Just wondering...

At work last week, we had a representative from Aflac come out to talk to the staff. Very boring. Very if-I-had-known-I'd-be-stuck-listening-to-this-lady-talk-for-an-hour-I-would-have-wrecked-my-car-just-to-miss-the-meeting. Anyway, as she was rambling on, I was looking through one of the (many) brochures and this section really caught my eye...

Aflac will pay the following benefit for dismemberment resulting from injuries sustained in a covered accident:

Injured/Spouse Child
Both arms and both legs $40,000 $12,500

Two eyes, feet, hands
arms, or legs $40,000 $12,500

One eye, foot, hand,
arm, or leg $10,000 $ 3,750

One or more fingers and/or
one or more toes $ 2,000 $ 625



Now is it just me or did they somehow make this seem a little bit ridiculous...I mean who exactly came up with these figures? $40,000 of you lose BOTH arms and BOTH legs?? You're a stump! How much is 40 grand really going to help? Come on...And why isn't it 80 grand? If you only lose both your legs and get to keep your arms, you get the same amount. So shouldn't it be that if you lose double the appendages (AKA: all of your appendages) you should receive double the pay?