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• Assman@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Look I probably hate McDonald’s more than any of you but as I see it:

  • the woman ordered coffee in the drive thru in a vehicle with no cup holders
  • held the cup between her knees rather than, ya know, placing it on a flat surface
  • spilled the coffee on herself while taking off the lid

  White McDonald’s:

  • made the coffee too hot

  It’s clear after the case that McDonald’s coffee was exceptionally hot, but there was clearly an irresponsible chain of decisions that led to her getting burnt.

  The jury found that McDonald’s was 80% responsible. I just think it’s more like 50%.

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  • mipadaitu@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Too bad you weren’t on the jury, because you could have been educated on the situation and have a valid opinion on the subject.

    Or you could actually look up real information and find out what exactly McDonald’s was being punished for, and how they exacerbated the situation over and over.

    Safety standards are not created with the expectation that everyone else acts perfectly safely, safety standards are designed that people can have accidents and not be maimed due to cost cutting from a giant, multinational corporation. McDonald’s deserves that judgement, the media demonized the victim, and you are perpetuating that myth.

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  • jkrtn@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Your comments are like when a schoolchild who hasn’t read the assigned material has to present in front of the class.

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  • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The coffee was hot enough to cause serious burns and fused her labia together and required skin grafts.

    I’ve spilled freshly brewed coffee on myself at home and while it burned, I did not need any medical attention.

    The woman did nothing wrong. The product sold by McDonald’s was purposely overly dangerous. Had she known it was that fucking hot, she probably wouldn’t have put it between her legs. McDonald’s did not properly indicate that their coffee was abnormally hot to the point of causing severe safety risks.

    It’s like if I buy my fifth alcoholic drink in a night, and the bartender gives me straight everclear to drink. I know I’m taking a risk by having another drink, but I’m not expecting to drink nearly pure alcohol and get alcohol poisoning from it.

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  • magnusrufus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Your user name is appropriate, but probably not the way you intended.

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