Subject: FW: Wow - look who 's obit I read



> Obituary -- Common Sense
>
>
> Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense,
>who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he
>was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red
>tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons
>as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the
>worm, life isn't always fair, and maybe it was my fault.
>
> Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend
>more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not
>children are in charge).
>
> His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well intentioned but
>overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old
>boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens
>suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher
>fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
>
> Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing
>the job they themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly
>children. It declined even further when schools were required to get
>parental consent to administer Aspirin, sun lotion or a sticky plaster
>to a student, but could not inform the parents when a student became
>pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
>
> Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became
>contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better
>treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you
>couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the
>burglar can sue you for assault.
>
> Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed
>to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little
>in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
>
> Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust;
>his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son,
>Reason.

He is survived by three stepbrothers; I Know my Rights, Someone
>Else is to Blame, and I'm a Victim.
>
> Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
>If you still remember him, think of him wisely. If not, join the majority and
>do nothing.
>
> Author unknown

so true.haha.

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> Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed
>to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little
>in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
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The details of that case: http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm

Here is a picture of what McDonald's coffee did to one customer: http://corpreform.typepad.com/corpreform/3rdburn-thumb.jpg

It's no laughing matter, the woman had 3rd degree burns over 6% of her body. McDonalds admitted that their coffee was not fit for consumption when it was served, it was too hot to do anything but severely burn someone. 700 people before the lawsuit was filed had received 3rd degree burns from McDonalds coffee. The woman in question asked for $20,000 to cover her 8 days in the hospital, numerous surgeries and skin grafts. The assault on common sense was commited when McDonalds started serving coffe that was 180 degree and they didn't get sued for 10 years.

I think that the gist of the piece is more about the repetition than the origination. People see that a claim, even if once deserving and authentic, can be used as a monetary gain. What was once legitimate becomes a mockery. Common sense becomes jeopardized when people begin to generalize and use objectivity when subjectivity is in order.

You bring up a good point, Spider, but didn't the customer have enough common sense to know that coffee is hot? Or am I just assuming she wasn't just trying it for the first time, and thus, didn't know?

Is this case the reason McDonald's is now serving "Iced Coffee"--actual product, no joke.

People have been drinking iced coffee for so many years. Yuk, but it is true. I used to serve it when I waited table 30 years ago.
I was in shoch when that lady won that lawsuit. Made me want to go out and spill some on myself.lol I don't know....I like my coffee hot.
Shame of it is: look at the people trying to sue fast food restaurants for making them fat.
Suing them because they get sick from food born illnesses, when we know that food left out too long at the wrong temps can be dangerous; yet we still eat them.
I mean how many of us leave the turkey out at thankgiving and continue to eat it all day long? Bad idea. But, we do it anyway. Whats next? Suing our hosts because we got sick eating dinner left out too long as we all do?
This suing thing is waaaaay out of hand.
Common sense is not that hard.
Kat
Shoula posted this in the "common sense thread"huh?

Oh my GOSG!!! What an idiot. It is the common sense thread.
Kat

"gosh" sorry. I told you "idiot"

Hey, Scatter , where's YER common sense

Thanks for the Thanksgiving turkey idea. Now alls I have to do is get invited to me companies' CEO's house for Turkey day, and I'm in the money! KA-CHING!

Turd..
Kat

Following the links I provided would give a much better picture of that case.

I can see it now. An unprecidented amount of law suits this Thanksgiving.
Kat

I'm not doubting you at all, Spider.

I'm just asking:

Don't people know that coffee is served "hot".

And the way out court system is screwed up these days, I'm suprised this person isn't running McDonalds now.

knoxman,

180 degree coffee isn't considered food, because it cannot be consumed. Normal coffee pots can't keep the coffee at that temperature, because it's not necessary. The coffee wasn't that far from the boiling point. The lady was trying to take the lid off to put in the cream and sugar and the cup spilled into her lap. Her thighs and groin were covered in 3rd degree burns. McDonalds lost because they weren't serving food. They admitted in court that their coffee could NOT be consumed by humans when they served it. But I'm done talking about it, highlight the links above, click Ctrl+C and put your cursor into the address bar and click Ctrl+V. It will only take a second and you can read a legal resource on the case and also see a picture of someone's leg after they dropped McDonald's coffee on it.

It is bad that someone receives burns in any fashion, but I have also been burned by coffee in my own home. VERY HOT! I own one of those BUNN coffee makers. Also a perolator pot. That coffee is so so hot in those machines.
But, how much did she get? Too much. There needs to be a cap on these kinds of suits. If she had to have skin graphs and surgery, then more money.
If we are to get rich, lets do it honestly.

My little sister was burned in the bathtub when she was 18 months old. We were at the babysitters and she was left alone briefly. She stood up and grabbed the hot water handle and it turned. She was scalded. She died form those wounds. Sue the water tank company? Remember how those old water tanks used to work? Sue the babysitter? Sue the water knob company?
In this world of lawsuits, I guess that answer would have been yes by many.
Kat

kat the woman was elderly and even though she got a 3 million dollar judgement she did not ask for that much and the judge reduced it to 1oo grand.

I know cute. It just apalls me the way most people cry fowl when there is money in it. I am not sure how old she was. I feel bad for her. It just bothers me that so many jump on the band wagon, you know?
That was a landmark case, and I assume it will never happen again. Unless you can find a finger in it.lol

I really wasn't digging at her. But the suing for everything, thing.
Kat

We don't know the final outcome, it was a secret deal. If you bought a icecream cone and took and bite and found that the icecream had been mixed with lye, you would be right in sueing, lye is not food. 180 degree coffee is also not food. I hate frivolous lawsuits as much as anyone else and the facts of the case show that this clearly isn't a frivolous lawsuit.

She should have went to the Bojangles I did. They handed me my coffee and I could feel it was through that thin styrofoam cup, so I said to the girl at the drive-thru, This coffee feels cold.
She said, it is we turned off the coffee pot an hour ago!

I was pissed and said why are you selling it to me then?!
I didnt ask for cold cofee and now your wanting me to pay for it! Blah blah blah. I can get pretty mean at times.

My point is that if I could feel the temp of that coffee through the cup, why couldnt the woman that sued mickey Dees?

Espeacially if it was that hot! Those cups are not that thick or that insulated. If she knew it was hot, then didnt she have the last chance to avoid the accident? There is a statement in the law concerning the last one with an oppurtunity to avoid the accident being at fault!

If the coffee was allowed to cool wouldnt it still be considered food?