The Hutt strikes again

We thought it would be nice this summer to have a drawing. In May, we asked the Hutt to buy three gift cards to use as prizes. "Sounds good," said the Hutt.

With a written plan and emails recording the conversation, we went ahead with the drawing as planned, trusting the Hutt to do as we all agreed.

Silly Spoof and Speck. Don't celebrate yet.

So, last week our drawing ended. We pulled the names and got ready to contact the winners. Spoof had reservations. "Maybe we should verify that we have the cards here before we call anyone."

That turned out to be a good plan. "What gift cards," said the Hutt. "You never asked me to buy any gift cards."

We could have lost our tempers, yelled and had a tantrum. Instead, very calmly, Spoof sent the original email a second time, highlighting the section about the gift cards.

We heard nothing back.

After several days, Spoof asked once more about the gift cards. This is the response we got:
 "I need you to send me the names and phone numbers of the winners so I can approve them before you contact anyone."

Approve them?! This was a random drawing and we carefully verified that all of the entrants met the three qualifications for entry. What is there to approve? Now, we know that the Hutt does not personally like one of the entrants, but that's no reason to cheat that person out of the prize that is rightfully theirs.

And that, friends is why the goose is, once again, after the Hutt.