Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Ferguson & Marketing
Tensions have flared since Tuesday afternoon when a St.
Louis police officer fatally shot a 23-year-old black man wielding a knife who
was acting "erratically", a few miles from the street where Brown was
shot. The confluence of events has triggered racial tensions smoldering in the
mostly black community. "The Ferguson police officer who shot Michael
Brown didn’t stop him because he was suspected in a recent robbery, but because
he was walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic." In today’s
society people will come up with whatever they can, with any excuse they can
think of on the top of their mind. The media is saying that “robbery does not
relate to the initial contact between the officer and Michael Brown. “
But others are saying otherwise the other way around. Ferguson police released
a surveillance video of the robbery but the video does not typically have
anything to do with the shooting of Brown, since the media is saying that the
robbery does not relate to the contact bet” because the press asked for
it.” The additional information that was released added more intrigue to a case
that has brought about protests in Ferguson among people who are angry at the
shooting of the 18 year old Brown, and what they may know as a heavy handed
response by police afterward. “The documents claim Brown roughly handled a
clerk trying to stop him before walking out of the store with the box of
Swisher Sweets.” The media claims that showing a surveillance video as
proof of that, may have been a way to cover up and to help protect the officer.
“Brown
being a suspect should not have led to the use of deadly force.” Brown
was not guilty of anything, therefor it should not have led to shooting.
Networking In The United States
In this episode, the guys go pick up their denim jeans that
they designed. Their denim jeans did not come out how they wanted them to come
out, with no time to spare they decided to go show what they had to see if
maybe they might have gotten any success out of what they have. They went to go
show their denim jeans to a fashion designer, fashion buyer who is from out of
the state and only comes a certain time of the year. “Make as many contacts as you can
with people in all types of businesses and industries related to your chosen
career field.” they were waiting to speak with the designer they were
also talking to some of the people waiting in the lobby but they were not
necessarily talking about their own garment that they have designed. The other
people out in the lobby weren’t afraid to have their garments shown; they also
had more than one item of apparel to show to the designer. The guys did not
have a business card but they did introduce themselves to the designer. “Networking brings in a lot of new faces and
connections.” I feel like even though they only had one denim pair of
jeans they should have somehow thought of having a spare of what their jeans
were originally supposed to look like instead of how they came out. In the end,
the fashion buyer from out of town ended up liking one of the guys t-shirts
that he was currently wearing. I think that they both should have thoroughly
thought out if it would even be possible to come up with several more shirts
that looked just like the one that one of the guys was wearing because it was
an old shirt that he had made way back when he was in high school. “Networking
is the use of contacts to acquire information, advice, and referrals for the
job hunt.”
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
McDonald's Coffee Too Hot
Liebeck vs. McDonald's Restaurants also known as the
McDonald's coffee case and the hot coffee lawsuit. A 79-year-old woman suffered
third-degree burns when she accidentally spilled hot
coffee in her lap right after purchasing her coffee from a McDonald's
restaurant. Liebeck was hospitalized for eight days while she underwent skin
grafting, followed by two years of medical treatment. She sued McDonald’s and a
jury awarded her nearly $3 million in punitive damages for the burns she
suffered. The reaction from people was: “Isn’t
coffee supposed to be hot?” And
“McDonald’s didn’t pour the coffee on her, she spilled it on herself!” She
was driving the car and wasn’t paying attention. What really had happened was
that Liebeck was not currently driving when her coffee spilled onto her lap,
and the car was currently not moving. She
was actually the passenger in a car that was stopped in the parking lot of the
McDonald’s where she bought the coffee. She currently had the cup between her
knees while removing the lid on the cup to add cream and sugar, that caused the
cup to tip over and spilling the entire cup of coffee on her lap. The coffee
was not just hot, it was dangerously hot. McDonald’s corporate policy was to
serve it at a temperature that could cause serious burns in seconds. “McDonald’s operations manual required the
franchisee to hold its coffee at 180 to 190 degrees Fahrenheit.” She was
wearing sweatpants that had absorbed the coffee and kept it against her skin.
She suffered serious third-degree burns and required skin grafts on her inner
thighs and elsewhere. Liebeck had offered to settle the case for $20,000 to
cover her medical expenses and any lost income, But McDonald’s did not offer
more than $800 making the case go to trial. The jury found Liebeck to be
partially at fault for her injuries, reducing the compensation for her injuries
accordingly. The original punitive damage award was reduced by more than 80
percent by the judge. Liebeck and McDonald’s later reached a confidential
settlement. “McDonald’s admitted it had
known about the risk of serious burns from its scalding hot coffee for more
than 10 years. The risk had repeatedly been brought to its attention through
numerous other claims and suits.”
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/the-truth-about-mcdonalds-hot-coffee-lawsuit-why-it-matters-video.html
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