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Another Crazy Lawsuit
Arkansas man sues McDonald's over nude photos of his wife
DAILY NEWS STAFF
Sunday, November 23rd 2008, 3:46 AM
If you have naked photos of your wife on your cellphone, be sure to keep it safe.
That's sound advice a man in Fayetteville, Arkansas failed to heed.
Phillip Sherman mistakenly left his cell phone behind at a local McDonald's, and now he and his wife, Tina Sherman, are suing the fast food joint for $3 million after nude photos of her that were on the phone found their way to the Internet.
According to the lawsuit, Phillip forgot the phone in July and was assured the employees would keep it safe. However, the naked pictures of Tina ended up online, and the Shermans are blaming the workers at the McDonald's restaurant.
The couple is seeking damages for suffering, embarrassment and the cost of having to move to a new home.
DAILY NEWS STAFF
Sunday, November 23rd 2008, 3:46 AM
If you have naked photos of your wife on your cellphone, be sure to keep it safe.
That's sound advice a man in Fayetteville, Arkansas failed to heed.
Phillip Sherman mistakenly left his cell phone behind at a local McDonald's, and now he and his wife, Tina Sherman, are suing the fast food joint for $3 million after nude photos of her that were on the phone found their way to the Internet.
According to the lawsuit, Phillip forgot the phone in July and was assured the employees would keep it safe. However, the naked pictures of Tina ended up online, and the Shermans are blaming the workers at the McDonald's restaurant.
The couple is seeking damages for suffering, embarrassment and the cost of having to move to a new home.
Paying it Backward–A Thanksgiving Story
Over the past few months, my daughter and I have made a concerted effort to eat healthier and we've done fairly well. One of the ways we've been able to stick to our healthier eating plan is to occasionally allow ourselves to splurge on something not so healthy. So we allow ourselves one meal per month where we can eat anything we want.
This month we decided that we wanted to try McDonald's new southern fried chicken biscuits and today was our "splurge day," so we stopped at the drive-through window at our local McDonald's this morning and ordered up a chicken biscuit for each of us. When it was my turn to pay for the food, I handed the cashier a $10.00 bill and she immediately handed it back to me and said, "the woman in front of you paid your bill, told me to tell you ladies to have a great day, and you can thank her by doing something nice for someone else today."
Her simple act of kindness really brightened my day. So as my way of paying it forward, I chose to "pay it backward." I told the cashier I'd like to pay the bill for the person behind me in line. The line was long at the drive-through window, so I hope that everyone was able to pay it backward, too.
As soon as we had our food in tow, my daughter and I headed down the road chomping on our chicken biscuits and as we did, a woman in a red sports car passed us in the left lane and tipped her biscuit at us in thanks. She was the woman behind us in line.
I am so thankful for all the blessings I've received this year and today, I'm especially thankful for an act of kindness from a total stranger.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone, and if you have a chance to do so, consider paying it backward to someone waiting in line at a drive-through window the next time you make a fast food run. Sometimes fast food can be food for the soul.
This month we decided that we wanted to try McDonald's new southern fried chicken biscuits and today was our "splurge day," so we stopped at the drive-through window at our local McDonald's this morning and ordered up a chicken biscuit for each of us. When it was my turn to pay for the food, I handed the cashier a $10.00 bill and she immediately handed it back to me and said, "the woman in front of you paid your bill, told me to tell you ladies to have a great day, and you can thank her by doing something nice for someone else today."
Her simple act of kindness really brightened my day. So as my way of paying it forward, I chose to "pay it backward." I told the cashier I'd like to pay the bill for the person behind me in line. The line was long at the drive-through window, so I hope that everyone was able to pay it backward, too.
As soon as we had our food in tow, my daughter and I headed down the road chomping on our chicken biscuits and as we did, a woman in a red sports car passed us in the left lane and tipped her biscuit at us in thanks. She was the woman behind us in line.
I am so thankful for all the blessings I've received this year and today, I'm especially thankful for an act of kindness from a total stranger.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone, and if you have a chance to do so, consider paying it backward to someone waiting in line at a drive-through window the next time you make a fast food run. Sometimes fast food can be food for the soul.
Loss of income………..
I have been clean & sober for 19 years and am having the worst week of my life! I live with my elderly mom - who receives a set income from SS - and have been in the substance abuse field for 13+ years. I lost my job this week and took a fast food job because I have become totally disillusioned about my field.
In 2 days, I have gone from making $30000/yr to under $7 an hour and I cannot remember a time when I was more desperate and afraid that I would not be able to make a living......
I am 54 years old and been doing basic desk work for over 13 years. Now I am on my feet doing physical stuff for the entire shift (with little or no breaks) and my entire body is screaming at my to stop!! But I cannot as I must bring in money so mom is ok - and we can eat.
Who, pray tell, will hire someone who has been in substance abuse for 13 years and has NO current experience in anything else? I am having a hard time explaining to myself what has happen here.
Have I thought about drinking? Damn right I have!! But my mom's well being is more on my mind, thank God! There is only one thing I can come up with as to why all this has happened.........
That God is doing for me what I could not do for myself!! You see, I have been very unhappy doing what I was doing and have been for the last couple of years. The clients I never had a problem working with - but the other 'professionals' and management have been a great source of unnecessary stress in my life. But the money kept me there.
So I screwed up on some of the billing (bad deal) and they let me go without even considering anything else. So much for loyalty on your employer's part even after all the loyalty the employee may show, huh? No warning, probation, nothing! Just good-bye!
I figure God knew I needed to quit spending ALL my time taking care of others and start spending some taking care of me - which is something I have not done in many years. Talk about humility!!!! I am not even making $7 an hour, for crying out loud!!!
One thing I know for sure is that I believe and have Faith in God and where he has led me over the years. I just kinda of wonder what he is doing at the moment concerning me and my future.
Anyway, thanks for listening (reading) and feedback is definitely welcomed and needed.
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In 2 days, I have gone from making $30000/yr to under $7 an hour and I cannot remember a time when I was more desperate and afraid that I would not be able to make a living......
I am 54 years old and been doing basic desk work for over 13 years. Now I am on my feet doing physical stuff for the entire shift (with little or no breaks) and my entire body is screaming at my to stop!! But I cannot as I must bring in money so mom is ok - and we can eat.
Who, pray tell, will hire someone who has been in substance abuse for 13 years and has NO current experience in anything else? I am having a hard time explaining to myself what has happen here.
Have I thought about drinking? Damn right I have!! But my mom's well being is more on my mind, thank God! There is only one thing I can come up with as to why all this has happened.........
That God is doing for me what I could not do for myself!! You see, I have been very unhappy doing what I was doing and have been for the last couple of years. The clients I never had a problem working with - but the other 'professionals' and management have been a great source of unnecessary stress in my life. But the money kept me there.
So I screwed up on some of the billing (bad deal) and they let me go without even considering anything else. So much for loyalty on your employer's part even after all the loyalty the employee may show, huh? No warning, probation, nothing! Just good-bye!
I figure God knew I needed to quit spending ALL my time taking care of others and start spending some taking care of me - which is something I have not done in many years. Talk about humility!!!! I am not even making $7 an hour, for crying out loud!!!
One thing I know for sure is that I believe and have Faith in God and where he has led me over the years. I just kinda of wonder what he is doing at the moment concerning me and my future.
Anyway, thanks for listening (reading) and feedback is definitely welcomed and needed.
:a108:
All falls apart….
My AS has been living with me, going to community college and working fast food. Still hanging out with old friends, but being congenial with no signs of obvious using. I was so hoping....get him into an educational environment, away from the potheads, but it didn't happen. I woke up Friday morning to find a half empty pint bottle of malt liquor beside the couch in my living room. He was so drunk that he didn't even know where he left the bottle. I woke him up before I went to work, told him what I found, said pack your stuff, you're out of here. He started to plead, apologize,etc. I said just do it and I left. I came home from work and packed his stuff up (since he didn't do it) set it out front of my house and left for the evening. I am so susceptible to his whinings. It is better for me not to hear it.
I didn't give him a ride home from work. I figured one of his user friends could do that. I went and sat in a cemetery for a while just breathing, no tears, just acknowledgement of this is where he is heading. Then i went to my boyfriend's house for the evening. My son kept calling me, and I ignored the calls. I came home and went to bed. He began ringing the doorbell at 12:30. I didn't answer. He knocked on the windows, he begged and apologized. I didn't give in.
This morning he was at my door at 8:30 claiming he had to get his stuff for work. I let him in and he began harassing me immediately. I wouldn't give him a ride to work. He's just drunk that money away. He tried to lift me out of my chair, grabbed the laptop from me. Cried, begged, etc. He finally took off walking for work, he was about an hour late.
I don't care if he loses that job. He has nothing to show for it after 6 months except he's paid some of his court fees.
When he was in rehab, they showed us the film Basketball diaries where the mom had to shut the door on her addicted son. I know they showed that more for the parents than the kids. The kids don't get it. I'm starting to think he will never get it. He screamed at me before he left, if I live with my friends I will die. He knows this is my biggest fear. He will not die. He will just have to get himself to work since he lost his license. He will just have to do his own laundry. He will not die.
I didn't give him a ride home from work. I figured one of his user friends could do that. I went and sat in a cemetery for a while just breathing, no tears, just acknowledgement of this is where he is heading. Then i went to my boyfriend's house for the evening. My son kept calling me, and I ignored the calls. I came home and went to bed. He began ringing the doorbell at 12:30. I didn't answer. He knocked on the windows, he begged and apologized. I didn't give in.
This morning he was at my door at 8:30 claiming he had to get his stuff for work. I let him in and he began harassing me immediately. I wouldn't give him a ride to work. He's just drunk that money away. He tried to lift me out of my chair, grabbed the laptop from me. Cried, begged, etc. He finally took off walking for work, he was about an hour late.
I don't care if he loses that job. He has nothing to show for it after 6 months except he's paid some of his court fees.
When he was in rehab, they showed us the film Basketball diaries where the mom had to shut the door on her addicted son. I know they showed that more for the parents than the kids. The kids don't get it. I'm starting to think he will never get it. He screamed at me before he left, if I live with my friends I will die. He knows this is my biggest fear. He will not die. He will just have to get himself to work since he lost his license. He will just have to do his own laundry. He will not die.
my boyfriend is a crack addict
my boyfriend is addicted to crack, we've been through it all. i know a lot of you have had the same experiences. does anyone have any tips for one to help me cope, stay strong, and how to help him. the first step has been achieved he does want help, he wants to be sober, and do good...and i honestly believe him. he's 26, and has been battling drug addiction since he was like 15, his mother used when he was growing up, she's better now, but he grew up around it and with a mother that neglected him, cheated on his father, beat him, and showed him an awful image of life, and the way it is supposed to be lived. he doesn't know happiness, what it is, or that it can happen to him. he doesn't believe that i love him most of the time, he thinks that i cheat on him almost all of the time unless i'm with him, and he does good w/o using for about 3 or 4 weeks and then bam on friday which is payday of course and he gets that money he can't control it. i work most fridays, okay almost all fridays, i'm a manager in fast food so i can't really get off that day to babysit him or anything. all the other fridays he brings me his money, i keep it in my savings and give it to him as needed, he knows he can't have money, he craves it more when he has it, but that program works only if he can stay strong enough long enough to bring me his money while i'm at work. on fridays i know if i can't get in touch with him by like 6 then i know whats happening, i start feeling sick to my stomach with fear, i'm overcome with a helpless feeling that i know what is happening but i can't do anything about it, i can't leave work, i can't even get him to answer the phone or call me back. he always admits to it, he never lies about it...so i guess thats better than him hiding it and making up lies about where his money went, but still...he's still addicted to crack. it puts a very big strain on our relationship, i feel like if he loved me he wouldn't do it although now that i'm researching it and getting a better understanding i know its a very powerful addiction..and it really has nothing to do with me...but its hard. if you have any advice it is welcome.
thanks,
alli
thanks,
alli
