Long story short: Korean woman makes transaction with CVS, CVS enters her name as “Ching Chong,” woman sues CVS for $1M dollars.
No seriously, why can’t something like this happen to me? I would love to make an easy $1M on something so foolish and silly. If I went to CVS, and this happened to me, and I busted them right on the spot, I would be laughing myself to tears at seeing Ching Chong written on the receipt. I would laugh for at least three straight minutes, and try to gauge the reaction of the people behind the counter, the perpetrator likely amongst them.
And then with an amused smile on my face, I would simply ask them if they’d ever been sued, and regardless of what the answer would be, I’d simply retort “well you’re about to be!”
I’m not sure how the legal system works, and if I have to give a dramatic justification like “damages,” or “severe distress” to why I’m suing CVS for a million dollars, but if I didn’t, I seriously would consider the reasoning to be along the lines of “teach them a lesson lol.”
Would I be damaged or distressed about getting called Ching Chong in writing? Hell no, but it doesn’t mean it’s right to begin with. Sure, there’s all sorts of moral dilemma on a long enough time line in that I’d believe that a million dollars to me is only hurting a company as a conglomerate, and not individuals, or the Robin Hood-like fantasy that I’m taking bonuses from the rich corporate CEOs, and giving to the poor me, and that the reality is that a million to me probably means the layoffs of many lesser employees on the food chain, but honestly, I’d rather look out for myself in this case.
I wonder if it’s possibly to specifically sue just CVS’s upper management, and get in writing that there would be no repercussion towards the lower-tier employee base post monetary punishment? Now that would be just desserts, as well as one hell of a story to have in my life.
