Re: Long names are doom ?

[damercer@mmm.com (Dan Mercer)]

In article <9fotpi$4k6$1@nh.pace.co.uk>,
"Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com> writes:
> When I was in kindergarden, the teacher gave us these sage words of advice:
> "Hot things burn. Sharp things cut." You *expect* coffee to be hot - that's
> the point. If it was cold, you would complain. Through your own
> carelessness, a thing expected to be what it is is actually what it is and
> it does you harm.

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Much as I loathe taking this topic farther off-topic

The burden is on the producer to provide the product safely.
McDonalds sold the coffee at the drive through window.  It was
easily foreseeable that the coffee would sometimes spill.  Thus,
they needed to provide it in a safe container (a larger container
partially filled rather than a small container filled to the
brim), provide it with lids less likely to come off,  provide a
carrier, or at very minimum make sure the coffee would not burn. 
McD's failed in all these regards.  Coffee hot enough to cause
3rd degree burns is too hot to drink.  It's deliberately
overheated so it will still be hot when people get it home.
McD's biggest fault was overreaching and taking the lawsuit to
a conclusion.  They could and should have settled out of court for 1/10
the judgement (and no precedent).

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Dan Mercer
damercer@mmm.com


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