June 29, 2006

• There's Tacky, and then there's Too Tacky For Words.

  Falling into the latter category is this story I read in Coffee News, the nice freebie newsheet distributed in some restaurants (I was in a coffee store this afternoon, where I picked it up):

  Rogernas de Silva won a Mercedes in a lottery, but the Brazilian maid was told by her employers they deserved a share of it because she bought the ticket while shopping for their groceries.  De Silva, who lives in Rio de Janeiro, ended up taking her employers to court where a judge decided that she had full ownership of the car.  Her employers already have four cars.  De Silva, who lives in a slum in the sprawling city, said she was glad the nightmare is over.  "I get to keep the car.  I'm going to sell it now and buy myself a house."

  Can you imagine?  Being so well off you own four cars, but trying to horn in on your maid's lottery win?  Talk about greedy! 

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