Judge: McDonald’s Must Pay Employee for Weight Gain
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SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian court ruled this week that McDonald’s must pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained 65 pounds (30 kilograms) 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, Illinois.
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Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:25pmMc D and other restaurants should stop offering free food to employees unless they sign a no law suit wavier. I wonder if we can sue clothing stores for making us wear cloths or TV stations for making us fat while watching TV or Mc D for causing us to spill hot coffee on ourselves while driving over a speed bum (oh yeah…they already paid for that one..5 mil?…)
Report Post »RebaNAnnie
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:20pmI may just file suit aganist GE for making the products in my home that cause my electric bill to be so high. It’s their fault,right?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:05pm65LBS…..The 32-year-old man said he felt forced to sample the food each day to ensure quality standards. He did a little more than SAMPLE, he ate the profits
Report Post »Greyhound424
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:05pmOk, personal responsibility? Lard ass makes a pig out of himself and now it’s McDonalds fault? paaalease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »mndjohnson
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:57pmWhat an ignorant ruling. The man was not forced to eat the meals. He could of packed a sack lunch. Just randomly taste testing would not put on weight. Sounds more like the employee was a glutton and took advantage of the free food above and beyond a normal caloric intake needed for his size and build. McDonalds should ask for payment for the over gorging.
Report Post »Butterfly2012
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:54pmTHIS is MCstupid.
Report Post »spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:30pmprogressive looooooooooons
Report Post »Hey chubby, you dont have to eat there…………….
OUTLAW progressivism———
thepatriotdave
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:30pmThis is the perfect time for me to tell McDonalds what I think of their food. Let me start this by saying… I know millions of people eat McDonalds food everyday in this country, and most of the people actually like the food. My comment to follow is NOT meant to be a slam against anyone that wants to eat there. Personally, I don’t care if you eat at McDonalds 3 times a day, 7 days a week, this still is a free country and people can eat what they want.
With all that said… I think their food tastes absolutely dreadful! There, I said it and feel better for it. Man, talking about food sure has got me hungry.
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Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:25pmComing to America sans your progressive/communist Obamaocare. They’re already “nudging” us into eating or not eating what they tell us. Forthcoming: French Fry tax, Hamburger tax, already have “soda tax” in addition to regular sales tax in Colorado and other parts of the country), milkshake fat tax, etc. ad nauseum.
Didn’t the feds recently ban potatos totally from schools and WIC approved purchases or something like that?
That’s what you can expect when you allow the government to usurp authority and charge taxes or fees on anything they wish.
Income taxes are PROGRESSIVE and were unconstitutional until a past PROGRESSIVE Administration much like Obamao’s forced it through and, like Social Security and every other PROGRESSIVE legislation, lied to the American people about how it would work, how much it would costs, how they would pay for it ad infinitum.
They got the camel’s head under the tent with the cigarette and alcohol taxes which so many Americans thought were just the greatest thing since sliced bread. Then, eventually, and within the last few years have PROGRESSED the legislation to where they now ban smoking EVEN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND in many cases (e.g. Government subsidized housing, etc.) people’s OWN HOMES!! It‘s GREAT AIN’T IT? How much more of this crap do you folks want?
HAD ENOUGH YET?
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:23pmOMG!
For some reason I’m not as mad at this dummy as I am at the Judge. Why this Judge didn’t laugh this guy out of the courtroom is a mystery to me… unless of course the Judge is a progressive/liberal/marxist, then it makes perfect sense.
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »hikinggussie
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:18pmMy husband is an assistant manager at a fast-food restaurant. He plans ahead of time almost everyday to eat: grilled chicken sandiwich and salad. No one makes him eat the junk.
Report Post »tinainva
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:07pmYou have got to be kidding me!
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:05pmWell there you have it…another reason for NO FREE LUNCH!!!
Report Post »kevinbogard
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:01pmHey Judge I drank too much water and I’m well hydrated……………………I wanna sue the city, HELP !!!!
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:59pmUNREAL! 65 lbs in 12 years? If he were a female they could have blamed it on menopause. Maybe he should NOT have stuffed his face with FREE food every day? Personal responsibility counts. What a CROCK!
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:53pm@Boilitdown, well white males will always be around to blame and will never be added to the victim list so people in that catagory will have the honor of paying for even more victims than they pay for now so that is where we are headed.
I wouldn’t have been surprised if that court decision had happened here in the US, but I wasn’t aware that Brazil was a frivilous lawsuit country as well. If it had been some hot Brazillian babe who gained a bunch of weight and they showed the court a picture of her before & after pics in a Brazilian thong I’d say it was a slam dunk case, but this guy? Common!
broker0101
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:01pmI, somehow, strongly doubt that the plaintiff in question is a “white male”.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:50pmIt‘s a good thing he doesn’t work at a sex store…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:08pmROFLmao! Good one!
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:50pmStupid stupid stupid. go on a diet. It’s a choice.
Report Post »Zoe
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:45pmSelling your soul………………………………
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:44pmIt’s a BRAZILIAN court decision, people. Who cares? Or are we (and by “we”, I mean “you”) all Globalists now?
Report Post »w4jle
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:55pmHave you so quickly forgotten when the progressives wanted to use foreign court cases as precedence in the US? Guaranteed some fat a$$ and a blood sucking lawyer will bring a case here.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:07pmW4JLE, when this is a case in the United States’ court system, I will pay attention. Until then, allow me to quote the writers of the Academy Award winning motion picture, “As Good As It Gets”: “Sell crazy someplace else, we’re all stocked up here.”
Report Post »bookhound63
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:46pmI will chalk your naivety up to either youth or sheer ignorance. There are many things I would like to say to you right now, but I respect the rules of this forum.
Report Post »I will say, I am reminded of a poem that says something about not doing anything because the powers that be were coming for other people but not for me…so I did nothing. Of course you’ve never heard of that one.
Here’s an idea. Visit my youtube channel and comment on any of my videos that you wish. There I will say what is really on my mind concerning your world view.
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Bernese2008
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:43pmI said when they started on the smokers that the fat people better watch out because they were coming for you burger next. Well here we are folks. When governement takes away all personal reponsibility and makes a nanny state this is what you get..
Report Post »robspectre
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:35amI don’t smoke and think its bad for you but, I felt the same way. Just a matter of time before they come for the Cola and Fast Food. Man, I know its 2010, but it sure feels like 1984.
Report Post »robspectre
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:45amFast food chains will be taxed more for a “Punishment” for their evil. And we will be paying a “FAT TAX” because our “free” health care coverage. See, the average Joe who is “paying” into the “FREE” system with their taxes, will be unfairly charged. Why should they pay for my unhealthy choice? So, I will be charged extra according to my weight. Now it will start off with only the “Reallllllly” fat folk. Then it will trickle down to the folk that are 50 lbs over, then 25lbs. Then they will say that a 6 ft. 5 in. man should weigh 185 lbs. We are not on a slippery slope anymore,…we are sliding down the ramp now.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:41pmOh good grief.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:05pmchain said in an e-mailed statement Thursday it was WEIGHING its legal options
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I’m sure theyare weighing
Report Post »lol
KenInIL
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:59pmHe is going tyo ruin the “free food” benefit for all the employees!
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:41pm* rolls her eyes like Sarah *
Jeesh… our entire world is crazy.
Okpulot Taha
Report Post »Choctaw Nation
ru12
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:38pmTake some responsibility! Do as the wine tasters do…spit it out, you fool!
Report Post »pattybbb1
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:02pmgood one!
Report Post »hamrs_62
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:24pmin my drinking days I would never spit out good wine, of coarse its all good
Report Post »Vie_En_Ras
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:27pmExactly what I was thinking!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:08pmWow .. they must have been force feeding him … REALLY DUDE !
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 4:08amWell now that the legal precedent is set, guess I’ll get started on my lawsuit with Dairy Queen for my weight gain AND expenses and pain and suffering from cavities and diabetes. OH, and emotional and behavioral problems from them feeding me ice cream with excessive sugar after I walked in on my own free will and ordered it. Because of the sugar high THEY put me on, I’m not responsible for my actions when I beat my wife and kids.
With a little luck and a good lawyer, I should be living on the settlement money and sunbathing on a beach sipping drinks with a little umbrella within a year. At which time I can start planning my lawsuit aimed at the bar that has the audacity to serve me those drinks I’ll be ordering. Because of them getting me drunk, I won’t be responsible for running down those pedestrians. They will owe me and the families of those pedestrians big time……… I’ve got it made!!
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:01pmI’m gonna sue The blaze for making me laugh until my sides hurt and whoever made my office chair ’cause my azz fell asleep.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:37pmWhat will happen to our society when everyone is absolved from any personal responsibility?
Report Post »What sort of depravity will prevail?
TruthTalker
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:51pmLiberal activist judges don’t believe in personal responsibility, doesnt matter what country they are from liberalism is a mental disorder.
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 9:51pmLook at the Progressives in our country and what they tout (wrongly as usual)…
“It’s not Your Fault! It is the Fault of the EVIL (insert any phrase or word here)”
Agree that we need to take individual responsibility for our actions and not blame others.
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AmeriWoman
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:02pmHow many of you have been waiting on this to happen?
Report Post »You could see this coming a mile away…..
I think it was just a matter of time and every food vendor is on the hook!
(Especially the fast food, golden oldies like McDonalds & Burger King)
They better lawyer up good, every‘I can prove’, +10 pound hustler is about to jump on that train!
norway1516
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:16pmI agree truthtalker were living in a world where there is no mind, we have no control or responsibility of our lives…just give yourself to the state and they will take care of you….its why they hate conservatives so much, we just want them out of the way to take care of ourselves.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:25pmThis is suspicious. I don’t know about Brazilian law, but I doubt a private business can fine someone for gaining weight unless he‘s got a contract and that’s stated explicitly in the contract. Sounds more to me that they’re telling to reimburse him for all the food he ate (the “flavor testing” thing) and the free food he gave to employees. This story is as fishy as a McDonald’s fish fillet. Too ridiculous, too simpleminded too absurd to take at face value.
Of course, it could be yet another example of Michelle Obama’s desire to establish a world government and a liberal attempt to DESTROY FREEDOM and force us to eat the “healthy alternatives at McDonalds!!!!
Report Post »Anarcho Capitalist
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:47pmexactly what is happening today. What it deserves. Poverty and death. No man can be held responsible for his incompetence and no man is entitled to his successes. This turns everyone into a victim and a criminal at the same time. Its why people are afraid to speak there mind or show pride. Its why your children show no work ethic. Its why people don’t trust the news, government, neighbors, schools. Its why are national debt is outstanding. Its why you see bipartisanship when it comes to giving some 3rd world country billions but bickering when it comes to protecting our own nation from looting.
Its the idea that need and stupidity are to be subsidized, worshiped, helped at the expense of abundance and intellect. It the philosophy that all religions and social planers have in common. The pope and the Governor are to be praised for practicing charity with money the could not create and did not earn. They live off of the tears of the poor and the sweat of the rich. So long as they can keep men believing that helping the weak is virtuous they will win.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpMmhRzHuVU
Report Post »midwestern soul
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 10:59pmThe coffee was too hot, the food is fattening…nobody told me! 12 years of daily McDonalds and this man gained only 65 pounds? Impressive, actually.
Report Post »LadyLirpa
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 11:51pmSNOWLEOPARD, Conservatives just say “it’s the fault of evil.” Not evil progressives, not evil rabbits, just some ambiguous “evil” that you all demand the rest of us believe in.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:04amOK some moron with an eating disorder gets money because for his profits which lined HIS pocket (he was the owner of the franchise) the company is responsible?? INCREDIBLY STUPID.. BRAZIL HAS THE DUMBEST JUDGES IN THE WORLD..
Report Post »MissCherryJones
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:09amPretty much what I was going to post. What happened to personal responsibility? The more secular the nation becomes, the more society crumbles? Coincidence?
Report Post »rcw_68
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:43amHey Truthtalker- Didn’t you hear out the report that came out, they found a gene that is associated with liberalism. So it’s not a mental disorder, IT’S A DISEASE!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:53amAnarcho Capitalist, you’ve nicely summed it all up.
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 3:29amYea the worlds gone mad.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 8:43amAh, commie ism at it finest, fart and point again.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 8:45amDid McDonald’s sue the guy for stealing the food? You know he didn’t pay for it.
Report Post »JKN
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 9:40amOh… So now restaurants are responsible for what their employees choose to eat? When will this insanity end?
Report Post »Mr.Nick
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:15amWell how do you destroy the “capitalist enemy?“ by making the ”capitalist enemy” responsible for every and all actions committed by individuals…
When are people going to realize that progressives ARE the enemy, and they are an enemy if you believe in freedom. They WILL NOT stop until government runs every business and everyones lives..
So yeah, keep on telling yourselves progressives are somehow salvageable anywhere in the world.
I’ll digress a bit, the leftist party(s) in the US needs to be deemed an enemy of the US constitution, hence made illegal, and if that doesn’t happen the leftists will make the constitution illegal while making government the ruling authority…
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 4:14pmThis is the end of the world as we know it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6sHCNenl84
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