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The news station claims Tom Barnett of Barnett Management sold a Corvette and Rolex watch gifted by the corporate honchos, which generated enough dough to hand out $120,000 worth of bonuses to workers at roughly two dozen locations throughout the state. “It was almost an entire month’s worth of pay for me,” Charity Callahan, who has worked at the chain for 15 years, [told 3TV](http://www.azfamily.com/video/featured-videos/Arizona-Burger-King-employees-receive-surprise-bonus-from-boss-292821981.html#ixzz3SaKfdik9). 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