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Good point.

Also when did everybody start expecting perfect safety and no risk in every aspect of their lives? No risks, perfect safety, no danger is a fantasy and a luxury. It's OK if life has risks and is imperfect. It's called life 101.

10 posted on 02/19/2006 3:54:05 AM PST by garyhope (Peace through superior firepower, A-10's, C-130 gunships, rational thought and pragmatism.)

Also when did everybody start expecting perfect safety and no risk in every aspect of their lives?

I don't think it's about eliminating all risks but about eliminating risks that we know about. It wouldn't take a gargantuan expenditure of money, for example, to post a cardboard sign stating that "Fries Contain Gluten" if they indeed do have it.

One thing to remember is that even at common law (in 1600s England), inkeepers had a heightened duty of care toward their patrons. The idea that a resteraunteur has a duty to a customer isn't that new.