7-11 Employee Gets $711 Bonus After Having 7 Pound 11 Ounce Baby

[matcom]

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ESSEXVILLE, Mich. -- Oh, thank heaven: 7-Eleven employee Erin Kappen got a bonus for having a baby that weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces.

Kappen cashed in on her son, Parker John VanWormer, who was born Oct. 4. She got a check for $711 from Garb-Ko Inc., which operates the 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," said Larry Hauck, the company's marketing director.

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

"I had no idea they were going to give me a check," said Kappen. "I never knew that they had a program like that."

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[Champ]

1. Dupe

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[Rainbowreflect]

2. This reminds me of when I worked at 7-11 right after high school.

I had been working over 60 hours a week for months due to being short staffed. I was exhausted and so looking forward to my vacation.
My boyfriend picked me up after my last shift for the start of my vacation. We decided to grab some fast food for dinner on our way to his place. The whole ride there I bitched about work. When we got to the restaurant I said that's it no more talk about work for a whole ten days. I don't want to talk about 7-11, hear about 7-11, or even think about 7-11. The women ringing up are food says "That will be $7.11." Aaaarrrrggggg