How a banned rice cooker cost a Welsh university £264,442

Peak Ong, a 72-year-old cleaner at Aberystwyth University in Wales, won £264,442.09 from the school after a dispute that started with a banned rice cooker ended in her firing and a vindictive job reference. Catherine Green, Ong's manager, accused her of giving a rice cooker to a student living in university dorms, where they're banned. — Read the rest The post How a banned rice cooker cost a Welsh university £264,442 appeared first on Boing Boing.