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A California woman attempts a lawsuit over a meal at Wendy's, is now getting her "just desserts"
Natalia Diaz
Issue date: 4/29/05 Section: Opinion
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Why people adopt the role of victims, losing their morals when money is involved?
Our society, as any other, has rights to protect citizens from injustices, but some people are trying to get advantage from these rights. A good example of that is the case of the woman who claimed to find a finger (well-manicured nail), in her bowl of chili (March 22).
The supposed victim, Anna Ayala, adopted the role of victim and used it not just one time to try to get easy money. She already had fled claims against several corporations, including General Motors and El Pollo Loco, that failed.
It is obvious that Ayala was trying to get money from those companies. Her ambition did not stop in two attempts. She had a target and was willing to follow through to the conclusion. Unfortunately, for her, her third attempt failed too.
Nowadays, our society is living in a "culture of victimization," where some people feel they have found a way to get public attention and money as a reward for their supposed harm.
It is heard that this country is called "the country of sues" and the case of Ayala is just one of many cases shown to the national public that, in a way, helped to spread this problem, because some victims received a large amount of money from a suit against a company.
The morale of our society has been damaged because of the ambition of some people who have even ended up in jail. Morals are one of the honorable things in the world that money can't buy. Why lose it for a bad feeling, such as ambition?
Now Ayala is in jail without morals and without the money she wanted to get.
Our society, as any other, has rights to protect citizens from injustices, but some people are trying to get advantage from these rights. A good example of that is the case of the woman who claimed to find a finger (well-manicured nail), in her bowl of chili (March 22).
The supposed victim, Anna Ayala, adopted the role of victim and used it not just one time to try to get easy money. She already had fled claims against several corporations, including General Motors and El Pollo Loco, that failed.
It is obvious that Ayala was trying to get money from those companies. Her ambition did not stop in two attempts. She had a target and was willing to follow through to the conclusion. Unfortunately, for her, her third attempt failed too.
Nowadays, our society is living in a "culture of victimization," where some people feel they have found a way to get public attention and money as a reward for their supposed harm.
It is heard that this country is called "the country of sues" and the case of Ayala is just one of many cases shown to the national public that, in a way, helped to spread this problem, because some victims received a large amount of money from a suit against a company.
The morale of our society has been damaged because of the ambition of some people who have even ended up in jail. Morals are one of the honorable things in the world that money can't buy. Why lose it for a bad feeling, such as ambition?
Now Ayala is in jail without morals and without the money she wanted to get.