Chicago Woman Sues McDonalds (Page 3)

Kido - 2013-03-14 1:37 PM

Personally, I would think that I could expect the playground of a McDonalds, you have the reasonable expectation your kids should be safe and not have to stare at them unblinking if they play there.

I also expect my kids to be safe in their beds and I can go to sleep and not hover over them staring.  But kids die of SIDS all the time.

I expect my kids to be safe at schools, so I don't stand in the back of the classroom (or my nanny) to keep tabs of them 24/7.

 

But I don't have kids, so I guess I don't know.

lifejustice - 2013-03-14 11:45 AM

 

I don't take my IRA and 401K advice from a man on welfare.

I don't get car repair advice from a man who's never been under the hood himself.

I don't fly on planes in which a pilot has never flown.

Why would I take parenting advice from somebody who has never been shat on one day and stayed up until 4 in the morning before leaving for work in 3 hours the next?

jonD81 - 2013-03-14 8:33 AM

Am I the only one thinking "Only $50K?"  Not that the amount, or the lawsuit, is justified, but I would have thought a bigger number would be attached.

lifejustice - 2013-03-14 2:45 PM

 

I don't take my IRA and 401K advice from a man on welfare.

I don't get car repair advice from a man who's never been under the hood himself.

I don't fly on planes in which a pilot has never flown.

Why would I take parenting advice from somebody who has never been shat on one day and stayed up until 4 in the morning to keep that same child calm the next?

mr2tony - 2013-03-14 1:55 PM

So then would you all agree that the woman in the story is an authority on how to be a parent, since she has kids?

mr2tony - 2013-03-14 1:55 PM So then would you all agree that the woman in the story is an authority on how to be a parent, since she has kids?

lifejustice - 2013-03-14 11:45 AM

 

I don't take my IRA and 401K advice from a man on welfare.  There are probably very bright people that got destroyed by the economy.  Just because they are broke, doesn't mean they are stupid about it. 

I don't get car repair advice from a man who's never been under the hood himself.

I have described problems to friends about my car (it won't start or something) and in their experience, it was the battery or alternator they had replaced/fixed.  They didn't know how to fix it themselves, but were able to diagnose the problem based on their experience. 

I don't fly on planes in which a pilot has never flown.  I do, all the time.  They are called passengers.  You are not a pilot of you never flown, you are a passenger.  I fly with passengers all the time.   Flight instructors fly with potential pilots their first time up all the time.

Why would I take parenting advice from somebody who has never been shat on one day and stayed up until 4 in the morning to keep that same child calm the next?

jford2309 - 2013-03-14 1:59 PM

Only thing worse than non parents commenting about parenting is people with dogs are cats comparing them to children!

jford2309 - 2013-03-14 12:59 PM Only thing worse than non parents commenting about parenting is people with dogs and cats comparing them to children!

Aarondb4 - 2013-03-14 12:05 PM

Pretty sure if my dog eats a condom she won't have any "lasting injuries".

Just as I am sure these kids don't have any "lasting injuries". 

 

And I don't have kids, so there!

bradleyd3 - 2013-03-14 2:06 PM



I'd love to stay and continue this but apparently my nanny decided to get sick. The maid is wrapped up in cleaning the guest house and the chef doesn't come in until 3:30 to prepare dinner.

I, apparently, have to babysit the kids.

Wife is shopping in NYC for a "girls getaway" and won't be back until April 3rd....

Any advice on what to do? The youngest one is in diapers still....but the package says 14-21lbs on it. It feels heavy, but not 14lbs heavy, so I have a while before I have to change her.

I'll let the 7 year old help the gardener out with the mowing, need to teach them, right?

jford2309 - 2013-03-14 1:59 PM

Only thing worse than non parents commenting about parenting is people with dogs and cats comparing them to children!

mr2tony - 2013-03-14 12:12 PM Really though, what's the difference? You have to feed them and make sure they poop/pee and don't die. Big deal. I've had dogs and cats, how much harder could it possibly be to raise kids?

mr2tony - 2013-03-14 2:12 PM



Really though, what's the difference? You have to feed them and make sure they poop/pee and don't die. Big deal. I've had dogs and cats, how much harder could it possibly be to raise kids?

Kido - 2013-03-14 1:16 PM

Some say it's harder so it must be.  Can't diaper a puppy, and they run around while infants just lay there where you put them.  Both are just as kickable when you are grumpy - so that's a wash.

Kido - 2013-03-14 2:16 PM

Some say it's harder so it must be.  Can't diaper a puppy, and they run around while infants just lay there where you put them.  Both are just as kickable when you are grumpy - so that's a wash.

lisac957 - 2013-03-14 3:22 PM

Wrong. My parents' dog permanently wears a diaper due to complications from a surgery.

See? You don't have kids so you're wrong. Wrong wrong wrong.

mehaner - 2013-03-14 1:24 PM

it's your parents' dog - not yours - so you are also wrong.  sorry!

tealeaf - 2013-03-14 9:28 AM

Any parent who has had a 2-year old suffer any degree of injury must be an irresponsible parent, to hear some of the comments in this thread. I don't know whether or not the suit has merit, but I do know that it is possible for a parent to be watching a 2-year old and have something happen to the child at the same time. I don't know what happened here, and neither do any of the other commenters to this thread.

Probably the issue is something like, and I don't know legal terms, who exercised reasonable care? If there was a condom on the floor in the childrens' play area, it seems fairly certain that McDonalds did not. What we don't know, is if the mother exercised reasonable care.