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Teen hospitalised after injecting himself with mercury in attempt to become X-Men hero
submitted 10 months ago by [deleted] from ladbible.com
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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 10 months ago (12 children)
And none of them would have been prevented by having a label on it saying 'hot'.
[–]Zapped 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (3 children)
It was more than that. I thought the lawsuit was stupid until I heard the details. McDonald's heated the coffee as hot as they could so it would be too hot to drink while you were eating in the dining area. This saved a ton of money on refills. McDonald's knew that their coffee was dangerously hot just to make a bigger profit.
[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (0 children)
Yup, the other coffee sellers were all selling at least 20 degrees cooler, which is a drinkable temperature.
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (1 child)
Hmm. I always assumed a hot drink would be made with boiling water, as we all do at home or at work using a kettle every single day. Common sense suggests that a hot drink would be hot, as in likely above 60 degrees Celsius but up to 90 degrees, these would obviously cause burns if spilt.
Wait...US McDonald's do refills??? Maybe that's where they've been going wrong. Never seen a refill anywhere in Europe.
[–]KyleIsThisTall 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (0 children)
Free refills of any drink was common at restaurants in the USA at the time.
[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (7 children)
How many have been burned since they put that on? Perhaps the stupid teenagers handing it to you are more cautious with it because of that label.
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (6 children)
If you need to be taught that a hot drink is hot, perhaps even low skilled server work is too risky, they'd be better off in a facility for learning disabilities.
[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (5 children)
It feels like you're arguing with me, and I don't understand why - they burned people, changed the labels, turned it down 20 degrees, and probably had some training with their new hires, and now the problem is gone. The hot drink is hot label is a legal reminder of their own corporate stupidity, but it also makes people more careful with what they are handling.
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (4 children)
I don't feel that we should pander to foolishness.
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (3 children)
Who pandered to anything? A company got into legal trouble and stopped burning their customers.
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (2 children)
Placing excessively common-sense warnings on every arbitrary task is ridiculous. It's a very American answer to something which isn't even a problem in the rest of the world. It's not stopping people from being burned, it's stopping companies being sued by customers who are incapable of existing without hurting themselves or others.
So what do you suggest next? Labelling mercury "do not inject to become Wolverine"?
How many have been burned by the coffee since?
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 10 months ago (0 children)
Don't be so naive. People will always be burned by coffee. People who are allergic to nuts will continue to accidentally eat nuts even though it says "warning, contains nuts", people will continue to walk into traffic even though it says "don't walk", and people who buy a hot drink will continue to accidentally spill it on themselves even though it says "warning, hot". Putting labels and warning signs on things doesn't stop things from happening, it absolves those who might be held liable from liability.
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