Mystery winner chooses Kit Kat over a £200 TV
A MYSTERY winner at The Post’s shopping centre giveaway turned down a brand new £200 television in favour of a Kit Kat.
The hungry competitor pulled the winning ball out of a tombola-style raffle in the Galleries.
But instead of elation on the man’s face, a look of disappointment came across him as he realised he had missed out on a chocolate bar – which is given away to every unsuccessful participant.
“I just want the Kit Kat,” he said, according to Post promotions manager Ali Houghton.
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She said: “He pulled out the winning ball and we all shouted ‘yeah! you are the winner’.
“But he just sighed and said he didn’t want it. He just wanted the food. He looked totally uninterested in the TV so we gave him the chocolate instead.” Ms Houghton added: “I don’t think anyone could believe it at the time.
“Afterwards, one conclusion we came to is that he might be homeless and he had nowhere to plug it in. Either way, he just wanted the Kit Kat, bless him.”
Kay Hill, a sales consultant from Kingswood, went on to pick the winning ball back out of the cylinder.
Standing just three people behind the mystery winner, she became the second Shopping Quarter Star after she won a 22in Samsung TV at the stall in Broadmead.
The 23-year-old said: “I was shocked when I saw it all happen in front of me.
“He wasn’t really that excited when they told him he had won. He just didn’t seem that bothered.”
She added: “Why would you want a chocolate bar instead of a TV? I’m obviously chuffed with the prize but it feels like a bit of a steal.” Kaye was one of five winners so far in The Post’s daily prize which takes place at noon in Broadmead, the Galleries or Cabot Circus.
Yesterday’s winner was Tammy Jump, 38, a pre-school assistant from Barnstable in Devon, who walked away with an iPod Nano.
She told The Post: “We were in town visiting for the Lion King and I spotted the competition.
“We are very pleased with our prize. It was a lovely surprise.”
The Post’s promotion stall is in one of the city centre shopping centres every day at noon until Sunday.
There will be one prize worth up to £200 given away every day.
Saturday’s stall can be found in Broadmead, outside Sainsbury’s local.
So far, participants have picked up a Nintendo 3DS, an Apple iPod Touch, a Kindle Touch, a Samsung 22in LED TV and an iPod Nano at stalls across the shopping quarter.
Comments
by Black_sheep
Monday, November 05 2012, 4:38PM
“What is the point in this story? You are basically making fun of this man in public. Why put up a photo of him? Patronising nonsense.”
by lilmizz74
Sunday, November 04 2012, 10:18PM
“Well maybe when you're hungry and possibly not eaten for a while you don't think about that!!!”
by SVillePhil
Sunday, November 04 2012, 8:25PM
“If he didn't want the TV I'm sure he could have sold it and bought himself a whole box of Kit Kats. Short sighted of him if you ask me!”
by nogbutt
Sunday, November 04 2012, 10:29AM
“what a hero, you mean. tv enervates society like little else. years are taken from peoples lives, and logie baird is lucky not to be in the dock for the human vandalism.
it's surely better to eat some chocolate than pay over a hundred quid a year for a device that turns you into a zombie-mong.”
by allananlyn
Saturday, November 03 2012, 7:29PM
“what an idiot”
by jn007
Friday, November 02 2012, 11:04PM
“I know him He lives in Henbury Bristol.”
by Pelagian
Friday, November 02 2012, 8:53PM
“by lilmizz74Friday, November 02 2012, 1:35PM
"Is that all he was given? One kit Kat? That's quite rubbish really! If you suspected he may be hungry and homeless surely it wouldn't of hurt to give him more than one?"............................
Wouldn't it of ? I think it might of, maybe it even would of. What do other readers think ? Would it of ?”
by Lone_Ranger
Friday, November 02 2012, 3:10PM
“"..he just wanted the Kit Kat, bless him."
How very patronising.”
by megasys2
Friday, November 02 2012, 1:45PM
“Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world - John Lennon, wise words,
It's quite a humbling story and picture,
People queueing up to win a TV they probably don't even need, and this man just wanted to eat.”
by lilmizz74
Friday, November 02 2012, 1:35PM
“Is that all he was given? One kit Kat? That's quite rubbish really! If you suspected he may be hungry and homeless surely it wouldn't of hurt to give him more than one?”