I had the opportunity to meet with a gentleman from the State Attorney General’s Office where they handled the famous McDonald’s hot coffee case. This was a case about a lady who purchased hot coffee from McDonald’s, placed it between her legs while driving and accidentally spilled it on herself.

The lady filed a case against McDonald’s and won millions of dollars in compensation. They made a research and found out that the temperature of the coffee at that time the lady purchased it was hotter by two or three degrees than what was normally served.

The lady was clearly the one responsible for what happened when she spilled the coffee placed between her legs.

This is a glaring example of having to reward what you a cry baby society. We love to look for scapegoats, blaming others for our mistakes even if directly we are the one to blame.

This gentleman from the Attorney’s Office said that it was fair enough because the millions of dollars paid to the lady was just a small percentage of their profits.

The amount of fine may not have hurt McDonald’s so much but it did hurt the nation by giving a clear message that you can be a cry baby and you will be pacified by giving you money.

Try not to get trapped in the web of this blame society. Take responsibility for your actions. Do not put the blame on others if something goes wrong.

I encourage you to visit India or the Dominican Republic or any other third world country and you will see that you cannot just blame any one because you tripped on a pot hole and hurt yourself. You cannot just do that in a third world country.