Are people really so stupid that they need warning labels on their coffee cups saying that the coffee is hot?!
Answers: If you think that is bad in the UK, milk comes with a warning that it contains milk and egg that they contain egg. The first time I seen it I nearly choked laughing.
Yep, the same people who come on YA and ask "I had sex, could I be pregnant???"
Ah, here's your sign.
Lawyers are so stupid that they sued McDonalds for $Million$ and won because the coffee was hot and there was no warning. That's why we have the warning: lawyers
Have you read very many questions here? People are stupid.
Actually this comes from a specific lawsuit against, if I remember correctly, McDonalds, where a woman was burned because she spilled her coffee and claimed she didn't know it was "hot".
After that the disclaimers appeared, so no one else could at least claim they weren't warned.
A lot of stupid disclaimers arise from lawsuits like that.
Where were you when that lady sued McDonald's over hot coffee? Ha ha ha
All of the warnings out there are because someone didn't know! Like don't use your lawn mower to trip your bushes! REALLY!! Or use the hair drier while sleeping!
Yep, like G U C said, that elderly lady burned her lips and tongue on McD's coffee. She got millions for it.... If I owned an establishment that sold coffee, I'd put it on my cups too. It's better than paying some person who doesn't think fresh coffee is hot, millions!!!!!
You can find the story of the lady who sued McDonalds at http://stellaawards.com/stella.html
Apparently. Sometimes, when I look around, I'm not entirely sure how we survived as a species.
All it takes is one dumb person winning a law suit and suddenly everyone has warning labels to protect themselves from another stupid law suit.
No, blame it on the lawyers.
They only put it because some woman a few years ago said that she drank the coffee as soon as they gave it to her, and it burned her mouth. NO DUH!!!?? is what I think. She was at McDonalds. They got sued and they had to pay money to her. That was stupid, I think, personally, that she was that stupid. I think she did it on purpose to get the money. So now, she McDonald's has to put Caution! Coffee is hot! on their cups. Every other restaurant follows because someone could to the same thing to them. I think that they must be a dumb blonde or something.
yes this is a leagal side of things and as you gain experience
you will understand always cover your butt or have good insurance