Cynthia Sweeley Amnell is one of the more colorful franchise characters this side of Crazytown.
Now divorced from Robert Sweeley, she goes by the name Cynthia Amnell* and runs a restaurant placemat advertising company named Proof of Life Productions (The Excalibur of Advertising) based in Spring Mills, PA.
Cynthia Sweeley Amnell is a self-described Christian businesswoman who receives her instructions directly from God, who portrays herself on horseback in the garb of Arthurian legend, and who claims her many online detractors are “losers” jealous of her success and beauty.
Through her newly formed Proof of Life Productions LLC, Cynthia Sweeley Amnell offers advertising sales opportunities and “distributorships” using virtually the same website and company history as the now-defunct Menu Master franchise company.
[Photo, Cynthia Sweeley Amnell as portrayed on the ProofofLife.biz website.]
Menu Master franchisees, employees, vendors & customers Warn about Cynthia Amnell & Proof of Life
Unhappy Menu Master franchisees, employees, vendors & customers have posted numerous complaints & warnings on gripe sites such as Rip-offReport.com, ComplaintsBoard.com and MyWoes.com.
They claim that Cynthia Sweeley has recently reinvented her allegedly shady placemat business using the names Cynthia Amnell & Proof of Life both to duck prior responsibilities and to dissassociate herself from the widespread criticism of the failed Menu Master.
On Rip-Off Report, Menu Masters Franchisee wrote:
This lady, Cynthia Sweeley, claims to be a prophet of God. She claims that God tells her who to sell franchises to. She uses “faith” to lure people into giving her and her husband money for a franchise that is ultimately nothing more than the ability to use their trademark. The business opportunity is nothing more than them wanting to sue anyone that tries to compete with them… They want you to do the leg work finding local restaurants – then once you are established – they rip the franchise deal out from under you based on some stupid technicality…
THESE PEOPLE ARE DEMONIC!
MENU MASTER IS DEMONIC!
Menu Master customer Cathie of San Diego wrote:
The specified date for advertising came and went and never even received the promised proof… When I complained on several occasions, all I got was ‘I am the Prophetess of God and he has spoken to me about your problems’ and on and on…BEWARE! Menu Master is run by a wacko professing to sit at the right hand of God. And God has spoken – no refund for this bad girl!
Vendor Wade Glossner, owner of Penny Press in York, PA wrote:
I own a printing company and have done extensive business with Cynthia and Robert Sweeley and Menu Master in the past. They are nothing but dead beat scam artists…. Finally this June, I was awarded my $31,424.52 judgement. I later found out that I am just another in a long line of printers they stiffed.
After years of silence, Cynthia Sweeley Amnell strikes back!
[Photo, left, Cynthia Sweeley Amnell as portrayed on the now-defunct MenuMaster1.Com website.]
Finally, Cynthia had had enough. She put away her prayerbook, unsheathed her sword and smited her detractors:
Wrote Cynthia Sweeley Amnell on her critics:
They are JEALOUS of my life, of my company, my beautiful log home, my beauty as a model, my unusual spirituality.
To a disgruntled ex-employee, Cynthia Sweeley Amnell wrote:
GET REAL IDIOT!! …I know EXACTLY who this psychotic freak is …Mary Emel is FAMOUS in the Penns Valley, Pa. area for being a patholigcal LIAR and THIEF. She was fired for STEALING, caught red-handed. Ever since this 250 pound Cynthia-wannabe has been vindictively trying to ruin my life… Mary Emel is OBSESSED with Cynthia Amnell – like FATAL ATTRACTION!
Cynthia Sweeley Amnell to a failed Menu Master franchise owner:
“Another one bites the dust folks… We went over and above the call of duty to make this self-centered loser successful but he was so angry over the lack of instant results that he accused us of selling him a business that was not ‘duplicatable’…. GROW UP you immature loser!
Cynthia Sweeley Amnell on another failed franchisee:
“Michael Trunko of Ohio purchased a franchise from me in 2006. Michael suffered from having two children with relatively rare diseases… The medical bills overwhelmed Michael with depression and he finally quit his franchise because he simply could not work his franchise when depressed. Yet somehow Michael decided that it was MY fault that he didn’t get instantly rich from his franchise?!”
Christian counselor Cynthia Sweeley Amnell on her ex-employees:
I am in constant amazement at how many illiterate, white trash women I have had the MISFORTUNE of not only meeting, but hiring in my successful business, Menu Master Incorporated. People like you are wastes of good human skin… Selfish, greedy, manipulating…You remind me of inbred hillbillies from the back hills of Kentucky; evil and stupid to the bone.
Cynthia Sweeley Amnell to another ex-employee:
You are nothing more than another WHITE TRASH LIAR, insane with JEALOUSY over my life. Watch and Weep loser: my life is getting better every single day!
With her foes smited and her Proof of Life website up and running, Cynthia Sweeley Amnell says she is “moving forward like a steam engine into a wonderful future!” She claims “Proof Of Life is not only doing well, I am already in 7 states and steadily going nationwide.”
On the personal front, Cynthia reports “I have had three marriage proposals in the last 6 months and am already planning a wedding to one of these wonderful men within a year.”
Looks like the legend will have a happy ending after all!
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE MENU MASTER FRANCHISE? PROOF OF LIFE DISTRIBUTORSHIP? CYNTHIA SWEELEY AMNELL? SHARE A COMMENT BELOW.
* According to Ms. Sweeley Amnell, she reverted back to her maiden name of “Amnell” after her divorce. Her detractors disagree, maintaining that her maiden name is actually Cynthia Jean Bucher, and that she named herself “Amnell” after the Confessor character Kahlan Amnell on the medieval fantasy TV show “The Legend of the Seeker,” with whom she is obsessed. [See press photo]
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You have got to be kidding me! Perhaps she has meet Dale or Bobby and God is planning a rematch: Cuppy's Menu Franchise. No menu, no location, but on the bright side there are no royalty payments either. Why? No sales.
OMG, I LOVE THIS REPORT! It is HILARIOUS! I mean you got her pegged, right down to the idiot ways she refers to herself! She actually thinks of herself as God’s warrior, taking on the world with her little bible and clichés. Phhpt! What a joke! As if God needs the likes of her taking up Christianity’s cause!
I love the way you posted all her retarded responses to those people who wrote about her. Brilliant! She thinks she’s “smiting” her “foes” when all she’s really doing is showing the world what a raging narcissistic imbecile she is! Who would respond that way? Certainly not a reputable “Christian business woman”! lol!
But she can’t help it, her schizophrenia tells her to type all those things! After all, she was locked up in a loony bin back in 2006 by her own husband no less! But it’s everyone else that’s crazy and jealous of her “beauty as a model”! LMAO! The only thing this windbag ever modeled was the 2006 straightjackets! She looks like a tacky drag queen with a really bad wig. Lol.
All these proposals that she’s talking about is when the guys she tricked into taking her on a date “proposed” they never see each other again! Lol! This chick is just another mental breakdown away from putting her panties on the outside of her clothes and claiming she’s the Queen of Sheba. This is what happens when stupidity eats too much pride!
Cynthia Sweeley or Cynthia Amnell might be a couple sandwiches short of a picnic, but what's wrong with these mean, vindictive people who are hounding her on the internet?
What's wrong with people like Not Buying It! who writes "her schizophrenia tells her to type all those things! After all, she was locked up in a loony bin back in 2006 by her own husband no less!"?
This is the 21st century. Rational people don't refer to people receiving psychiatric treatment (if she even did) as being "locked up in a looney bin." And if Cynthia Sweeley WAS treated for mental health issues, the comments of Not Buying It! seem downright evil. What's your goal? To push her over the edge?
What's wrong with cowardly people who would anonymously post people's confidential medical and marital situations on the internet?
Not Buying It! sounds a lot like the vindictive ex-employee who admitted on ripoff report that she pretended her cat drowned just to get the day off work. Who's the real sicko here?
Cynthia Sweeley said some pretty mean things, but at least hers came after being slandered up and down on the internet. Why doesn't Not Buying It! post her name and picture here and let others have a go at her.
Most franchisees DO think they are owed success. What did they want for $2500? As for the printer, what kind of idiot let's a podunk placemat company rack up a $31,000 bill? If Sweeley's a crazy lady on a horse, why did these geniuses do business or take a job from her?
Cynthia Sweeley might be a tad eccentric or worse, but at least she was trying to give people jobs and a creative way to advertise. All her critics know how to do is cowardly stab others in the back.
Oh I don't know, it looks like she deserves it to me. Ms Sweeley-Amnell seems willing enough to put their personal lives on exhibit to ridicule, seems like fair play they can do the same.
Hey Guest!
Why not? She likes to make fun of the fatty and the guy with the sick kids. If she can dish it out, she should be able to take it too!
J Colver/Amy King/other fake names:
You people say she's mentally ill, but then you torment and bully her. Sweeley's lost her husband and her business. What will be enough for you? you're like that mom who bullied that teen online til she killed herself. That mother is in prison for being a nasty spiteful person just like you.
What will be enough for you?
What did she do to you that you would be so vindictive years later? Stiffed you on a paycheck? Fired you for being the dishonest, lazy, crappy employee you obviously were?
Some people blame others for their misfortunes and just grow bitter and nasty. Others pick themselves up and learn from their mistakes and try to build something of value. Cynthia Sweeley is the second type. Which are you?
Well I will tell you exactly what she did and I am not afraid to post who I am. She did a little more than stiff us on a paycheck. First of all we were not fired for being lazy, or crappy employees. quite the contrary. We were the ones that made her enough money to buy all those horses she so proudly owns.
She went beserk one day and her husband had her put in the Psycho center for help its true and can be proven by the termination letter her husband had made up for us stating we were let go for fear of our safety because she was unstable. So she was not even there when we were let go she was looking out the window of of her psych ward talking to all the voices in her head.
Now to inform you of all the Nasty degenerate things she did to me and former co workers. One of Cindy's favorite thing to do is call child welfare with outlandish accusations the first of which she made after we defeated her in a court battle for harassment. You would think she would have learned well aparently not. She called and said the one co worker was having sex in front of her daughter to teach her how its done. Well what kind of freak sick bitch would say something like that? She stood outside my house taking pictures drives by my home daily screaming vulgar comments out the window and flipping me off. She sends me letters that can only be reduced to psychotic rants. I would be glad to post them on here if Mrs. Cindy would like. She admitted to writing the letters when we had her in court and it says that on the court papers as well so Cindy Cindy how about I post those.
Yes she also stiffed us on a paycheck it was not about the money it was about morals I put my time in and made enough for her to buy her horses and botox so where was my money for that. We also won that case and her husband had to come to Altoona to write us those checks he had to sneak from her to get ooops did not know about that one did you Cindy?
She called child welfare on me with retarded claims . We had to have our children Examined and checked out to make sure her claims were not true and of course they were not and the Cops said next time she does these things they are going to trace the calls and have her arrested well that took care of the calls to children services. So now she finds more inventive ways to harass me.
Let me tell you something I may speak my mind on these sites and let everyone know exactly what this woman is about but I have never never done anything to put her children through the personal hell she tried to put ours through. She truly lacks morals there is no end to what this woman will do. She has stolen my mail. Wrote lies about me on here. Everything I stated is the truth all of it and I can prove my words with written proof and court papers. Can she?
She has now found a new fun way to harass me. She sent herself a used condom and a bloody tampon and called the cops to tell them I sent them to her she is sick twisted and demented. She of course wont pay for them to do the Dna testing on them because the crazy retard knows exactly where they came from her own mailbox. So before you judge me get your facts straight.
This woman will lie cheat and do anything to ruin peoples lives. She does these things because she thought it was our fault she was locked up in the psych ward. and then we got unemployment and that really pissed her off. So ask yourself if we were able to collect unemployment do you really think we would have been fired for stealing or being lazy like she claims?
I’m confused. I mean I know this report is on a franchise complaint site but it seems to be pro-business. Who’s the one writing the complaint? And why does is glamorize the person the complaint is supposed to be about?
Theresa F writes "I am not afraid to post who I am"
Really? Your last name is "F"?
Theresa F writes "her husband had her put in the Psycho center" "the crazy retard"
Mental illness is just that... an illness.
Do you teach your kids to make fun of "retards"? Do you teach them to call handicapped people "gimps" "wheelies" or "freaks"?
When you need a laugh, do you go hang around outside the cancer ward?
You've made the case that she's mentally ill. What's your excuse?
"This woman will lie cheat and do anything to ruin peoples lives."
Hmmm... sounds like just the kind of person you want to harrass online until she cracks. I'm sure your vicious campaign is in your family's best interest. It seems to me that she isn't the only one driven by an irrational need to destroy an opponent. Ever consider a little outpatient session at the Psycho Center for yourself?
By the way, how IS your cat?
How is my cat? What the hell kind of question is that? I think your confusing me with someone else. I have no cats. I do however have a dog if your curious about him well he is a Westie mix and he is doing fantastic thank you so much for asking Cindy. By the way its nice to see you can admit you have a mental illness. You know why I wont spell my last name on here its because of that nice little report you posted on rip off report where you spelled my last name wrong. That is rather clever of you trying to get me to give you the correct spelling. Here is a hint its not that hard to spell so try it I am sure you can guess. And I am not refering to all people that have a mental illness as being a retard just you Cindy. Sitting outside the cancer ward for good laughs is your speciality right? And the only retard I make fun of is you. Whats a matter cant take it. Don't let that get to you Psyco Cindy after all its not as bad as calling us backwoods hillbillys. I did not get mad about that it made me laugh so why don't you laugh at yourself everyone else is. Oh and another thing about the whole name thing at least I put my first name. Where is yours at "Guest" or should I say CIndy? And thank you for the threats on your post about my family that shall come in handy next time you try and frame me with another condom.