It's hard to believe people like this lady really exist:
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Fmeh Tagore
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09-04-2006 18:30
From: Chip Midnight When I'm served a beverage I expect to be able to consume it immediately without suffering grievous injury. So, would you expect to be able to immediately consume "baked spaghetti" from a restaurant when you can still hear it sizzling when they bring it to you? Would you expect to be able to eat the fajita meat off the sizzling burner? Would you expect to be able to touch the sizzling burner without getting burned? How about pizza that just came out of the oven? How about many types of food that are nice and fresh off the grill--heck how about a just-made hamburger? Do you actually expect to be able to eat all those things right away, or do you assume that they may have to cool down a little first? How about some soup? If a restaurant is serving soup that you can eat right away, it's a big surprise that you aren't getting food poisoning! I refuse to come back (as in, being a repeat guest) to restaurants that serve food that isn't piping hot--it either shows laziness on the waiting staff or negligence on behalf of the cook/s, and I really don't want to get food poisoning--I've had it before, and it's not fun, and it's pretty much been at restaurants that DIDN'T serve the food piping hot.
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Colette Meiji
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09-04-2006 18:32
One thing about ordering cofee in a drive thru is you get it in a $0.02 cheapo cup.
Had Mcdonalds invested in something that actually had been tested as reasonbly spill proof the number of injuries, and potentially the severe ones of the Near legendary Mcdonnalds coffee lady wouldnt have happeend.
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Jopsy Pendragon
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09-04-2006 22:56
From: Fmeh Tagore So, would you expect to be able to immediately consume "baked spaghetti" from a restaurant when you can still hear it sizzling when they bring it to you? Would you expect to be able to eat the fajita meat off the sizzling burner? Would you expect to be able to touch the sizzling burner without getting burned? How about pizza that just came out of the oven? How about many types of food that are nice and fresh off the grill--heck how about a just-made hamburger? Do you actually expect to be able to eat all those things right away, or do you assume that they may have to cool down a little first? How about some soup? If a restaurant is serving soup that you can eat right away, it's a big surprise that you aren't getting food poisoning! I refuse to come back (as in, being a repeat guest) to restaurants that serve food that isn't piping hot--it either shows laziness on the waiting staff or negligence on behalf of the cook/s, and I really don't want to get food poisoning--I've had it before, and it's not fun, and it's pretty much been at restaurants that DIDN'T serve the food piping hot. There's a reasonable amount of risk associated with everything, even tepid tap water. I have, in my clumsy past, spilled fresh coffee on myself more than once and while it was VERY uncomfortable it didn't cause my 3rd degree burns. Sure hot things should be served hot... but not so much so that contact with it requires hospitalization afterwards. Sure I've burned myself on hot food, in one case with a particularly oily and just-out-of-the-oven stromboli it got to 2nd degree burns. But 3rd? Come on... that's absurd. -- Did you have the sides of your mouth sliced open by one of our spoons? That's not our fault! Our customers want sharpness! We file down the edges of our spoons to razer fine goodness... for your pleasure! |
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Fmeh Tagore
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09-04-2006 23:32
From: someone A spokesman for the National Coffee Association says McDonald's coffee conforms to industry temperature standards. And a spokesman for Mr. Coffee Inc., the coffee-machine maker, says that if customer complaints are any indication, industry settings may be too low - some customers like it hotter. A spokeswoman for Starbucks Coffee Co. adds, "Coffee is traditionally a hot beverage and is served hot and I would hope that this is an isolated incident."
Coffee connoisseur William McAlpin, an importer and wholesaler in Bar Harbor, Maine, who owns a coffee plantation in Costa Rica, says 175 degrees is "probably the optimum temperature, because that's when aromatics are being released. Once the aromas get in your palate, that is a large part of what makes the coffee a pleasure to drink." Now, on that same site, http://www.vanfirm.com/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit.htm it talked about many other things, as well as on http://www.centerjd.org/free/mythbusters-free/MB_mcdonalds.htm --and it described in more detail the side of the story I was originally unwilling to look at. It does seem like something valid to some degree, but then again, what of the other places that sell coffee that have it at the same temperatures? I guess that's my biggest question. I regret bringing up the McDonald's coffee incident now, because my main point was the fact that there are a lot of people who try to sue companies for ridiculous reasons.
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Chip Midnight
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09-05-2006 00:22
From: Fmeh Tagore I regret bringing up the McDonald's coffee incident now, because my main point was the fact that there are a lot of people who try to sue companies for ridiculous reasons. Yeah, definitely, and in general I agree with you. People sue (and call 911) over some seriously stupid shit. I've just always felt the McDonald's case was justified. Getting coffee while it's "releasing aromatics" is lovely and all, but it's not worth skin grafts on my crotch. 
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Billybob Goodliffe
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09-05-2006 07:46
this whole thread reminds me of those stupid warning labels, especially the mistranslated ones
this on came from a box of knives
"do not leave in child"
on a hairdryer
"do not use in the shower" whats the point of drying your hair IN THE SHOWER?
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Kris Ritter
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09-05-2006 07:55
From: Billybob Goodliffe this whole thread reminds me of those stupid warning labels, especially the mistranslated ones
this on came from a box of knives
"do not leave in child" Are you sure it said "Do not leave in child"? I would have thought "Do not leave in reach of a child". Admittedly, leaving your knives in your child is also not good practice. |
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Billybob Goodliffe
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09-05-2006 07:56
it was mistranslated from I think Korean to english
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Olympia Rebus
Muse of Chaos
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09-05-2006 08:08
I got one of those Glade air freashener/nightlight combo which warned. "Do not use on or in bed". On bed? In bed? It did not, however, warn to keep it out of kitchen appliances. Maybe I'll take it for a spin in the microwave and sue if the house blows up.  |
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Devlin Gallant
Thought Police
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09-05-2006 11:06
From: Jopsy Pendragon (finally listened to the clip)
I'm 99% convinced this is a spoof.
I can't imagine anyone at 911 wasting that much time or suggesting a course of action, once, much less twice.
The few times I've heard that anyone inappropriately dialed 911 for non-life threatening issues they were told to call the police department at their non-emergency number.
It is still rather funny though.
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You're here to protect me!
I pay taxes, therefore you work for me! I would be willing to bet the 911 operator was expecting to hear that the argument the lady was talking about had escalated to a crime of some sort.
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Jopsy Pendragon
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09-05-2006 12:13
From: Billybob Goodliffe this whole thread reminds me of those stupid warning labels, especially the mistranslated ones
this on came from a box of knives
"do not leave in child"
on a hairdryer
"do not use in the shower" whats the point of drying your hair IN THE SHOWER? My all time favorite consumer warning, which became my email .sig for years was: WARNING: Do not swallow battery!
In case of accidental battery injestion, call 1-800-...-....
WARNING: Do not swallow the battery door!
-- page 2 of the (long since bought out and renamed company)'s Alpha-Numeric Pager manual. (circa 1993)
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Joy Honey
Not just another dumass
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09-05-2006 12:17
http://www.snopes.com/crime/cops/burger.aspFrom: someone Since the question on everyone's minds is "Is this for real?" we called the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) and spoke to a couple of folks at the Public Affairs Office. They were a bit busy to speak with us at length (evidently matters such as homicides and escaped prisoners take priority over media inquiries about irate fast food patrons), but they told us the recording is an actual call that was handled by an OCSD dispatcher about two years ago.
We're leaving this entry's status as "undetermined" because the fact that the recording is genuine doesn't necessarily mean it was on the level. Was the caller really a harried mother with an overinflated sense of entitlement, or was she a prankster pulling one over on the sheriff's department for the sake of a laugh? Since no one responded to the call, we may never know.
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Jenna Marlowe
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09-05-2006 13:43
From: Billybob Goodliffe on a hairdryer
"do not use in the shower" whats the point of drying your hair IN THE SHOWER? Saves time. SRSLY.
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Alex Fitzsimmons
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09-05-2006 15:17
From: Jopsy Pendragon There's a reasonable amount of risk associated with everything, even tepid tap water.
I have, in my clumsy past, spilled fresh coffee on myself more than once and while it was VERY uncomfortable it didn't cause my 3rd degree burns.
Sure hot things should be served hot... but not so much so that contact with it requires hospitalization afterwards.
Sure I've burned myself on hot food, in one case with a particularly oily and just-out-of-the-oven stromboli it got to 2nd degree burns.
But 3rd? Come on... that's absurd. Exactly! It is absurd for coffee to be that hot, and yet it was, as is factually established. So then you do understand the problem and why the McDonald's suit was justified. Glad you came around. As for the 9-1-1 call in this case, if it is genuine, that woman is ridiculous, but ... in this environment of overconsumption and overentitlement, I am not as surprised as I feel I ought to be.
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