# Waitress won toy Yoda, sued--any results yet?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waitress-won-toy-yoda-sued-any-results-yet/102538>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 8, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waitress-won-toy-yoda-sued-any-results-yet/102538 "2002-04-08T19:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waitress-won-toy-yoda-sued-any-results-yet/102538/41 "2002-04-10T17:02:07Z")

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> \*Originally posted by k2dave \*  
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> Do you really stand by this \*\* Philster \*\*? I think you wrote this before you though it through. But just incase not then it would be ok to whip people to make them work harder - I think you got my point. \*\*

Getting whipped certainly wouldn’t be within the scope of many jobs. But finding ways to get people to work harder without actually imparting physical abuse on them is quite acceptable…quite expected. But, I guess you could argue she was “harmed” somehow. If she suffered harm from that contest, shen has a case. Earlier, I mentioned that if she was climbing ladders or endangering herself for the prize, then the scope of the joke changes.

She sold more beer. She hustled more. It was a joke. Sure, fast talk the whole scenario into a sob story for her. Get over it, lady…you got taken by a good joke. Is her harm her embarrasment?

Let’s take it to the umpteenth degree and have a pity party for her.

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**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waitress-won-toy-yoda-sued-any-results-yet/102538/42 "2002-05-09T13:28:04Z")

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\*\*[Ex-Waitress Settles Toy Yoda Suit](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020509/ap_on_re_us/brf_toy_yoda_1) \*\*

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> David Noll, her attorney, said Wednesday that he could not disclose the settlement’s details, although he said Berry can now go to a local car dealership and “pick out whatever type of Toyota she wants.”

Good for her. And shame on those that think corporations are always right and employees don’t deserve fair play and that we should just throw a “pity party”.

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**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waitress-won-toy-yoda-sued-any-results-yet/102538/43 "2002-05-09T14:24:30Z")

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Thanks for the update, rsa! And bravo to our waitress-hero, to be remembered forever in a book of Stuped Management Tricks. Glad to see she made a buck - but how much did the lawyer claim?

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