7-Eleven Gives Woman $711 Bonus for Baby

[Champ]

ESSEXVILLE, Mich. - For 7-Eleven employee Erin Kappen, a surprise was in store when she had a baby. Because Parker John VanWormer weighed 7 pounds and 11 ounces when he was born Oct. 4, Kappen received a check for $711 from Garb-Ko Inc., which operates the Essexville 7-Eleven store where she has worked part-time for 18 months.



Saginaw-based Garb-Ko pays the $711 bonus to any employee giving birth to a 7-pound, 11-ounce baby. It operates 90 stores in Michigan, nine in Indiana and eight in Ohio.


"It's not something that happens every day, but through the 26 years that I have been with this company, it has happened several times," Larry Hauck, the company's marketing director, told The Bay City Times for a Tuesday story.


Kappen, 22, of Bay City, said she hoped to use some of the gift money to open a bank account for Parker and pay some bills with the rest.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=4&u=/ap/20041027/ap_on_fe_st/baby_bonus

[SheilaT]

1. Darn! My oldest weighed

7 lbs 11 oz, but I didn't work for 7-11.

[flygal]

5. My first was 7/11 too!

[BlueJazz]

2. I had a Bowel Movement once that weighed 7lb 11oz but...

..I don't like to talk about it. It tends to make other Men Jealous. :)

[TheDebbieDee]

3. EEEEEEEEWWWWWwwwwwwwww !

[rocktivity]

4. Especially nice of them seeing as she's a part-timer

rocknation