Maybe a "menu non-edible" as well?
"Nobody told me a spiky plant would hurt! It's like that lady who wasn't told her hot coffee would be hot!"
To be fair she did have a valid claim. By company policy the coffee was supposed be served at 180-190 degrees Fahrenheit. (Other establishments serve their coffee at a much lower temperature and even at home most people serve coffee at around 150 degrees.) At that temperature spilled coffee will cause 3rd degree burns after 2 to 7 seconds of exposure. Coffee should not cause 3rd degree burns. Heck, at that temperature you cannot even drink it without seriously burning your mouth. Additionally McDonalds had been cited over 700 times for burns caused by their coffee over the course of 10 years and they did nothing to remedy the situation. They really were negligent in that regard.
Also, the woman in question did not sue for millions of dollars. She initially only sought money to cover her medical expenses (something $10,000 to cover money she had already spent plus an addiitonal $15,000 for expected other expenses). McDonalds instead offered her $800! Only after that did she seek higher amounts, first $100,000 and then $300,000, both of which McDonald's rejected. After the case it was the jury who awarded her $2.7 million in punitive damages. A judge later reduced it to $480,000 (plus $160,000 in compensatory damages for a total of $640,000). McDonald's later appealed and and the two parties settled out of court.
If this guy wins his court case, I'm coming over to US restaurants and make loads of money by ordering clams and eating their shells.
Thank you for revealing your plan! I will implement it before you even buy your plane ticket!
I don't think I would sue though.
I admit, I had no idea how to eat an artichoke before reading the article. But I do know that if it hurts to eat it, you don't eat it. I accidentally got a barnacle shell once, but only once and it was no big deal.
As for the coffee thing, it's not such a small deal as people make it out to be, but it was outlined above. Yes, we have an overly litigious society. The coffee thing is not a symptom of it, however.
And honestly.. if they give you something in a high-class restaurants that is borderline inedible, wouldn't you start by complaining about the terrible food you were given (that was probably damn expensive as well) before you started to voraciously devour something that hurt with every bite?
I don't know about other people but if I go to a good restaurant, I except to be served things that are actually pleasant to eat...
(Also I like blue cheese on occasion)
I thought this was why lobster and crab are concidered delicacies. Because the shells are so difficult to eat that only the rich can feed their kids lobsters early in life so they can get use to eating the it.
Actually overhere, not too long ago Lobster was "commonfolk" food. Because it was 1 plentiful, and 2 it's a bottom feeding animal.
And you don't eat the shell of a crab..... wtf?
I thought this was why lobster and crab are concidered delicacies. Because the shells are so difficult to eat that only the rich can feed their kids lobsters early in life so they can get use to eating the it.
Actually overhere, not too long ago Lobster was "commonfolk" food. Because it was 1 plentiful, and 2 it's a bottom feeding animal.
And you don't eat the shell of a crab..... wtf?
First, watchout, that acronym was MODed in the OMG thread.
Second, you are taking my joke way to seriously.
It seemed to me that that acronym was MODed not because of what it stands for but for its usage.
So using the f word with woman is the same sentences is a bad thing? Where is the world going?
To me it seems the acronym was removed because the original poster was openly questioning the actions of the moderators for locking a questionable thread and had absolutely nothing to do with the sex of the mod.