If this happened to you with the same results, would you have reacted as stoically as "Oh silly me, I was obviously completely at fault here! Chalk it up to experience!" and not said to yourself, "Hmm, third degree burns is going a bit far, perhaps their coffee shouldn't be that hot." Yes, it's an exceptional case, but asking for them to cover medical expenses (which is all she initially did) wasn't out of line.

None of us are above the temporary absent-mindedness she exhibited, why do we hate her so much.

Who's the one taking things seriously here?

I think the general point of the article is to allude to the fact that in general, in todays world, there is such a blame culture. The lack of common sense has gone out the window. People unable to think for themselves, apply common sense, and to be the vicitim.

Maybe your right, an exceptional case, and perhaps out of context in this article.

However, it does not evade the point of the article, which is not supposed to get people all uptight.

Calm down sweets

Actually, I really wouldn't have thought like that but I don't come from a particularly litigious country (although that seems to be slowly changing, unfortunately).

In addition, my medical bills would have been paid by the NHS (or my accident insurance here in Switzerland). What would I have sued for?

I was just looking at it from a blame point of view and putting yourself in a risky position with a hot drink (even a moderately hot drink) is a bit daft and at least some of the blame has to be taken by the woman.

Fair enough. I actually agree with most of the rest. I'll leave it alone now.

And the US medical/insurance system is whole other level of f-ed up, but that's another topic for another day.

Yes, absolutely. I can't see how it could be otherwise.
I'm not from America, so that would never have occurred to me. The problem starts, of course, from a system that makes you think about medical expenses in the first place. Growing up in the UK it would never cross your mind. Same here, TBH.

Commonsense Sandgounder!

And to think we do not always see eye to eye

In actual fact, I agree with a lot of what was in the OP, but the coffee thing is just a poor example.
I also have to agree with the mods moving to OT, I post all my usual senseless ramblings in there too

To be honest, many of the situations in the OP are still common sense.

I am still getting to grips with EF, only 166 posts to many of your thousands peeps.

Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers.

Common sense tells me that Mr Jamie CUMMING needs to have his balls chopped off.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/838...ing-17th-child