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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:28 PM Original message |
"Child seriously burned by mother's coffee at Glendale mall" |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why does coffee have to be served that way |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. +1 |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't 'get' the appeal of coffee that hot, either. Worse is when shops use boiling water |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hot coffee in SUMMER!!! |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Sure. I like both hot coffee and hot tea in summer. Helps you sweat. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I'm with you - |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I drink hot coffee every single morning,and an iced coffee every |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Yes, but there's a difference between "hot" and |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why are coffee urns set to keep coffee so hot? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Because it smells/tastes best when kept hot |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. But as indicated in the info from the McDonald's suit, food that hot is dangerous |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Stella Liebeck v McDonalds -- it's not so much that people |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. True. Coffee at 180 degrees. 700 burn incidents in ten years. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. In AZ, in summer...why not an iced coffee? nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. it is a sad story. stuff happens. i had little kids, drank coffee and burned none. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I am 59 years old. I still carry scars from my mothers coffee-- |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. it is awful, and it hurts like hell. but you make the point |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Yes. I might also point out that today’s parents |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. a thoughtful post. i was much older having children |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Yep. Luck is a major element--and so is bad luck. nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Exactly.. we both drank hot coffee and none of our kids got burned either |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. I suppose the next thing the mother will sue the coffee shop |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Don't assume the parents are negligent or that the customer is stupid |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Society has become way too litgious |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. I wouldn't blame the victim--unless she filed a trivial lawsuit |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. "Don't assume the parents are negligent" |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. No one should expect even "hot" food or drinks to be dangerous |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. Somebody still sells hot coffee? |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Because of idiots seeing dollar signs when their hot beverage is actually hot |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Every Starbucks I have been to serves it scalding hot, |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yes there is a Sturbucks. Several of them. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. You're pretty tough if you can drink it that hot. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. My question is a variation on yours - |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. So - pretentious is the new black then. I missed that. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. She's not being pretentious. She's explaining how things are done in other cultures. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. "America - not burdened by either style or class" = pretentious |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Whether you are in America or anywhere else, if you are |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:34 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. +1 |
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SleeplessInAlabama (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:34 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Not only is the comment pretentious |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. +3 |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Excellent job drifting off topic! |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm sorry for the little boy but his mother is at fault. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. The better question to ask is: Why walk around drinking coffee? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. LOL. Or even 4 year old girls. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Never trust a 2 year old not to grab something out of your hands |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. That's it, we need to ban hot coffee. nt |
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SleeplessInAlabama (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
37. I have a better question. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
38. I like how a kid is in the burn unit and we have some people in this thread |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. See, she should have been drinking beer after all. The only risk being that |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. A 2yr old can be an armful if they get squirming because they want down. |
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