That Nintendo Switch is all yours, Derek.
The Supreme Court today enacted Whipple’s Law, which makes it illegal for CEOs to use their vastly inflated salaries to give themselves an edge in company activities.
“It’s taken a long time,” said Derek Whipple, who famously brought a case against the CEO of his former employer Snippet Shoes after the company Christmas party five years ago.
“When Doug won the first raffle draw, a nice fruit basket, we all cheered. Then another number was called for the spa treatment—three times if I remember—and Doug stood up with the ticket. We all laughed at the comedy of those odds. The next number was called out four times, and we started saying ‘I bet Doug has it’. But of course, he did. We didn’t know he had a bag with 2,000 raffle tickets in and it took him a minute to find the right one. So, he got the Photography classes, and then the sneakers. And the two IMAX tickets with VIP snack privileges and free refills.”
In fact, Doug won all but one prize that year. Typing pool temp. Cathy Bates had the winning ticket for the framed portrait of Doug, which he signed for her.
The resulting litigation has finally made its way through the courts and the raffle rights of average-wage workers are now protected. In the time it took though, Doug kept winning raffles, and prizes seemed to get grander. Doug walked away with two skiing holidays, a week at Shanghai Disney and a luxury yacht. He won a framed picture of himself one year, which he auctioned off for charity.
We tried contacting Doug for comment, but his autoreply says he won’t be back from the Virgin Galactic flight he won until next week.
