From the Women on the Web:
Four city workers — who had been polling their money in the office pot for nearly five years under the verbal agreement that they’d all share the winnings — were out of the office and unavailable to contribute to the office pool for a drawing last month that resulted in a $207 million payoff. The four planitiffs are suing 15 co-workers who are keeping the $207 million Mega Millions lottery winnings all to themselves.
If they contributed for five years, they deserve it. Those other coworkers need to cough up.
That is just so wrong. If they were legitimately in the pool, and they legitimately missed the pool for some unforeseen reason like job training, or a field trip or something, then they should be included. And those 15 people who are holding back need to seriously reevaluate the situation and think about how they would want to be treated had the same thing happened to them.
Then again, this could just be some greedy coworkers who are pissed and bitter about other peoples good fortune and want a slice of the pie.
Either way, people suck.
Wow. That puts new meaning in the old phrase “you snooze, you lose”!