Man charged big bucks for burgers in Calif.
Having been a California resident for nearly eight years, I can safely say I’ve seen more than my share of utter lunacy.
I’ve long suspected that things were more than a little wacky in Palmdale, Calif., but one case takes the biscuit.
According to Yahoo News:
George Beane pulled up to the Palmdale Burger King Tuesday and ordered two Whopper Juniors and two Rodeo cheeseburgers. Beane pulled out his debit card and was ready to pay. The receipt total would have been $4.33, but the cashier forgot she had already entered the charge. Instead, she entered it again, running the bill up to $4,334.33.
I know a few people who believe Burger King’s burgers are well worth this price, but this is robbery.
Imagine Beane’s surprise when he found out his checking account was suddenly nonexistent. He and his wife, Pat, were suddenly penniless. Their mortgage payment was up, too. It became even more possible that all the checks they had recently written would bounce.
As a responsible move not often found in some fast-food chains, Palmdale Burger King manager, Terri Woody, informed his superiors of the mishap and made every attempt to get the charge refunded. The bank had the funds on a three-day hold — in place to prevent customers from spending money no longer available to them — and by Friday, the Beanes got their money back.
As another kind gesture, Burger King didn’t charge the Beanes for the four burgers. For the glorious three days, however, they became the most expensive burgers in history.
They ran up the market cost of all other burgers.
They were the Burger Hiltons, the Burger D. Rockefellers and the Bill Gatesburgers.
They were esteemed.
They had prestige.
Transaction-wise, they were worth more than $1,000 apiece. McDonald’s burgers were chump change in comparison.
There may come a time when the vast burger reserves of the Earth are used up.
The fields of lettuce, tomatoes, onions and cucumbers will wither and die.
Cattle, bison and ostriches will pass into extinction.
The massive bun mines in South Africa will run dry.
When that happens, we may very well watch in horror as hardworking people are charged $1,999.99 for a double cheeseburger combo reminiscent of the Palmdale mark.
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