Re: Meade Bashing

From: Jon Isaacs (jonisaacs_at_aol.com)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: 26 Oct 2004 16:16:46 GMT

>Though I retract my "insane" generalisation in this case. My
>sympathies obviously lie with the victim and her terrible injuries. I
>still maintain that one should beware of one's own actions. Coffee is
>by its very nature hot. >One takes simple precautions against burns and
>scalds.

There is a difference between being "hot" and being unreasonably hot.

> The source of the coffee is not the problem.

The source of the coffee is the problem. Other vendors had the good sense to
take precaution against burning and scalding their customers by making sure the
coffee was served at a temperature that would not scald them.

>It is always the
>consumer's responsibilty to use a product safely.

Its is also the vendor's responsibility to assure that the product is delivered
in a safe manner.

The temperature which this coffee was poured at was 45 degrees above the
temperature McDonalds acknowledged was capable of causing burns and scalds.

That is not a safe practice IMHO.

Jon Isaacs

Relevant Pages

  • Re: OT Humour, The Stella Awards
    ... > *All* commercial brewers of coffee make it in accordance with National ... > Coffee Institute standards. ... >> any such machines with dials that let the owner set the temperature. ... > Nice try, Bill. ...
    (sci.med.cardiology)
  • Re: Crackin this market
    ... measurement doesn't include heating of the coffee cake. ... insert that collects the hot water and directs it to an inlline filter ... the pressure buildup and flowrate ... it does a better job of measureing water temperature as it leaves the ...
    (alt.coffee)
  • Re: Crackin this market
    ... measurement doesn't include heating of the coffee cake. ... insert that collects the hot water and directs it to an inlline filter ... the pressure buildup and flowrate ... it does a better job of measureing water temperature as it leaves the ...
    (alt.coffee)
  • Re: Unbelieveable - could only happen in America
    ... into customers' laps when they are going through the drive through. ... It was coffee. ... McDonald's franchises have settled from burns "and injuries" (what else ... temperature is that their customers like it that way. ...
    (rec.gambling.poker)
  • Re: Gunners sig line
    ... The McDonalds coffee was at something like ... >reason to expect that McDonalds can boil water at a lower temperature? ...
    (rec.crafts.metalworking)