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Well, atleast we know now that mc nuggets probably have some real chicken in them. Damn, I wonder if that woman would sue some of those chinese restaurants that serve chicken feet because it's "traumatizing." Probably not cause she can't win a couple million of dollars from mom and pop places.
Can you spell "Urban Legend??"
The facts: All of McDonalds chicken nuggets and other deep fried chicken products are made of pulverised chicken product that is then shaped into nugget shapes and breaded. Therefore all of the stories about pus-pockets in the McChickens, chicken-heads in the nuggets or any other forign matter may be immediatly discounted.
Add to this fact that when you order a nine piece nugget, a human goes back and personally picks up nine nuggets with a pair of tongs to put in your nugget box. Maybe McD's doesn't hire the brightest people in the world, but it takes someone pretty dense to mistake a chicken head for a nugget.
I don't believe these kind of stories unless they are reported by a reputable news sorce, link me and I'll eat my words...
[edit]Never mind... Here's the link My goodness those were tasty words...
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The Eternal Cynic
The facts: All of McDonalds chicken nuggets and other deep fried chicken products are made of pulverised chicken product that is then shaped into nugget shapes and breaded. Therefore all of the stories about pus-pockets in the McChickens, chicken-heads in the nuggets or any other forign matter may be immediatly discounted.
Add to this fact that when you order a nine piece nugget, a human goes back and personally picks up nine nuggets with a pair of tongs to put in your nugget box. Maybe McD's doesn't hire the brightest people in the world, but it takes someone pretty dense to mistake a chicken head for a nugget.
I don't believe these kind of stories unless they are reported by a reputable news sorce, link me and I'll eat my words...
[edit]Never mind... Here's the link My goodness those were tasty words...
[/edit]The Eternal Cynic
skywhr - its not mcnuggets - its chicken wings (according to those sites)
And that's, um, gross to say the least
And that's, um, gross to say the least
Another link
Yet another...
And one more...
I guess when you hear it from four different sources it has a little bit of credence.
Yet another...
And one more...
I guess when you hear it from four different sources it has a little bit of credence.
I bet you could find 4 sources saying that Gore won the election, that doesn't make it true...
he will win yet... even if it comes to civil war!
he will win yet... even if it comes to civil war!
dennilfloss
Past Lifer 1957-2014 In Memoriam
They just showed it on tv. You can clearly see the head and the crest all covered in Shake N' Bake-like stuff.
Invisible Wing (Keiko Matsui)
Invisible Wing (Keiko Matsui)
Don Vito Corleone
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She said it's taking her a while to get over the ordeal.
Herein lies the basis in damages for her inevitable high-dollar settlement with McDonald's. She has to have at least some actual damages to warrant the massive punitive damages she will no doubt request. I betcha this settles for high 6 figures unless there is evidence she planted the chicken head.
For the record I feel compelled to note that this case is nothing like the oft-misunderstood hot coffee case, where the plaintiff was in fact badly injured.
Herein lies the basis in damages for her inevitable high-dollar settlement with McDonald's. She has to have at least some actual damages to warrant the massive punitive damages she will no doubt request. I betcha this settles for high 6 figures unless there is evidence she planted the chicken head.
For the record I feel compelled to note that this case is nothing like the oft-misunderstood hot coffee case, where the plaintiff was in fact badly injured.
Still... based on my previous post I bet you a nickel someone planted the head on purpose... and it probably was her.
I won't eat McDonald's Chicken McNuggets mainly because they don't even taste like chicken. I don't need to read an ingredients label to know there isn't a whole lot of chicken in 'dem nuggets..... -kd5-
You have to wonder though, an employee had to put that chicken head into the box, he must've been pretty stupid or this was planted by the lady
<< You have to wonder though, an employee had to put that chicken head into the box... >>
Have you been to McDonalds lately? I had my last Sausage McMuffin when I found my sausage had been replaced with half of an eggshell. I really couldn't fathom how they accomplished this feat.
But my favorite McDonalds story is when I came home from a bad day at work. It was late(~9:30 PM) and I decided to stop for a quick bite to take home with me. I walked into the place (they had just totally rebuilt it so I thought I would give it another try) and noticed it was completely empty. As I walked up to the counter, I noticed the place was a mess and the ONLY person I saw was the cook behind the counter (no one was working the front counter). The cook kind of stares at me for about ten seconds as confusion and fear came over his face, and then asks in a heavy Eastern European accent "BEEEEG MIIIICK?" (which I translated as "Big Mac"
and then just kind of smiles. I just shook my head no, said "thank you" and laughed my way back out to my car. 
StageLeft
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tee edwards
Misunderstood coffee case? Let me see if I understand it:
Woman buys hot cup of coffee. Drives in car with cup of coffee between legs. Crushes legs together hot coffee scalds her. She sues and gets thousands and thousands of dollars to make her feel better about being born an idiot.
Am I misunderstanding this?
Misunderstood coffee case? Let me see if I understand it:
Woman buys hot cup of coffee. Drives in car with cup of coffee between legs. Crushes legs together hot coffee scalds her. She sues and gets thousands and thousands of dollars to make her feel better about being born an idiot.
Am I misunderstanding this?
Adul
Elite Member
Sad thing that was here where I lived. She apparently complained to the manager who she said was not compasinate about the incident and decided to sue.
she hired a lawyer and said that her child was traumatized, but in the paper she is quoted as saying the child never saw it! WTF
Don Vito Corleone
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Skoorb:
The coffee case (as I said, in my opinion a widely misunderstood one), went more like this:
McDonald's, at the time, prided itself on the high temperature of its coffee. The coffee was served at 200 degrees, ~40 degrees higher than a coffeepot at home, and much hotter than there appears to be any legitimate need for (and obviously just below the boiling point). The particular franchise in question was in fact told on numerous occasions that people had burned themselves when the coffee spilled on them (this is critical from the standpoint of showing that there was a known risk). Patrons who bought the coffee at a drive-thru, like the plaintiff, were required to pull off the lid, while sitting in their cars, to put cream and sugar into the coffee.
The plaintiff was an elderly woman (as I recall she was at least 70) who had bought a cup of coffee, and when she went to remove the tightly-sealed plastic lid to put in sugar (which she more or less had to do), she lost control of the coffee and it spilled all over, giving her 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns on her thighs. As you no doubt realize, the inner thighs are quite a sensitive area, and I doubt you would enjoy having 3rd-degree burns anywhere on your body.
The trial jury in the case awarded very substantial punitive damages, which were later reduced on appeal. I seem to recall she ended up with ~$200K (but I am only going from memory). IMO, the large amount of punitive damages gave Americans the idea that the lawsuit itself was bogus, with which I wholeheartedly disagree. I think it is too bad in a way, because the notion that plaintiffs nationwide are regularly winning big awards like this is really inaccurate. Also, I strongly disagree that the plaintiff was an "idiot". IMO she was just an older person with poorer motor control than some of us; the fact of the matter is that she did nothing stupid at all.
The coffee case (as I said, in my opinion a widely misunderstood one), went more like this:
McDonald's, at the time, prided itself on the high temperature of its coffee. The coffee was served at 200 degrees, ~40 degrees higher than a coffeepot at home, and much hotter than there appears to be any legitimate need for (and obviously just below the boiling point). The particular franchise in question was in fact told on numerous occasions that people had burned themselves when the coffee spilled on them (this is critical from the standpoint of showing that there was a known risk). Patrons who bought the coffee at a drive-thru, like the plaintiff, were required to pull off the lid, while sitting in their cars, to put cream and sugar into the coffee.
The plaintiff was an elderly woman (as I recall she was at least 70) who had bought a cup of coffee, and when she went to remove the tightly-sealed plastic lid to put in sugar (which she more or less had to do), she lost control of the coffee and it spilled all over, giving her 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns on her thighs. As you no doubt realize, the inner thighs are quite a sensitive area, and I doubt you would enjoy having 3rd-degree burns anywhere on your body.
The trial jury in the case awarded very substantial punitive damages, which were later reduced on appeal. I seem to recall she ended up with ~$200K (but I am only going from memory). IMO, the large amount of punitive damages gave Americans the idea that the lawsuit itself was bogus, with which I wholeheartedly disagree. I think it is too bad in a way, because the notion that plaintiffs nationwide are regularly winning big awards like this is really inaccurate. Also, I strongly disagree that the plaintiff was an "idiot". IMO she was just an older person with poorer motor control than some of us; the fact of the matter is that she did nothing stupid at all.
StageLeft
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tee
Good points - I don't like that she got that much cash though...I suppose thats how punitive damages work; although I wish they were forced to be spent on something like a charity instead of going into one individual's pocket...I think I'd probabaly take those burns for $200,000 - not positive though
Good points - I don't like that she got that much cash though...I suppose thats how punitive damages work; although I wish they were forced to be spent on something like a charity instead of going into one individual's pocket...I think I'd probabaly take those burns for $200,000 - not positive though
I've seen the pictures and I personally think the lady is full of chicken crap. Things like that just don't appear in your happy meal. She was probably just having a bad day. Besides, you would notice a chicken head plopping into the deep fryer. These fast food restaurant lawsuits are ridiculous anyways. Like the lady that sued and won because she spilled hot coffee in her lap. She shouldn't have been so clumsy. If she didn't want hot coffee she should have went to Dunkin Donuts and got a coffee coolata.
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