NOT AGAIN!

Here we go again. It’s McDonalds all over. A woman is suing Starbucks saying they had the responsibility to let customers know that hot coffee can spill. Duh! What world is she from? If you don’t remember the McDonalds story, a few years back they were sued by a woman who placed a cup of hot coffee between her legs and it spilled scalding her… well her… never mind, you know where. I wonder if she took pictures for the court case? Don’t want to think about it (but, of course, I did).

Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but I have always known that 1) coffee is hot – unless you let it sit for a couple of hours. 2) Coffee can spill.

My experience with spilled drinks is vast. I am vague on my early years of spilling. but I know for sure I have spilled a taking truck load over the years. I have spilled water, mike, chocolate milk, Nesquik, Ovaltine, Koolaid, other forms of colored water, pop – most flavors except grapefruit – not my favorite. I have also spilled hot chocolate, tea and coffee. I have spilled more coffee in paper cups than in mugs. You would think everyone knows that something with a small base will spill with greater ease. I consider myself somewhat an expert on spilled drinks. I have been doing it all my life.

There are many ways to spill milk. You can do it intentionally, usually anger at yourself or someone else. That’s a really dumb idea, especially if you paid for it. This approach can hurt someone if throwing it is part of the spill. You can do it absently mindedly. Like reaching for something and accidentally hitting the container with your arm. This is the most common form of spilled drinks. Related to that method is absentmindedness. This is when you sit a drink someplace, like on the floor by your chair, than you get up and kick the container. It’s your fault, even if you blame someone else. You set it there and forgot. I don’t consider that horrible, just messy.

Some are overwhelmingly angry when you are the spiller. Admittedly they act like they have never spilled anything in their life. I want them to think! O course they have spilled. I have spilled more than drinks. Just the other day, I flipped a pancake and caught it on the edge of the frying pan and it flipped to the floor. It was gone. Even the three-second rule wasn’t acceptable to me. If you saw my floor, you would know why.

I’ve a couple recommendations for getting along in this world. 1) Everything is not someone else’s fault. 2) No adult needs a warning about things that should be common sense. If you do, sue your mother. She didn’t teach you common sense. That seems to be the most lacking quality in adult heads. And we blame our kids for their stupidity. Look where the other fingers are pointing.

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