or are we just more aware of each individual nut? -Joe, dual-nuts ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/5 "2003-12-05T19:19:14Z")
Yeah, but if they reported good stuff, the ratings would drop. Can’t have that, now can we? ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/6 "2003-12-05T19:40:21Z")
I wonder that same thing sometimes but this doesn’t seem to fit the “world is getting crazier” view to me because the driver, Nolan, accepts responsibility. It would scare me more if she said “Yeah, I said MAYO, bee-yatch! And I’d run over her again!” but Nolan seems to be basically saying “Yeah, I don’t know what the fuck I was thinking. That was pretty bad and I’m a tool.” At least that’s something. ---
**Author:** ![Sionach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sionach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sionach)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/7 "2003-12-05T19:41:25Z")
Fifty years ago, there were a lot fewer people in the country, as well. Now, there’re a lot more people, which means there’re proportionately more nuts, too. That may mean more reports of crime, but it doesn’t necessarily mean more crime per capita. And yeah, fifty years ago, people flipped out and assaulted each other over nutty stuff, it just didn’t get the media attention like it does today. Lord Ashtar also raises a good point; fifty years go, ratings weren’t the issue - reporting events was. Don’t think for a heartbeat that the news as reported today is at all balanced. These days, the news is more about shocking people and getting them to watch - human interest stories just don’t draw the audience a “crazed psycho kills 40” story does. The majority of people today seem to be voyeurs at heart - look at all the “reality” shows. The news is as much about profit as any other show; they report what people want to see, not necessarily everything that’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/8 "2003-12-05T19:44:42Z")
According to psychiatrists, people _are_ getting crazier. What’s the figure now? 1 in 3 households have a mentally ill person in them? ---
**Author:** ![Sionach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sionach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sionach)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/9 "2003-12-05T20:12:29Z")
What, the same psychiatrists who decided any kid who can’t sit still for more than 10 minutes has ADHD and should be on Ritalin? The same psychiatrists who seem to think Prozac (or one of its relatives) is the answer to all your ills? Hmmm . . . :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/10 "2003-12-05T21:20:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sionach \* > \*\*Fifty years ago, there were a lot fewer people in the country, as well. Now, there’re a lot more people, which means there’re proportionately more nuts, too. That may mean more reports of crime, but it doesn’t necessarily mean more crime per capita. And yeah, fifty years ago, people flipped out and assaulted each other over nutty stuff, it just didn’t get the media attention like it does today. \*\* I wouldn’t be surprised if such things got plenty of media attention at the time. There were lots of tabloids and lurid crime mags and such. They’ve just been lost to the obscurity of history. We remember one or two sensational crimes (Sacco and Vanzetti, Lindberg baby, etc) and forget, say, the 1909 Kentucky Ketchup Killings. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/11 "2003-12-05T21:49:29Z")
> [@](#): > > What’s the figure now? 1 in 3 households have a mentally ill person in them? There are eight apartments in my building. I’m worried. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/12 "2003-12-05T21:55:01Z")
They don’t give you mayo in jail… ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/13 "2003-12-05T22:07:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*There are eight apartments in my building. > > I’m worried. \*\* Relax. Maybe you’re one of the mentally ill ones. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/14 "2003-12-05T22:20:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Early Out \*\*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > > There are eight apartments in my building. > > > > I’m worried. > > Relax. Maybe you’re one of the mentally ill ones. 😃 \*\* According to some people, [he is](http://www.geocities.com/gburgforum/homo_let.htm)! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/15 "2003-12-05T22:33:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*According to some people, [he is](http://www.geocities.com/gburgforum/homo_let.htm)! > 😉 \*\* Wow! Apparently, Wayne Lela is one of the other ones! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/16 "2003-12-05T22:36:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*They don’t give you mayo in jail… \*\* Well, okay, it’s not TECHNICALLY mayo… ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/17 "2003-12-05T23:08:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Merijeek \* > **Are people getting crazier (in a sociopathic me me me way), or are we just more aware of it because of our constant bombardment by the media?** Constant bombardment? If you don’t like it, don’t watch or read it. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/18 "2003-12-05T23:11:07Z")
You know, Lizard, some of us might actually want to find out what the weather is, or what important things are happening in the world that might affect our lives. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/19 "2003-12-05T23:19:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lizard \* > \*\*Constant bombardment? If you don’t like it, don’t watch or read it. \*\* That’s the spirit! Don’t like the media? Go live in a cave and completely shut out the outside world! Don’t like the government? Move to antarctica! Don’t like getting run over and dragged by crazed customers? Go work at Burger King! It’s all about having choices as consumers. ---
**Author:** ![CheekyMonkey613](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@CheekyMonkey613](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheekyMonkey613)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195/20 "2003-12-05T23:24:44Z")
But that’s not the point. Though I disagree with what she did, I TOTALLY understand how it happened. You work your tuches off all week long to get paid. WITH said money, you buy yourself a few things including luxuries like take out food. Because companies are more and more owned by BIG corporations, not family run, employees don’t give a shit anymore. Believe me, if that was the employee’s MOTHER’s restaurant, that woman would have gotten the mayo without batting a lash. I have a TOTAL frustration with the fact that people who SERVE ME are incompetent ignorant assholes. And if I acted like THEY DO with my clients, I’d lose my job. It seems everywhere you go now, to SPEND your money, you’re treated like YOU are doing the COMPANY a favour. (Example: Having furniture delivered, a phone line fixed, cable internet installed … the guy will be there between 7am and 9pm and NO, they can’t be more precise). WRONG WRONG WRONG!!! :mad: I’m not saying that I subscribe to “the customer is always right” theory. I just subscribe to faking it a bit. What’s MAYO to some dude working behind a McD’s counter? Seriously… You’re not the fucking Prime Minister/President. Get over it and “bend” the rules; it’s not a make-or-break situation. It’s a “straw that broke the camel’s back” situation. I can TOTALLY empathize. I guess that chick would have needed me on the jury. And, hun, while your pelvis is on the mend, you’ll have plenty of time to figure out why you’re so fucking anal to start with. Sincerely, Not A Happy Camper [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-really-wanted-mayo/217195.md?page=2)