Jessica Whyte, the woman who claims she ate complimentary faeces-laced gelato at the Coogee Bay Hotel, is concerned she’ll always be remembered as “the woman who ate the poo.”
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Whytes’ very public battle with the management ended today with a compensation payout and an apology to the woman who ate the poo.
Management released a statement to The Daily Grind making clear that Mrs Whyte didn’t put the poo in the bowl of poo she ate the day she ate poo; that the Hotel regrets that Mrs Whyte ate poo; and that Mrs Whyte ate poo. The statement concludes “Poo poo poo poo poo.”
Under the terms of the deal, the Whytes will be paid $60,000 and get a free gelato.
Mrs Whyte told The Sydney Morning Herald that she is often recognised at the supermarket as “the woman who ate the poo.” This is partly due to intense media coverage surrounding the incident, and partly due to Mrs Whyte’s wearing a t-shirt saying “I ate a poo at the Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney Australia.”
It’s a level of notoriety previously reserved for German porn stars.
The incident occurred over a month ago when hotel management served the Whytes a complimentary gelato after the family complained about something non-poo-related. But the Whytes have reason to count themselves lucky to have been served a complimentary gelato, with or without faeces in it. Last time I was at the Coogee Bay, the only complimentary thing I got was bashed.