On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 07:43:22AM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > But what if, as in this case, they drop the coffee on themselves in > the car before putting it down, getting out their thermometer, and > putting it in the coffee?
But what if they passed out while waiting in the drive-thru, dropped their foot on the gas, and took off into traffic while unconscious? Seriously, if there is a significant risk of them dropping it before they can put it in a cup-holder, then they shouldn't be driving or buying stuff in a drive thru. If it is a small risk, well, there are millions of small risks every day. The government shouldn't be involved in small things like that. And a thermometer is not necessary to determine if something is too hot to drink. > I'm sure you've never ever gone to a drive through at a fast > food the first time you've been to a place, right? I go through drive-thrus all the time. I've never spilled a drink on myself. If I were old and shaky-handed, I wouldn't go through the drive thru and buy hot drinks. > The injuries in question were severe enough to require plastic surgery > to correct. Even assuming she was a conscientious consumer, how was > she suppose to know the temperature before she obtained and dropped > the coffee? Coffee is known to be hot. If you can't hold a cup steady with very high probability, then don't buy it. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/
