Finger in Wendy's Chili a Fraud ?

[Fred Derf Veteran]

I like wendy's chili too. Yum.

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I wonder if Wendy's noted a drop in chili sales are a result of this fraud. They should sue her (if she had anything worth suing for...)

[giantsnyy]

i actually talked with my old manager there the other day (i used to be a supervisor there). sales in general have dropped durastically over the past few weeks. Not quite sure if this is related to the finger in the chili but... anything is possible.

[xxdesmus]

Mad, so now they are pointing the finger at her instead of serving it nice. :D

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har har ;) :laugh:

[paustin]

i bet if they throw her in prison she'll find a few more fingers in unexpected places

[neoufo51]

Haha, dumb bitch

[Colin-uk Veteran]

its my finger, can i have the $100,000 now? :woot:

Thats a lot for a finger :|

[neoufo51]

The mugshot...

You know what guys...she looks exactly what I imagined she looked like. This woman is a sneak. I've seen them all and this is a bonafide sneaky woman.

Source: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0422051finger1.html

[Viserov]

She probably cut it off some homeless man and put it in the chili.

[Toastyone]

:blink: Damn! You know what is sad, it does not even surprise me :pinch:

[+Elі Subscriber²]

I'm just curious as to who is the original finger owner hehe :)

[neoufo51]

I'm just curious as to who is the original finger owner hehe :)

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I'm betting that somebody she knows gave her the idea or concocted with her a plan to put the finger of some dead transient/bum, medical facility corpse, into the chili in order to score a few thou.

[+Elі Subscriber²]

Yeah that's what I have been thinking too, how sick ah?

[Elemak]

Stupid people.

[GameOverRob]

why has she been arested that place should be shut down for health and safety

[+Elі Subscriber²]

why has she been arested that place should be shut down for health and safety

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lmao you are either joking or totally misunderstanding what actually happened.

[neoufo51]

why has she been arested that place should be shut down for health and safety

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Cops Nab Woman, Say Wendy's Finger a Hoax

By KIM CURTIS, Associated Press Writer

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Police investigating how a human finger ended up in a woman's bowl of Wendy's chili declared the claim a hoax Friday and arrested her on charges of attempted grand larceny.

The arrest of Anna Ayala at her home outside Las Vegas was the latest twist in a case that has become a late-night punch line, taken a bite out of Wendy's sales and forced the fast-food chain to check its employees for missing fingers.

Ayala, 39, claimed she bit down on the well-manicured, 1 1/2-inch finger in a mouthful of her steamy chili on March 22 in San Jose. She had hired a lawyer and filed a claim against the Wendy's franchise owner, but dropped the lawsuit threat soon after suspicion fell on her.

When asked whether police considered Ayala's claim a hoax, David Keneller, captain of the San Jose police department's investigations bureau, said yes.

"What we have found is that thus far our evidence suggests the truest victims in this case are indeed the Wendy's owner, operators and employees here in San Jose," Police Chief Rob Davis said.

At a news conference, police refused to say where the finger originated and exactly how the hoax was carried out.

But according to a person knowledgeable about the case who spoke on condition of anonymity, the attempted larceny charge stemmed from San Jose police interviews with people who said Ayala described putting a finger in the chili. The source said the interviews were with at least two people who did not know each other and independently told similar stories.

The source added that investigators still did not know where the finger came from.

Ayala ? who has a history of bringing claims against big corporations ? has denied placing the finger in the chili.

"We're thrilled that an arrest has been made," Tom Mueller, president and chief operating officer of Wendy's North America, said in a statement.

During the investigation, police and health officials failed to find any missing fingers among the workers in the restaurant's supply chain. Wendy's hired private investigators, set up a hot line for tips and offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the finger's original owner.

The furor caused sales at Wendy's to drop, forcing layoffs and reduced hours in Northern California. Joseph Desmond, owner of the local Wendy's franchise, called the ordeal a nightmare.

"It's been 31 days, and believe me it's been really tough," he said. "My thanks also go out to all the little people who were hurt in our stores. They lost a lot of wages because we had to cut back because our business has been down so badly."

Earlier Thursday, Ohio-based Wendy's announced it had ended its internal investigation, saying it could find no link between the finger and the restaurant chain.

Ayala has filed claims against several corporations, though it is unclear whether she received any money. She said she got $30,000 from a Mexican food chain after her 13-year-old daughter got sick at one of the restaurant, but the chain denied it paid her anything.

Ayala also was arrested on a warrant alleging grand larceny ? a charge not related to the discovery of the fingertip. The police chief said the grand larceny allegation stemmed from a 2002 incident in which Ayala allegedly tried to sell a mobile home in San Jose that she did not own. The victim lost $11,000.

Ayala's son denied the grand larceny charge related to the mobile home sale.

"She didn't steal any money in connection with the trailer," Guadalupe Reyes Jr. said in brief comments to reporters while leaving the family's suburban Las Vegas house.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a.../wendy_s_finger

[ZZOOzzoo]

Can a human be any more pathetic?

I heard Wendy's lost a lot of customers, hopefully they'll recover from this disaster.

[MR_Candyman]

Can a human be any more pathetic?

I heard Wendy's lost a lot of customers, hopefully they'll recover from this disaster.

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The sad thing is I doubt they ever will. Usually stories like this never get the media to finish the story. News will usually just report than the woman found the finger, then leave it at that, leaving most people in the dark and thinking poorly of the company.

[Valerus]

Finally. :D

[Hum]

They should sue her (if she had anything worth suing for...)

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Perhaps a few years of working (unpaid) at Wendy's, making the chili, would be fitting. :laugh:

[Rahul]

somebody's gotta give the MIDDLE finger to the woman............ i smell some foul play over here .

[insurektion]

she sounds like quite the psycho scammer. where the hell did she get the finger though?

[beh]

That sucks that wendey's had to take a hit in sales because of some crazy nut.

[psybapunk]

what a crazy ****. they should counter-sue just to make her life a living hell.

[amr_01]

what a crazy ****.  they should counter-sue just to make her life a living hell.

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her life is goin got be a living hell anyway, not only is she getting in trouble for this, but she's also being linked to an prior grand larceny charge.