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They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:20 am
by dales
Brazil McDonald's worker who adds weight wins suit
Associated Press
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(10-29) 04:00 PDT Sao Paulo - --
A Brazilian court ruled this week that McDonald's must pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained 65 pounds while working there for a dozen years.
The 32-year-old man said he felt forced to sample the food each day to ensure quality standards remained high, because McDonald's hired "mystery clients" to randomly visit restaurants and report on the food, service and cleanliness.
The man also said the company offered free lunches to employees, adding to his caloric intake while on the job. His identity was not released.
The ruling was signed Tuesday by Judge Joao Ghisleni Filho in Porto Alegre.
Ghisleni said McDonald's could appeal the case, and the Brazilian headquarters of the chain said in an e-mailed statement Thursday it was weighing its legal options.
McDonald's also noted that it offers healthier food choices.
"The chain offers a large variety of options and balanced menus to cater (to) the daily dietary needs of its employees," the company said in the statement.
McDonald's headquarters is in Oak Brook, Ill.
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:36 pm
by Gob
Oh dear. One of the few perks of McJobs is the free grub, if they take that away....
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:57 pm
by Joe Guy
That's ridiculous. First of all, the ruling means that gaining weight causes illegal damage to a person. Then it assumes that the person gained weight only because of what he ate at McDonald's, not anywhere else, including at home.
Using that court's logic (based on the little the article reveals) would the man be awarded compensation for losing weight if he lost weight and McDonald's didn't feed him?
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:59 pm
by The Hen
I know many chefs that aren't overweight.
When they sample their food to make sure it tastes right, they don't eat the fucking lot.
How I wish this case was thrown out (as much as I have always hated McD's).
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:40 pm
by Gob
Interestingly Ramsey and Blumenthal are both very fit guys, how the fuck they can stay thin with THEIR food to eat is beyond me...
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:45 pm
by Miles
I have a sister in law who works at Arbys. She started out slim and trim, very trim I might add, who is now oblighed to shop at Oman the tent makers for her clothes.
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:11 pm
by Gob
I hope she never reads this forum Miles!
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:57 am
by loCAtek
She might sit on ya Miles!
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:04 am
by SisterMaryFellatio
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:59 pm
by Miles
loCAtek wrote:She might sit on ya Miles!
I'm safe Cali, even in my diminished capacaty I can out waddle her.
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:04 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
Miles wrote:I have a sister in law who works at Arbys. She started out slim and trim, very trim I might add, who is now oblighed to shop at Oman the tent makers for her clothes.
Must be a thyroid problem.
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:15 pm
by loCAtek
Miles wrote:loCAtek wrote:She might sit on ya Miles!
I'm safe Cali, even in my diminished capacaty I can out waddle her.
<giggles> imagining that chase scene.
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:36 pm
by Gob
oldr_n_wsr wrote:Miles wrote:I have a sister in law who works at Arbys. She started out slim and trim, very trim I might add, who is now oblighed to shop at Oman the tent makers for her clothes.
Must be a thyroid problem.
Depends how many thyroids she eats a day.
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:57 pm
by Miles
It's not a thyroid problem. She is perfectly healthy except for the extra tonnage.
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:14 pm
by Joe Guy
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:51 pm
by Miles
Gob wrote:oldr_n_wsr wrote:Miles wrote:I have a sister in law who works at Arbys. She started out slim and trim, very trim I might add, who is now oblighed to shop at Oman the tent makers for her clothes.
Must be a thyroid problem.
Depends how many thyroids she eats a day.
It's definately not an underactive thyroid but rather a very underactive fat woman.
Re: They Made Me Eat It!
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:32 pm
by Lord Jim
I believe it was either Ann Landers who years ago said:
"The best exercise a person can get, is pushing themselves away from the dinner table..."
(That, along with "the best form of birth control is an aspirin....held tightly between the knees" ranks as one of my favorite Ann Landersisms)
