4.04.2006

Hamburglary....

Four burgers at his neighborhood Burger King cost George Beane a whopping $4,334.33.

Beane ordered two Whopper Jr.s and two Rodeo cheeseburgers when he pulled up to the drive-through window last Tuesday. The cashier, however, forgot that she'd entered the $4.33 charge on his debit card and punched in the numbers again without erasing the original ones — thus creating a four-figure bill.

"Those were the most expensive value burgers in history," Pat Beane said.

The electronic charge went through to George and Pat Beane's Bank of America checking account and left the couple penniless. Their mortgage payment was due and they worried checks they had written would bounce, Pat Beane said.

Terri Woody, the restaurant manager, said Burger King officials tried to get the charge refunded. But the bank said the funds were on a three-day hold and could not be released, Pat Beane said.

Burger King did not charge the Beanes for their meal, and the couple got their $4,334.33 back on Friday.

BlogNAC joke rescinded: I was about to make a bad joke about Heidi Klum and McDonald's Special Sauce, but I think I'll refrain.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

dude ordered 4 burgers!?! yeah, and it was the supersized fry making america morbidly obese.