In the United States, when someone gets burned with hot
coffee, they want lots of money from the business (eg. McDonald's).
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?
I was surprised as I knew this news for the first time. I think that spilled coffee on herself is the issue of personal responsibility and everyone knows hot coffee is very hot. The result which got a burn on herself wasn't within the range of restaurant assumption.
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