The Ezell's Chicken Gift Certificate Controversy of 2007

A confidential informant reported to Seattlest on the condition of anonymity that when he cashed in his $25 Ezell's gift certificate for an $18 purchase, the cashier not only refused to give him cash or credit for the difference, but also acted all incredulous and pissy that anyone would even dream of ever holding such ridiculous expectations.

Meanwhile, another confidential informant reported to Seattlest that when she cashed in her Ezell's gift certificate a few months back, the cashier at the time gleefully gave her cash for the difference, as if such an expectation existed in the normal reality of expectations.

Seattlest will dispatch our team of investigative journalists to check out this breaking news story later (...much later...), but until then our official op-ed board's position on this controversy is this: Informant #2 is better looking than Informant #1. Case closed. (Mmmm... Ezell's.... drool...)