General Chat

That's the word, RR!

"Drinkable" -- i.e. "fit for the use for which it was sold". ;)

Ah, long copy and pastes ...

You know how if somebody says, oh, I dunno, "I saw you kicking your dog on the street last night"

... and you deny it, and offer the explanation that you don't own a dog and you were at a hotel in Paris all week and didn't get home until noon today, and you don't kick dogs

... somehow, it just sounds like you protesteth too much ... ?

A quick remark about the foolish old woman who spilled her coffee on herself and complained that the coffee was *hot*, who'd 'a thunk it? and sued poor McDonalds

... it's just so much more *believable* than the science and medicine and law and ... dare I say it ... common sense behind the truth, ain't it? ;)

Is there some aspect of common sense that says that the easy way isn't always the good way?

It's easy to believe nonsense when it's served up in easy to believe form.

And especially when the person serving it up makes you feel like you're one of the select few people left in the world who are wise enough and good enough to understand.

OH and I both detest McDonalds and don't use them, but he had no other option for a drink once at a service station. He said he nearly burnt his mouth on the coffee, as it was so hot. I agree, it should be at a drinkable temperature. This was sold as espresso coffee, too, which should definitely be cooler (if it's made properly) and is even too chilly for some tastes.

the thing is, that you cant allow for all the stupid things that people do,

like lighting bonfires, bar b ques etc using petrol.

as was said earlier,driving over speed bumps,

granted the damage wouldnt have been the same if it was an iced drink the was spilled, but I doubt if they would take legal action over that.......

people are people and as such will do the unthinkable../unexpected....you cant always go blaming someone else for YOUR folly.....

Bob

"you cant allow for all the stupid things that people do,
... as was said earlier,driving over speed bumps"

No, Bob, that wasn't what was said earlier.

There, you see? Now I have to type 10 times as much to tell the truth as you typed to tell ... that.

Is driving over a speed bump *truthfully* comparable to using petrol to light a bonfire?

It's stupid to drive over 5mph speed bumps while holding a coffee with the lid that the seller supposedly put firmly on the cup, is it?

That's not the stupidity I'm seeing.

What else are people supposed to do?

The restaurant sells coffee to people sitting in cars and requires that they drive away as soon as they get their coffee -- you don't actually get to sit at the drive-through window and drink your coffee now, do you?

Does the restaurant know that its coffee is hot enough to burn the skin right off a human being? Yup.

Does the restaurant know that its employees might not get the lid firmly attached to a cup of coffee it sells? Well it would be pretty stupid if it didn't.

Does the restaurant know there are speed bumps on the road around where it sells the coffee? I think so.

Now ... what might the restaurant reasonably foresee happening?


"people are people and as such will do the unthinkable../unexpected"

What are we seeing in any of these cases that was unthinkable or unexpected?

NOTHING. And that is the entire point.

Nobody bought a cup of McDonalds coffee and stood there and took the lid off and poured it over their head.


"granted the damage wouldnt have been the same if it was an iced drink the was spilled, but I doubt if they would take legal action over that"

Gosh, that's clever of you, Bob. Are you familiar with cases of people taking legal action when they did not suffer any HARM? Ye gods and little fishies.


"you cant always go blaming someone else for YOUR folly"

You see, you really are good at this.

The way you say that, someone would really think that somebody was blaming someone else for their folly.........

Our local McDonald's doesn't sell coffee through drive-through nor does my daughter's local. It would be interesting to see if this is a state or nationwide initiative.

S