In the United States, when someone gets burned with hot coffee, they want lots of money from the business (eg. McDonald's).
http://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-hot-coffee-lawsuit-2014-1
In Canada, when this happens, the person want the laws about coffee temperature to change (eg. Tim Horton's).
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/woman-scalded-by-tea-wants-regulation-of-hot-drinks-1.1702212
1) Which one of these do you think will help to solve the problem?
2) Which one would you choose personally?
3) Which one would people in your home country choose (if they would choose any one of them)?
4) Do you think that a 'compensation culture' is eroding a sense of personal responsibility?
- ie. Are people learning to blame others for their own mistakes?
5) Why do you think that Canadians try to change the laws, and Americans try to get money?
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