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Lady: Get your head out of your ass!
- Thread starter S.O.B.
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Oh, the joys of being shown on video picking through the 34" bargain bin. She must have thought it said 43.
Ya, even granny panties look like a thong when they're holding on for dear life.
Man... I need to stop having sex with fat chicks.
Trainwreck
Got a little captain in ya?
Fat chicks need lovin' too...But they gotta pay!
VIZKRIEG
KILL
While I definitely agree that there are two sides to every story, this is still ridiculous. Regardless of her age, or whathaveyou, a customer bought coffee, and spilled it on herself. If the cup failed and the coffee came out of the bottom, that is one thing. But I feel secure in saying that the expectation of any normal person when we purchase coffee is that it will be hot, or we will be pissed because its cold (Ice coffee and other variations aside, of course). All in all, I don't see the complaint.
This really is a reflection on American society. No one takes responsibility for anything anymore, least of all their own actions. I was in Ireland in 2005, and I visited the Cliffs of Moher http://www.cliffsofmoher.ie/. These cliffs are over 700 feet above the surf at their base. I think I saw one sign and there was a small stone wall. If those cliffs were in CONUS, there would be fences, people walking around, signs and placards, etc. Its just a difference in culture, and I for one think that is a big problem with Americans in general right now.
/Threadjack
OK, everyone here is missing the main point of this story. The clip said she was trying on the thongs. TRYING ON THONGS??? WTF?? As a female that shops at victoria secret (not for grannie panties), I am astounded that people actually TRY ON thongs. ew. ew ew ew.
For all the ladies, or the men whose ladies drag them to the store - here is the thong purchase procedure:
1. Pick out thong
2. Hold thong up and decide if it will fit
3. Buy thong
4. Take thong home
5. Wash thong
6. Try thong on
Its two fricking strings sewn together. We arent talking about jeans that make your ass look fat. Only your ass will make your ass look fat in a thong.
Excuse me while I go yak...
For all the ladies, or the men whose ladies drag them to the store - here is the thong purchase procedure:
1. Pick out thong
2. Hold thong up and decide if it will fit
3. Buy thong
4. Take thong home
5. Wash thong
6. Try thong on
Its two fricking strings sewn together. We arent talking about jeans that make your ass look fat. Only your ass will make your ass look fat in a thong.
Excuse me while I go yak...
Only?????? What a joke. Who would she have blamed if she spilled hot coffee on herself while making it at home, the company who made the coffee pot? Or would she have called her home owner's insurance company? Like most in here have said, people like this are out to point the finger at everyone else. Unless the employee actually spilled it on her in the exchange, or, like VIZKRIEG mentioned previously, the cup was defective and it fell through the bottom, she is the one responsible. But then again, no one is responsible for for their own actions anymore.
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Man... I need to stop having sex with fat chicks.
Something tells me that's all you're getting.
The bigger fact here is that SHE was trying on thongs. She looks like she belongs in a Lane Bryant, not a Victoria Secret!!
Anyone who tries on a thong in a store deserves to be poked in the eyeball. That is just nasty.
CDOG is right. One point that needs to be made clear is that Mcdonalds 180 degree coffee is ludicrously hot. Nobody can drink coffee that hot. Mcdonalds brewed it that hot so that it stayed warmer longer than its competitors. As somebody who routinely spills coffee on himself while driving to work in a country with one of the highest accident rates in the world I sympathize with the lady. Luckily the coffee I make is nowhere near that hot.
Not completely true. Coffee is supposed to be brewed at 200 degrees plus or minus five. Bunn recommends SERVING coffee as hot as 175 degrees and no lower then 155 degrees. The lady got bad burns because she was wearing tight sweat pants and the hot coffee was up against her skin for a prolonged time. It would not have burned like it did if she was wearing something less absorb and or tight fitting. There are two sides to a story. You just have to make sure you get the complete story in both cases. MacDonalds was not out of the norm here. All you folks that go to Starbucks and suck down a Venti check the temp of their stuff.
MasterBates
Well-Known Member
58Driver is a CHICK?
That is the most shocking thing so far in this thread. I never had guessed that.
58Driver is a CHICK?
Always on the prowl for the next ex-Mrs. Bates?
Standby for threadjack While it might not be as egregious as urban myth makes it out to be, I take issue with the conclusion it was an example of corporate unresponsiveness. You claim MacDonald's was unresponsive by not paying her $11,000. First, to come to that conclusion you have to believe MacDonald's was liable and the only issue was damages. Some lady gets hurt and MacDonald's has to pay just because it was only $11,000? When a claim a liability is made in a lawsuit the defendant must evaluate his position. Either they believe they made a mistake and are liable, or they arn't. If the company determines they are liable paying the claim is a moral decision and the right one. Even when the decision is made to pay there is often an argument over how much to pay and they go to court anyway. If the company determines they are not liable they may still pay the claim and make it go away. That is a business decision. It has nothing to do with right or wrong. The calculas is that it is cheaper to pay the plaintiff then defend the case in court. If you make a habit of that though you have other consequences. First, you invite more lawsuits. You also hurt the image of the company in both customer and investor eyes and you can hurt employee moral. The employees involved are tainted with negligence just for following company rules. That is why lots of companies and governmental entities spend many thousands of dollars to defend cases worth much less. So, you say MacDonald's was mean and unresponsive because they didn't fork over just $11,000 of share holder money and admit that their employees actions were responsible for burning a little old lady. I suggest that MacDonald's was very responsive to the long term interests of its share holders and the reputation of it's employees and service. You are free to disagree with MacDonald's actions or even the reduced award. But the vast majority of Americans think this lawsuit was ridiculous and that it should have never been brought regardless of the award amount. That puts MacDonald's handling of the case in line with public opinion, clearly not as egregious as you suggest.