newfette newfette:
but its part of the rules that you answer the question
It's not like she refused to answer. I think that the learning disability story is probably rue. Just think about it: Who's going to intentionally throw away the chance to win something by answering the question wrong the same way twice?
It's not a deep rule. It's a technicality that Tim Hortons has to go through in order to offer these prizes. Just saying "the rules are the rules and that's that" is silly and doesn't take any thought as to the purpose and intent of the rules.
Either this lady's learning disability is real, in which case it's discriminatory for them not to give her the prize, or she deliberately answered the question wrong, twice, instead of her husband claiming the prize, as it was his coffee, just for a fight and some media attention. And if you honestly think the latter, then there's something wrong with you.