I think A BUDGET SHOP COLA Poisoned me and my mam, but don't want it to be libelous

elfen

Right OP....Cola is very unlikely to give you poisoning...and because of the bottle size and seal, would be very hard to have tampered with it, unless there is a rodent infestation at either the warehouse of your local Aldi's storerooms(which, of course, would also need to be proved)

If you want to try and pin the blame on the cola, you NEED to phone Environmental Health, tell them what has happened. Then, get a plastic tub and get a "sample" of your "leavings". Rubber gloves would be good too. Get EH or someone well in your house to take the bottle of cola AND the sample to them, so it can be tested. Either way, you'll get your answer.

Also, on the laundry front, it'll only get replaced if there is conclusive evidence that Aldi are responsible, which I'm doubting. And the need to go quickly....Get a bucket, put it by the bed, and if you need to go, go in that as an emergency measure, then go to the bathroom, rinse out (down the loo please) and then go on the loo as an extra measure (Considering a couple of weeks ago I was sh*tting that much it was like I was !!!!ing out of my !!!! I don't think that could really be beaten.)

mookiandco

One of the most famous legal cases which established 'the duty of care' principle involves a decomposed snail in a bottle of ginger beer. These are the facts of the case:

On the evening of Sunday 26 August 1928 May Donoghue, n!e M’Alister, boarded a tram in Glasgow for the thirty-minute journey to Paisley. At around ten minutes to nine, she and a friend took their seats in the Wellmeadow Caf! in the town's Wellmeadow Place. They were approached by the caf! owner, Francis Minchella, and Donoghue's friend ordered and paid for a pear and ice and an ice-cream drink. The owner brought the order and poured part of a bottle of ginger beer into a tumbler containing ice cream. Donoghue drank some of the contents and her friend lifted the bottle to pour the remainder of the ginger beer into the tumbler. It was claimed that the remains of a snail in a state of decomposition dropped out of the bottle into the tumbler. Donoghue later complained of stomach pain and her doctor diagnosed her as having gastroenteritis and being in a state of severe shock.
On 9 April 1929, Donoghue brought an action against David Stevenson, an aerated water manufacturer in Paisley, in which she claimed £500 as damages for injuries sustained by her through drinking ginger beer which had been manufactured by him. The case was ultimately settled out of court and the facts were never established in a court of law.
The identity of Donoghue's friend is unknown, but that person is referred to as "she" in the case reports (including the first paragraph of the judgment of Lord MacMillan in the House of Lords). Other factual uncertainties include whether the animal (if it existed) was a snail or a slug, whether the bottle contained ginger beer or some other beverage (as 'ginger' in Glaswegian and West of Scotland parlance referred to any fizzy drink) and whether the drink was part of an ice-cream soda.


OP may want to get onto environmental health after all. With the rate of inflation since 1928 £500 = mega spondoolies!

I'm a coke zero fan myself!

BFG_2

The title is on about the fifth version, so how about putting the missing apostrophe back in??

juliescot

mookiandco wrote: »

One of the most famous legal cases which established 'the duty of care' principle involves a decomposed snail in a bottle of ginger beer. These are the facts of the case:

On the evening of Sunday 26 August 1928 May Donoghue, n!e M’Alister, boarded a tram in Glasgow for the thirty-minute journey to Paisley. At around ten minutes to nine, she and a friend took their seats in the Wellmeadow Caf! in the town's Wellmeadow Place. They were approached by the caf! owner, Francis Minchella, and Donoghue's friend ordered and paid for a pear and ice and an ice-cream drink. The owner brought the order and poured part of a bottle of ginger beer into a tumbler containing ice cream. Donoghue drank some of the contents and her friend lifted the bottle to pour the remainder of the ginger beer into the tumbler. It was claimed that the remains of a snail in a state of decomposition dropped out of the bottle into the tumbler. Donoghue later complained of stomach pain and her doctor diagnosed her as having gastroenteritis and being in a state of severe shock.
On 9 April 1929, Donoghue brought an action against David Stevenson, an aerated water manufacturer in Paisley, in which she claimed £500 as damages for injuries sustained by her through drinking ginger beer which had been manufactured by him. The case was ultimately settled out of court and the facts were never established in a court of law.
The identity of Donoghue's friend is unknown, but that person is referred to as "she" in the case reports (including the first paragraph of the judgment of Lord MacMillan in the House of Lords). Other factual uncertainties include whether the animal (if it existed) was a snail or a slug, whether the bottle contained ginger beer or some other beverage (as 'ginger' in Glaswegian and West of Scotland parlance referred to any fizzy drink) and whether the drink was part of an ice-cream soda.


OP may want to get onto environmental health after all. With the rate of inflation since 1928 £500 = mega spondoolies!

I'm a coke zero fan myself!

Very famous case that.

May even have given rise to the phrase "slug of ginger" used a lot in Glasgow to indicate taking a drink, from a bottle, of any flavoured fizzy drink

The OP has indicated that they do not wish to pursue the matter.
I do not know why as if I was that ill I would be keen to find out what caused it.

juliescot

BFG wrote: »

The title is on about the fifth version, so how about putting the missing apostrophe back in??

Still mentioning Aldi for some reason as well?

geordieracer

juliescot wrote: »

The OP has indicated that they do not wish to pursue the matter.
I do not know why as if I was that ill I would be keen to find out what caused it.

Its weird cos if they didnt want to persue it then why make the thread..

Next we'll be hearing how their mam poisoned Aldi by it swallowing her or something.

[Deleted User]

clap clap

to be honest ive given up the slander has got to be more than enough to bear, and ive changed the title

p.s. learning disability? you seem discriminative of people with "mental health issues" or "learning problems"

im now the no.1 editor:)

juliescot

Deleted_User wrote: »

clap clap

to be honest ive given up the slander has got to be more than enough to bear, and ive changed the title

p.s. learning disability? you are discriminative of mentally disabled persons

Why have you still named Aldi in the title?

There is nothing to connect them to your problem.

EDIT - apologies I see you have nor changed it, my question below still stands
Why have you chosen not to pursue the matter?

4743hudsonj

Deleted_User wrote: »

clap clap

to be honest ive given up the slander has got to be more than enough to bear, and ive changed the title

p.s. learning disability? you are discriminative of mentally disabled persons

have you done something about samples/EH yet?

[Deleted User]

Ive kept the bottles, and my nanna will take a sample down to the council this week when she has to go

also after this thread i dont fell to confident