foot long sub lawsuit

[homersipes]

what is wrong with people?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-talk-subway-footlong-lawsuits-0125-20130124,0,1033607.story?fb_comment_id=fbc_459566414112531_6269045_460488014020371#f324f9a147cf9de

[Delirium]

It is a 'get rich quick' scheme... it is far easier to sue than to earn any money today.

I can see a lot of companies adding what McDonald's has their products, particularly their hamburgers; 'weight (length) as advertised prior to the cooking process'  (or something like that).

[jeep00]

Guys around the world are sitting in mortal fear of the result of this lawsuit........

[RTHolmes]

the courts can take a big slice of the blame.

they should decline the class action, make everyone file an individual suit for each individual breach and then award them 1/12 the price of the sandwich as damages, with no costs.

even better (provided it doesnt explicitly say 12" anywhere) argue that the length of the sandwich refers to the average foot length in that locale. as long as the sasquatch and his family dont file a suit they should be fine

[morfiend]

It is a 'get rich quick' scheme... it is far easier to sue than to earn any money today.

I can see a lot of companies adding what McDonald's has their products, particularly their hamburgers; 'weight (length) as advertised prior to the cooking process'  (or something like that).

  Del,

  I earned my money the old fashion way..... I sued for it!





   

[guncrasher]

what is wrong with you guys trying to defend a company that is cheating customers out of something.  subway can make millions of dollars by just basically cutting off an inch of a sandwich even at a couple of pennies saved per sandwich based on volume it is a lot of money.

what is wrong with subway just calling it a "footlong sandwich that is no longer a footlong?"  I remember the old commercials where subway would  say that their footlong was 12 inches as very few other franchises had a foot long sandwich.

companies will do just about anything to make a few pennies more including cheating and they only way that more companies dont do it is because of class action lawsuits.  had it been a franchise or two then subway would have stepped in and taken action but when you have all the franchises doing it then you know the parent companies is involved.

I am waiting for somebody to file a class action lawsuit against against amazon due to their "free super saver shipping" as they will try to charge shipping on some items that have "free" shipping.  it is only a few pennies for me but when you consider volume it is a lot of money to the company.

cup of coffee too hot, ford trucks have weak roofs, bestbuy overcharging customers a penny on some transactions and the list go on and on.

midway

[Tracerfi]

 

[ozrocker]

I think of it like this. If I were buying a gallon of gas,
I would expect a full gallon. Not an advertised one.



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[HL117]

My 2 x 4 from Lowes was found to be only 1.5" x 3"....................were will it end 


HL

[guncrasher]

My 2 x 4 from Lowes was found to be only 1.5" x 3"....................were will it end 


HL

it is pretty much standard in the construction industry that 2x4x8 are that size it is even mentioned on the sticker when you buy it.

midway

[Tank-Ace]

it is pretty much standard in the construction industry that 2x4x8 are that size it is even mentioned on the sticker when you buy it.

midway

Well now its standard that sandwiches are shorter than 12".


To be perfectly honest, its likely the wrapping process (they can be pretty tight) that makes them less than a foot.

And frankly anyone fat, lazy, or literal enough to sue over this deserves nothing better than to be CHARGED the cost of the missing materials (if any).

[bigsky]

Well now its standard that sandwiches are shorter than 12".


To be perfectly honest, its likely the wrapping process (they can be pretty tight) that makes them less than a foot.

And frankly anyone fat, lazy, or literal enough to sue over this deserves nothing better than to be CHARGED the cost of the missing materials (if any).

Then they should not use the  word "foot." That is misleading, try big sammich. I do not go to the gas station and buy 10 jugs of fuel. Or subway could make there footlongs 15 inches, after all its just money, call it the cost of doing businesses.

[guncrasher]

Well now its standard that sandwiches are shorter than 12".


To be perfectly honest, its likely the wrapping process (they can be pretty tight) that makes them less than a foot.

And frankly anyone fat, lazy, or literal enough to sue over this deserves nothing better than to be CHARGED the cost of the missing materials (if any).

no the lumber industry clearly labels those 2x4x8 as being 1.75x3.75x95 or whatever length it is.  I have never seen a subway store sign saying that their foot long sandwiches are anything but a foot long.

as for the fat and lazy comment well nothing I can do about it as you follow the standard procedure.  when you cannot come up with a real statement then you resort to an insult.

midway

[eagl]

That's ok, the solid ingot of platimum-iridium alloy that defines the kilogram is slowly evaporating too.  So even the kilogram is losing weight.  We just need to re-define the standard "inch" so that 12 of them are the length of a subway footlong sandwich.  Blame it on quantum effects, just like the kilogram.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilogram

Then again, some of the other kilogram reference masses have GAINED mass.  So who knows how much a real kilogram really is.

Maybe we need a wikipedia entry for how the footlong measurement, defined by the international reference subway sandwich, is slowly changing size.  That makes it ok.

[Tank-Ace]

Point is that people are suing over 'missing' sandwich length that very well might not be missing, likely totals less than $0.03 (its all bread at the edges) if it even is missing.

The bad part is that it almost certainly made them happy to notice, for the chance at a lawsuit.