Couple Sue McDonald's Over Tough Bagel

AP ^ | February 1, 2003

[Loyalist]

The suit alleges the wife "lost the care, comfort, consortium and society of her husband."

She lost consortium because of his teeth? Some people do strange things in the name of love.

[Post Toasties]

Maybe McDonalds should put a little ice in it for their senior customers.

[Bluntpoint]

I expect that if I shoot my self in the head with a .357 it will probaly kill me. No matter how big the exit wound may well be, I act in a prudent fashion based on my expectation.

I expect coffee to be hot. No matter the ultimate degree, I act in prudent fashion based on my expectation.

[genefromjersey]

Waaah ! The bagel was hard, but he wasn't !!

[DJ Frisat]

"...she never before had a bagel complaint and had no idea how it could have been prepared in a way that would damage teeth."

Only replying to this aspect of the article, not the merit or lack of, of the suit: one way of rendering a bagle inedible is to microwave it on high for a minute or two, then let it cool. Tooth-breaking tough? I don't know, but they sure can get hard!

[joy361]

"yeh, seriously... McD's food hasnt been fit for human consumption for a long... time..."

My dog loves their hamburgers

[Bluntpoint]

Attorneys: Not fit for human conception.

[Political Junkie Too]

I know what's going on.

He thought he was ordering a bagel with a smear, not a bagel with a shmear.

-PJ

[montag813]

"implied warranty that the food sold was reasonably fit for human consumption."

Obviously not fit for consumption by senile retards.

First the granny with the coffee, now these old idiots. I am beginning to think they should introduce "Carousel" a la "Logan's Run" before we are completely overrun by these geezer terrorists.

[bandleader]

What does she mean?Maybe she is married to the wrong guy?If she wants that kind of care,she should be married to Marv Albert!!

[rmmcdaniell]

the difference is this -

you expect a soldering iron to be able to cause 3rd degree burns.

This section from the article seems to refute your claim that people don't expect cofee to be hot.

A spokesman for the National Coffee Association says McDonald's coffee conforms to industry temperature standards. And a spokesman for Mr. Coffee Inc., the coffee-machine maker, says that if customer complaints are any indication, industry settings may be too low - some customers like it hotter. A spokeswoman for Starbucks Coffee Co. adds, "Coffee is traditionally a hot beverage and is served hot and I would hope that this is an isolated incident."

Coffee connoisseur William McAlpin, an importer and wholesaler in Bar Harbor, Maine, who owns a coffee plantation in Costa Rica, says 175 degrees is "probably the optimum temperature, because that's when aromatics are being released.

Hot = burns? Or do I just have more common sense than most?

[Darth Reagan]

As a member of the American Bar Association, I know that this lawsuit is very embarrasing to the bar...or it should be. Every month, the ABA's magazine whines about how lawyers in general have such a bad rap for the actions of a few. Well, if they'd grow some balls and disbar attorneys like this one (assuming there's no rock or something in the bagel), or disbar attorneys like the ones suing McD for making people fat, then maybe the ABA's complaints about an "undeserved" negative reputation could be heard.

But, I expect no action to be taken. I wonder why this lawyer won't return the reporter's phone calls?

[Junior]

I swear, we are a nation of total wooses. And money-hungry wooses at that.

[aruanan]

A couple is suing the franchisee of a McDonald's restaurant, claiming an improperly prepared bagel damaged the husband's teeth and their marriage.

Bogus suit. Years ago I asked my dentist who was crowning one of my molars broken off while eating crunchy trail mix what was the most common thing people were eating when breaking a tooth. He said soft dinner rolls.

[jpl]

My theory is that these accidents are God's way of telling people, "Stop eating at McDonald's, it's extremely bad for you."

[MJM59]

I broke a tooth on a hamburger during a Navy Command lunch. Who can I sue? May be worth half a gazillion dollars:)