sharlayan
sharlayan t1_iyd0a5m wrote
Reply to comment by humanesadness in Woman sues Kraft for $5 million, saying Velveeta microwave mac and cheese takes longer to make than advertised by 08830
And they are extremely heavily regulated as a result of this
sharlayan t1_iycogj4 wrote
Reply to comment by humanesadness in Woman sues Kraft for $5 million, saying Velveeta microwave mac and cheese takes longer to make than advertised by 08830
It was proven during the trial that if the coffee was even just 30 degrees cooler, she would have had exponentially more time to remove the pants that had covered her legs in the coffee. 190F is damn near boiling point, and McDonald's excuse that they wanted the coffee to be warm for a customer's trip was rendered moot by the fact that it was found most of them drank the coffee immediately. She was also far from the only one to have gotten hurt from their coffee. Her case was just the most severe.
She had 3 seconds before her skin was badly burnt. If the coffee was 160F like what many other places serve their coffee at, she could have had up to 20 seconds, which is a world of difference when you're trying to pull your pants down.
Oil companies and Tabacco companies don't actively set out to kill their customers, though neither does McDonald's. It's very understood that Tabacco causes many health problems, and people that smoke understand this. Its not expected that hot coffee is gonna scald your legs beyond recognition in 3 seconds because you spilled it on yourself.
sharlayan t1_iyajin5 wrote
Reply to comment by nothansff in Woman sues Kraft for $5 million, saying Velveeta microwave mac and cheese takes longer to make than advertised by 08830
That's very true, all she wanted was payment for what was millions of dollars of medical debt and she got a smear campaign rallied against her for years
sharlayan t1_iy9s1x9 wrote
Reply to comment by herewego199209 in Woman sues Kraft for $5 million, saying Velveeta microwave mac and cheese takes longer to make than advertised by 08830
The coffee was so hot she had third degree burns on her legs and needed tons of surgeries and skin grafts. This was actually warranted in her case
sharlayan t1_iy9rxsi wrote
Reply to Woman sues Kraft for $5 million, saying Velveeta microwave mac and cheese takes longer to make than advertised by 08830
I really do wish we actually followed penalties for frivolous lawsuits
sharlayan t1_itzncxe wrote
Reply to comment by Vicith in TIL that Hachiko, the dog famous for waiting for his owner for years after the owner's death, was stuffed and put into a museum by Yurekuu
According to Wikipedia, his remains were cremated and left to rest next to his owner, but his fur was stuffed. So I guess they skinned him after he died?
sharlayan t1_j1juvm2 wrote
Reply to At least 9 dead as massive winter storm leaves more than a million without power and bitter cold across much of US | CNN by bobybobobo
In Atlanta. We have a ton of places with pipes bursting because the sprinkler systems aren't built to withstand this sort of cold, so people are just getting their apartments destroyed all over.