Health & Safety gone mad ?

fluffnutter

A woman famously sued Mucky D's after burning her clunge with a cup of coffee she had wedged between her legs in the car. From memory I think she got something ridiculous like a million dollars or something. To most she was plain stupid, to the judge she had a case. Hence Mucky's insistence on cup holders. You can't blame them really.

deanos

Is still think its over the top, you have to pass a big clumsy tray past your stering wheel which is more dangerous IMO

Like i say i use hundreds of Mc D's and this is the only branch i know that does it.

hartcjhart

the main reason is they are passing from a high point to a low point,not as in the shop when they pass at the same level

timbo58

we had the same when I worked for a railway company a few years ago: if the buffet ran out of bags then they were not allowed to sell hot drinks unless the person was actually going to drink it there & then at the bar.
Moving train x hot drink x 500 'victims' potentially = accident waiting to happen.

mttylad

Accept the tray, remove your coffee and then return the tray.

Simples.

Esoog

Guys, perhaps you should read up on the case - yes putting coffee between your legs is silly - however the McDonalds coffee was far too hot;

The injury. Mrs. Liebeck’s injury was anything but trivial. The scalding-hot coffee caused third-degree burns over 16% of her body, including her genital area. She had to be hospitalized for eight days. She required extensive skin grafts and was permanently scarred. She was disabled for a period of two years. During the ensuing trial, Mrs. Liebeck’s physician testified that her injury was one of the worst cases of scalding he’d ever seen.
The coffee. At the time, McDonalds’ corporate specifications explicitly called for coffee to be served at a temperature between 180 and 190 degrees Fahrenheit. An expert witness testified that liquids at this temperature will cause third degree burns of human skin in two to seven seconds. (Coffee served at home is typically 135 to 140 degrees.)

Jeff_Bridges_hair

deanos wrote: »

I cant get my head around why its so much safer passing you a coffee through the drive through window on a cardboard drinks holder tray rather than grabbing the actual cup ?

Maybe you can explain to me because it does not make any sense to me , you could easily drop it just the same on a cardboard tray, how does it make it any safer, it in fact makes it more clumsy IMO

Your forgetting that your in a car and a car moves and shakes when you drive off which could lead to a spillage and thus you burning yourself. They give you it in a tray and your more likely to place it on the seat next to yourself and save burning yourself.

bosseyed

Jeff_Bridges_hair wrote: »

Your forgetting that your in a car and a car moves and shakes when you drive off .

Depends on how awesome your clutch control is Mine is of course phenomenal, and as such I can stack multiple cups of scalding McD's coffee in teetering piles on my lap with no danger of scalding my precious gentlemans region.

Mankysteve

splot wrote: »

This sort of thing reals gets my goat!

The cup is designed to hold a hot liquid, and therefore should be sufficient for passing it between people. Next time I'd ask to see the risk assessment for the activity, just to be really annoying. You have a right to see it and they shouldn't withhold the information.

There again, Mcd's coffee is rubbish whether it is hot or cold!

Its got nothing to do with rules set down by the H&L its anti litigation tactics.

90% of the time your hear complaints about H&L its all down to worrying about being sued.