Pot Kettle Black

I dunno if anyone has been following the story of the crazy mormon woman who sued two teenagers for leaving her cookies on her doorstep, but it sounds like it got a happy ending despite the court decision. For those of you not in the right cookie gossip circles the story was that these two junior mormon girls decided to bake a bunch of cookies for their neighbors and then deliver them at about 10:30 at night. They delivered them to about 8 people, as well as leaving one on her doorstep with a note "Love, The T & L Club" (their initials). While the other neighbors enjoyed delicious cookies the crazy woman decided that she was being attacked by the same neighbors who had attacked her 15 years prior, and called the police. She then went to the hospital in the morning because she thought she had a heart attack and racked up a bunch of bills, of which $900 was not covered by insurance. She then demanded compensation from the girls' families. The families offered to pay for the medical bills not covered by insurance so long as the woman signed a litigation waiver and provided proof of medical fees (on the advice of their lawyer). She declined and proceeded to take them to court "to teach them a lesson" and was awarded the $900 in question, which did not include the nearly $3000 in punitive damages she had asked for. It was quite a depressing story when I first heard about it, but apparently there is a bit of good in the world. People throughout their community and the rest of the nation have been calling their house non-stop in order to tell them what they think of her "lesson", as well as sending her boxes of cookie crumbs and the like. Finally she changed her number and has apparently been shunned by several members of her town. She blames the uproar on the girls for talking about the case and creating popular support, and hopes that people will stop leaving lovely little messages like "You are what is wrong with society." In other news the girls' families are getting a restraining order on Young's family for making harassing phone calls to their phones. The irony of which makes my mind explode. Talk about a litigious society.