McDonald’s is being sued over a hot coffee spill, again.

This time, a San Francisco location is being accused of serving a “scalding” cup of coffee with an improperly attached lid, which allegedly resulted in the coffee pouring out on plaintiff Mable Childress’ body and causing “severe burns” after she tried drinking it.

The lawsuit, filed last week, alleged that the elderly woman is suffering from “physical pains, emotional distress and other damages.” The restaurant’s negligence was a “substantial factor” for her injuries, it alleged.

Childress also said in the lawsuit that the restaurant employees “refused” to help her, a point that the McDonald’s denied.

  • Poob@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Up in Canada (at least my part), McDonald’s coffee is a great affordable coffee. It’s better than Starbucks or (🤮) Tim Hortons. It’s not going to compete with a bespoke artisan coffee shop that squeezes cat butt glands or whatever justifies selling a $5 cup for $10, but it’s better than almost everything else for the price.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I read that is a common option. Can’t believe that from where I’m from, decent coffee joints are all over. Nobody I know would go to McDonald’s for coffee

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      The town I live in has 2 Tims, 1 McDonald’s, and no cafes. I never considered how deeply it would eventually hurt leaving a place with quality cafes and restaurants for a place without. At this point we’re considering on just moving to an unorganized township because there’s no point in paying the higher property taxes (there’s a long list of complaints to go with that nugget).

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      coffee shop that squeezes cat butt glands or whatever justifies selling a $5 cup for $10

      The cost is twofold, justified by having:

      1- actual quality cherries, grown and dried in a labor intensive ways by farmers actually making real money directly off of the sale of their coffee and-

      2- small, local coffee Roasters actually taking care of the roast on a coffee you want to taste while also getting paid for their hard work.

      That probably sounds fucking snobby as hell but it really makes a difference that is hard to ignore once you start tasting it.

      No butt glands involved, feline or otherwise.

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        1 year ago

        The real takeaway issue is $10 for a $5 cup of $.11 cents worth of ground coffee beans.