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Don't rest a hot cup of coffee on your leg while driving
You just might get burned -- as one young woman discovered. She's suing Starbucks for $250,000, claiming it's a lid problem, not a common sense issue. (Starbucks Gossip)October 29, 2008 | Permalink
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Never been to a Starbucks. Never had a burned groin. I see a connection here.
Posted by: Torgo | Oct 29, 2008 8:51:22 AM
A. Hot Coffee is....HOT
B. There are cup holders in EVERY Car
C. Always check the lid before you drive off
D. Doing dumb shit with your purchase after you've received the product and paid for it is your own damn fault and not the fault of the product or company that you purchased it from.
However, I've never understood why the hell the coffee is as damn hot as it is when you purchase it from these places. Sometimes its so hot you have to wait 30 minutes before its safe to drink or put ice cubes in it. I prefer iced coffee anyway.
Posted by: cherie | Oct 29, 2008 8:58:33 AM
She should be shot with an Uzi.
Posted by: twerp | Oct 29, 2008 8:59:24 AM
If there is any justice in the world, this woman will not only lose her lawsuit, she will be fined for stupidity.
Posted by: Soo | Oct 29, 2008 9:00:12 AM
wOw, I hope she gets all that money! poor princess' burned groin- it positively *has* to be someone elses fault...someone else with a lot of money!
(actually I hope the jury members are allowed to take turns dumping coffee on her)
Posted by: sometimesilie | Oct 29, 2008 9:01:36 AM
Why the necessity to drink, feed, talk to distant friend and relatives WHILE DRIVING A CAR?
Posted by: nellagain | Oct 29, 2008 9:03:42 AM
2 of my favorite consumer warning labels-
on a chainsaw- do not stop blade with groin.
on a blender- do not use for the other use. (that's GOT to be a euphemism for something sexual, meaning some dOOd stuck his junk in a blender. AGGGGHHHHH!!!)
Posted by: sometimesilie | Oct 29, 2008 9:03:44 AM
a strap on feed back would eliminate these problems.
Posted by: sometimesilie | Oct 29, 2008 9:04:20 AM
Didn't we have our fill of people suing over hot coffee with the McD's case? If the lid wasn't on right then she deserves to be compensated with a replacement cup of coffee. Other than that she deserves - zilch, zero, nada, nothing, diddly, goose egg, nought, zippo (can anyone come up with some more? :D).
Posted by: G-Man | Oct 29, 2008 9:05:21 AM
All pardons to our gracious host who clearly thinks more of Stawbuckies than I do, but...
This is just one more brick in the monument to the overall cow-like stupidity of 'Buckies customers. Anyone who can brave the insular manufactured culture to pay $5 for crappy sody-pop coffee served by a snotty pseudo-expert AND LIKE IT pretty much deserves... well, the wrath of God or whatever befalls them.
Posted by: NitroPress | Oct 29, 2008 9:09:17 AM
Don't bring up the McDonald's case unless you know all the facts. The Rush Limbaugh version won't fly here.
The woman in that case did nothing particularly stupid except spill a cup of coffee that was so hot it caused burns requiring multiple plastic surgeries to her thighs and genitals. McDonald's finally all but admitted they knew they kept their coffee at an unsafe serving temperature for purely economic reasons, and that their serving method and cups were deficient.
So when you hear the Rush/standup comic version about how someone got a million dollars for dropping their cup of coffee, recognize the accreted bullsh*t.
Now, Starbucks coffee... crap, you couldn't burn a baby with it by the time you finish squirting in ninety-leven kinds of goo.
Posted by: NitroPress | Oct 29, 2008 9:13:32 AM
Well said, Nitro.....
Posted by: | Oct 29, 2008 9:21:06 AM
Other things not to do while you are driving
Put a live weasel down you pants
Sharpen a French Chef's Knife
Test the fit on a blindfold
Change your bra
Change your jockstrap
Put pencils up your nose
Perform Brain surgery
Play kissy face with a boa constrictor
Have a colonscopy
I think that's the crop.
Posted by: nellagain | Oct 29, 2008 9:22:17 AM
Nitro---
thanks for bringing out the true sotr, but there is one clarification I need to make. That woman was willing to settle for actual medical costs, and zero for pain and suffering. Only when McD's rejected that offer did she get a powerhouse attorney who convinced twelve jurors unanimously that McD's was well beyond careless.
Posted by: Bill | Oct 29, 2008 9:25:09 AM
After Stella Liebeck, the old woman that made out like a bandit on the spilt hot coffee at Mc Donalds won all that money, the food, restaraunt establishments had "Caution, contents may be hot" or something similar to this printed on all their to-go cups.
To quote Farmer Bob: "Sterilize 'em"
Posted by: Rat | Oct 29, 2008 9:25:09 AM
/sighs.
Why didn't she use a cupholder instead of her thigh? Personally, I don't put any drinks in my lap while driving, hot or cold. I'm with G-man. Replace the spilled liquid at the store, put ice on your junk, chalk it up to you being stupid for balancing a drink on your lap instead of placing it in a cupholder, and move on.
Posted by: kestrelmas | Oct 29, 2008 9:25:48 AM
Rat, I have a whole section on my advertising humor page about such warnings, titled "There Are Lawyers in the House."
Posted by: NitroPress | Oct 29, 2008 9:41:38 AM
Coffee is hot!!??? WTF!! I didn't know coffee is hot! I'm a little scared right now! Why, oh why can't someone warn me about these things! My Gawd, what if I had been holding that coffee over the baby sitting on my lap while I was driving?
How is the average citizen supposed to know that coffee is hot? They don't exactly teach this stuff in school ya know!
Crap! What else aren't you guys telling me?
Posted by: RockyMtnMac | Oct 29, 2008 9:50:39 AM
I hope the hot coffee sterilized her.
Both her and her lawyer needs to be sterilized.
People who don't take responsibility for their actions need to be sterilized.
Posted by: Farmer Bob and the City | Oct 29, 2008 9:53:43 AM
"She drove to a nearby friend's house and disrobed."
"She discovered that she had severe blisters and burns on her hand, inner thigh and vaginal area," the lawsuit states."
Sounds like a porno gone awry.
Posted by: sometimesilie | Oct 29, 2008 9:53:59 AM
Even before I had a car with cupholders, I could drive, operate my clutch, and shift, in an older Ford Ranger (not a particularly smooth ride), with a hot cup of coffee in my lap, all without spilling it. Why? I actually check to see if the lid is on tight before pulling away from a window, or walking away from a counter. And why would I do that? Because I'm not an idiot, and I understand my safety and well-being is MY responsibility. I feel bad for the poor gal, getting burned in such a sensitive area, but I really just don't see that it's the fault of Starbucks, or the manufacturer of the lids and cups.
Or, we could just say:
How many people have to get burned before we take the dangerous hot beverages off the street? Too many injuries can be attributed to easy access to hot coffee. Save our children from hot beverages!!
Posted by: Gabe | Oct 29, 2008 9:54:28 AM
Rocky- what is this "Hot" you speak of? Is it some sort of color? Will it molest my neighbors cat? Does it come out in the wash? Is it a type of duck? People can't be expected to know everything...hmmm...now what are these round, concave cup-like hole-y things in my car? Do they have something to do with this "hot." Ooooo, look at that shiny nice red light! How pretty! I won-SMASH!
Posted by: sometimesilie | Oct 29, 2008 9:57:36 AM
Sometimesilie?
Sometimesilie are you OK?
CURSE YOU HOT COFFEE AND SHINY OBJECTS!
Posted by: RockyMtnMac | Oct 29, 2008 10:06:09 AM
SHE WILL PROBABLY WIN THE SUIT.
Posted by: MONKEY JERK | Oct 29, 2008 10:07:03 AM
Looking down into my trash can, I see two coffee cups...both with warnings on them. One is Caution: Contents Hot! and the other is Hot! Be careful. Even the Tim Horton's sleeve has the warning on it. If you're gonna be stupid enough to juggle something you KNOW damned well is hot while you're driving, don't b!tch about the consequences. If I spill coffee on myself while I'm driving, I've assumed the risk and clean up the mess. To expect starbucks or any other place to pick up the tab for your stupidity is just nuts.
Posted by: Cluckie | Oct 29, 2008 10:07:31 AM
