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KarlaB
09-27-2002, 05:36 PM
He had 2 guests on there who were suing McDonald's - one was a woman who said it made her daughter fat - she claimed no responsibility for taking her daughter there for meals and for buying the food. She also said their food is addicting.

The other was a man who said it caused his heart attack - however yrs earlier his dr told him to STOP eating fast food like he was.

These people think McD's should be blatantly telling us that their food is fattening and not offering super sizing, etc.

Like Dr Phil said, do we really need someone to tell us that kind of food is fattening and/or bad for us? :rolleyes: I think I heard the mom say that maybe if they told us the fat content that they would have ordered 1 super size meal each instead of 2 or 3?? 8o the attorney gave the example of Subway having their fat content on their napkins and claimed that if McD's would do that he would drop the lawsuit. :rolleyes:

No one is making them eat there and they do have some lower fat options on their menu. I have also seen charts in their restaurants with fat content/info. I think it's absurd for anyone to say they didn't know the food could make them gain weight or to blame McD's for their choice to eat it. These people however are comparing their lawsuit to those against cigarette companies. They also say the advertising is aimed at kids and those kids are making their parents take them there. :rolleyes: Hello, but who is the parent here?

Here's a link to Dr Phil's site and a little info on the show:

http://www.drphil.com/show/show.jhtml?contentId=1024_fatlawsuits.xml

What does everyone think??

Marla
09-27-2002, 06:01 PM
Wow...it's amazing what people will do these days.

Did someone force them to eat at McDonalds? I think it is absurd for someone to sue them because it caused a heart attack, or made them fat. You can tell after eating their food that it is high in fat; I mean french fries (delicious :drool:), their special sauce 8o

I recently heard that McDonalds is supposed to start using some healthier types of oils to cook their food in. Also one of the news stations here recently did a piece on drive thru restaurants and whether or not they were a good idea.

Mickey
09-27-2002, 06:10 PM
Saw that show. Thought it was ridiculous. Dr. Phil said you'd have to be a moron not to know that a Big Mac and large fries are fattening. I agree.

RCT
09-28-2002, 12:13 PM
oh, I wanted to see it, but didn't know when it was on....:lol: too funny...I agree about people sueing about anything/everything....

FAST FOOD IS REALLY BAD......ok everyone got that....:lol:

I bet it was an interesting show....

JADET
09-28-2002, 01:09 PM
How could these people not know if something were fattening or not? I think some people have gotten sue-happy, people will sue about anything and everything nowadays. Reminds me of the lady that sued McDs b/c her coffee spilled all over her, like she didn't know that the coffee was gonna be hot and burn her.

Retta

kat
09-28-2002, 04:47 PM
I guess the fact that you were putting on weight wasn't an indication that what you were eating was fattening. I would love to have heard Dr. Phil give it to them. I assume he was not siding with those suing McD's.

KarlaB
09-29-2002, 11:39 AM
Originally posted by kat
I assume he was not siding with those suing McD's.

Oh no he didn't :D I thought he was fabulous and made some great comments!!! :thumb:

angie r
09-29-2002, 11:29 PM
I made mention on here a couple of years ago that this was coming!! Why can't people just take responsibility for their own actions? I am really liking Dr. Phil's show by the way :D

JAK
09-30-2002, 11:23 AM
Originally posted by angie r
I am really liking Dr. Phil's show by the way :D

Me too! :D I haven't watched every episode though. I have forgotten to tape it a few times. :rolleyes: