In article <5kmangF49b6uU1@mid.individual.net>,
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Stan Horwitz wrote:
> > In article <l_eFi.8729$Mu4.251@fe105.usenetserver.com>,
> > ChattyCathy <cathy1234@mailinator.com> wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2180299 ,00.html
> >>
> >> <quote>
> >> Jailed - for over-salty burger
> >> 09/09/2007 22:01 - (SA)
> >>
> >> Union City, Georgia - A McDonald's employee spent a night in jail
> >> and is facing criminal charges because a police officer's burger was
> >> too salty - so salty that he says it made him sick.
> >
> > When I read Chatty Cathy's posting, I immediately thought this has to
> > be a hoax. Sure enough, it is a hoax. Folks this story is a work of
> > fiction.
> >
> > See for yourself ....
> >
> > http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0909saltyburger-ON .html
>
> And I don't understand this statement: "She said she didn't know a police
> officer got one of the salty burgers because she couldn't see the
> drive-through window from her work area." WTF difference does it make if he
> was a police officer or not? We're all consumers. I guarantee a lot of
> other people got overly salted burgers. They didn't make citizens arrests!
> What right did he have to take her outside and question her about an obvious
> mistake? One that she *reported to her supervisor*? This is a gross misuse
> of his authority. She went to jail over a salty hamburger? The more I
> think about this the more angry I become.
>
> Jill

I also was in error. I think this story is actually true, but I suspect
the case will be thrown out of court and the woman acquitted. At least,
I hope that's the way this story turns out.