Gagz 2,580 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 WELL SAID People are ridiculous if they actually think she's going to win this case. The article doesn't even say she's pressing charges. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Ambition 47,805 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 The article doesn't even say she's pressing charges. Ok lol "if she sued" is that better? ▌│█║▌║▌║ before I am Canadian, I am Chromatican ║▌║▌║█│▌ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonna Lee 384 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 “Canadians are more practically minded,†Merkur said. “We don’t have wacky jury awards like the United States.†:megaflop: :megaflop: :megaflop: i like it when u treat me mean it turns my mood from black to blue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman 6,252 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 It's not Tim Horton's fault, she chose to purchase a beverage and once it is in her hands it's her problem to deal with. I understand why you think this, but it's not that simple. Taking things like this at face value isn't always the best to do - allow me to elaborate. If they served her a drink that hot though than they can be held responsible. Hot beverages shouldn't be served hot enough to cause 2nd degree burns to skin - imagine if she went and just drank a large sip of it, her mouth and internals could be burned even worse. It's similar to if there is a recall on a product - if you get hurt using it, it is the manufacturers fault, not yours. Let's say you bought a blender and it had a defect [that the manufacturer knew about] that caused it to shatter into glass shards hurting you - if you were told it was your problem because the product was in your hands now and not the manufacturers how would you feel? They knowingly sold you a product you could get hurt using the way it was intended, so why would it be your fault if you got hurt using it that exact way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry 2,374 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 i thought it was gonna be this tea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Draco 2,531 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I understand why you think this, but it's not that simple. Taking things like this at face value isn't always the best to do - allow me to elaborate. If they served her a drink that hot though than they can be held responsible. Hot beverages shouldn't be served hot enough to cause 2nd degree burns to skin - imagine if she went and just drank a large sip of it, her mouth and internals could be burned even worse. It's similar to if there is a recall on a product - if you get hurt using it, it is the manufacturers fault, not yours. Let's say you bought a blender and it had a defect [that the manufacturer knew about] that caused it to shatter into glass shards hurting you - if you were told it was your problem because the product was in your hands now and not the manufacturers how would you feel? They knowingly sold you a product you could get hurt using the way it was intended, so why would it be your fault if you got hurt using it that exact way? Your blender example is a totally different situation than purchasing a hot beverage. What happened to her was an accident caused by her boyfriend, not an employee. Therefore, I feel like her and her boyfriend are to be held accountable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman 6,252 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Your blender example is a totally different situation than purchasing a hot beverage. What happened to her was an accident caused by her boyfriend, not an employee. Therefore, I feel like her and her boyfriend are to be held accountable. The tea shouldn't have been hot enough to cause 2nd degree burns though. It's not able to be consumed at a temperature that hot without causing serious damage though - that's the point. If it was served at a temperature that was hot but cool enough to drink than she wouldn't have been burned even with her boyfriend spilling it on her. The spill is their fault - but a spill doesn't cause burns - the tea served at that tempertature caused the burns. While this case is not the same as the McDonalds Coffee case for many reasons - I suggest watching the documentary "Hot Coffee", it covers the coffee case and a couple of other cases. It's a good documentary, while the US court system is different from Canada, you can still get a better idea of cases like this overall and the circumstances leading up to them. Cases like this always appear very black and white at first - but there is almost always a lot more too them than it appears and the documentary does a good job of explaining it all. Here is a Youtube link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByeBye49 161 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 The title is killing me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maleficent 6 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I thought you meant tea leaves as in actual leaves used in the process of making tea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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