I say good on the Chopsticks shareholder who is taking legal action against the chainletter hoax that purports that the restaurant serves up rats in their dishes. This is probably the last thing anyone feels like dealing with – especially with so many businesses experiencing a slump in sales revenue anyway.
The pictures accompanying the email show rats being cooked, sliced and seasoned up then served. I think to most people it seems pretty obvious that it is a hoax but apparently others weren’t so sure (the restaurant experienced a drop in sales since the email was sent around).
I almost feel bad for the originator of the email who thought he was having harmless fun. Now he has been tracked down and has found himself in legal hot water. A friend reminded me of the ketchup scare at a local fast food joint. Remember that? An email went around stating that a man known to be HIV positive was caught mixing his blood in the ketchup dispenser. I’m not sure if that food place experienced a drop in sales (I’m sure people simply skipped on the condiments) but it shows how creative these hoax emails can be and how fast cyber rumors (or rumors period) can zip around Bermuda.
I don’t know if much will come out of the Chopsticks legal case but hopefully people will think twice before hitting the ‘forward’ button. My deleted items box is presently filled with all sorts of hoax emails including the guilt trip ones (“Bill Gates will pay 10 cents every time this email for this poor [non existant] child is forwarded! If you delete you seriously don’t have a heart!” Or “Forward this prayer to at least ten people and God will give you a blessing within 7 hours! If you delete this email the devil will have his way!”). I hope deleting these types of emails doesn’t ’screw up my karma’ as a friend joked. :p
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