Finders, Keepers. Losers, Weepers.

In Canada, Tim Hortons (a donut/coffee shop) holds an annual event called “Rrrrroll up the Rim to Win.” On specially marked cups, coffee buyers have the opportunity to roll up the rim of the cardboard cup to see if they have won a prize. The grand prize is a new SUV. But what happens when people throw their cup in the garbage before checking to see if they won?

This exact thing happened in Quebec. A 10 yr-old girl found an empty cup in the garbage with the rim not rolled up. She then picked up the cup and asked an older girl to help her with the rolling part. As the older girl did so, she was astonished to find that the prize was the SUV. Naturally, the families of the two girls got lawyers involved to figure out who was the rightful owner of the cup and, thus, the SUV. Here’s where it gets good.

Some janitor then hired a lawyer to argue that he was the one that threw the cup away and should therefore win the SUV. Nice try, buddy.

Today, Tim Hortons ruled that the 10 yr-old girl is the one that will win the SUV. Of course, the car will go to the parents.