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A warning that the coffee is hot on a fast food chain cup is idiotic. It should be common sense that the coffee is hot. It shouldn't have to be there but is put there to protect a company from lawsuits. While I am sorry for what coffee lady went through I do think she had some responsibility in the accident.
Not everyone uses what brain power they have. I worked at a gynecologist office once. A woman came if with a troubling discharge. The Doctor gave her a percription for suppositories. She came back later, no improvement. No, she didn't use the suppositories.
Remember the woman that burned herself with hot coffee from McDonalds while driving and sued the company and won!!! That is why we have to have warnings on things that just need common sense.
I cringe every time I hear someone mention this story, as they undoubtedly don't know the facts (which I learned in a law class in college). First, she wasn't driving:
After receiving the order [for coffee], the grandson pulled his car forward and stopped momentarily so that Liebeck could add cream and sugar to her coffee. (Critics of civil justice, who have pounced on this case, often charge that Liebeck was driving the car or that the vehicle was in motion when she spilled the coffee; neither is true.) Liebeck placed the cup between her knees and attempted to remove the plastic lid from the cup. As she removed the lid, the entire contents of the cup spilled into her lap.
The sweatpants Liebeck was wearing absorbed the coffee and held it next to her skin. A vascular surgeon determined that Liebeck suffered full thickness burns (or third-degree burns) over 6 percent of her body, including her inner thighs, perineum, buttocks, and genital and groin areas. She was hospitalized for eight days, during which time she underwent skin grafting. Liebeck, who also underwent debridement treatments, sought to settle her claim for $20,000, but McDonalds refused.
The coffee was between 180 and 190 degrees. That's insane and negligent. The plaintiff only sought medical bills, not millions.
EDIT:
I just saw that someone else posted some of the facts about this case. Sorry for reposting that, but I really find myself thinking that people are very ignorant when they mention this case as an example of other people's stupidity.
I cringe every time I hear someone mention this story, as they undoubtedly don't know the facts (which I learned in a law class in college). First, she wasn't driving:
After receiving the order [for coffee], the grandson pulled his car forward and stopped momentarily so that Liebeck could add cream and sugar to her coffee. (Critics of civil justice, who have pounced on this case, often charge that Liebeck was driving the car or that the vehicle was in motion when she spilled the coffee; neither is true.) Liebeck placed the cup between her knees and attempted to remove the plastic lid from the cup. As she removed the lid, the entire contents of the cup spilled into her lap.
The sweatpants Liebeck was wearing absorbed the coffee and held it next to her skin. A vascular surgeon determined that Liebeck suffered full thickness burns (or third-degree burns) over 6 percent of her body, including her inner thighs, perineum, buttocks, and genital and groin areas. She was hospitalized for eight days, during which time she underwent skin grafting. Liebeck, who also underwent debridement treatments, sought to settle her claim for $20,000, but McDonalds refused.
The coffee was between 180 and 190 degrees. That's insane and negligent. The plaintiff only sought medical bills, not millions.
EDIT:
I just saw that someone else posted some of the facts about this case. Sorry for reposting that, but I really find myself thinking that people are very ignorant when they mention this case as an example of other people's stupidity.
And, yes, the green end goes up.
Well to be fair - people post the 'facts' then forget to mention that she was found to have been partially to blame which is why the judgement was reduced at the appeal.
In that case the stupidity in labelling was that the label on the coffee said "warning - may be hot" not "warning - may be SCALDING" (or similar)
and you're right regarding the "where" to dig the hole LOL
"Dig hole" shouldn't be the first step. The first step should be:
1. Find a location in your garden that fits the sun/shade/water requirements for this plant.
My proposal for step #2:
2. Realize that this little plant will grow, probably much larger than this tag says it will. Is there enough room in this spot for this plant to grow? Or do you plan on moving it in five years when it has outgrown this spot. Or do you plan on pruning it to within an inch of it's life every year?
3. Dig hole as deep as the root ball, no deeper.
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The new 'me' generation?
