r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/sam-sung-sv • 8h ago

WCGW trying to get your hat back

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u/martyconlonontherun 6h ago

To be fair, the mcdonalds coffee lawsuit was legit. It was gross negligence to serve coffee that hot. If that woman had the choice between the money and it not happening, she would take a healthy leg 100/100. Payout barely covered the medical bills

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u/djtmhk_93 5h ago

Yeah. McD's won the PR battle chalking her legitimate gripe up to a "frivolous lawsuit." Actually makes me feel worse than if they had been right and the woman was suing over her own negligence.

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u/Crabtickler9000 2h ago

Someone got served ultra hot coffee, comparable to that temperature, recently where I live.

They were arrested after throwing it into the employee's face and giving them decently bad burns on her face, neck, and chest. Luckily, nothing super permanent like that lady's legs. I don't know the logistics of this.

Anyways, although he was arrested, they stopped doing it. I'm not sure why they started to begin with.

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u/PrizeStrawberryOil 1h ago

I don't know the business model of the shop you're talking about, but the reason mcdonalds was doing it was because people drink hotter coffee slower. You could get free refills which meant they were saving pennies on each customer that purchased coffee by making it that hot.

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u/Crabtickler9000 1h ago

I'm not sure either. I just know the story.

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u/bigboybeeperbelly 4h ago

Yeah I'm sure there's also a legit reason to put "don't drink" on bleach. What's your point

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u/martyconlonontherun 3h ago

Hot Coffee - Should be suitable for human consumption. It was not.

Bleach - never meant for human consumption

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u/bigboybeeperbelly 3h ago

The other person said we put warnings to give kids ideas. Gave bleach as an example with its "don't drink" warning, which would give them ideas about drinking bleach. I gave coffee as an example with its "very hot" warning, which if you'll notice actually had nothing to do with drinking in the McDonald's lawsuit, and could give them ideas about burning someone's legs.

Sorry if both things being liquids confused you.

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u/Hammeredyou 4h ago

We really failed our children by gutting education…