Is it just me???

[Zoom Zoom Boy]

Or is this just f'in ridiculous??? Why must so many people in today's society always try to find blame elsewhere, instead of either accepting things simply as they are where there isn't any real blame, or simply just taking direct accountability? I feel bad for the girl and what happened, but the dad needs a swift kick in the nads for being an idiot.

Yes, poutine is hot. Soup is hot too. It is hot food for a reason, they cook it... It is called an oven. Stick your head in one just to see how it feels at 450degrees. If you have a susceptibility to falling face first into your food, then go to Subway and get a friggin' cold sandwich. Or wait, since you might choke on that too, maybe you should just get your food through an IV drip.

But don't worry, the dad does take some accountability. He 'let' his 15 year old daughter eat in a fast food restaurant all by herself. Good for her, but my god, that should be illegal. She should have to be at least 22 years old to eat fast food all by herself. Morons.

Rant over...mostly. :rant:flaming





Teen burned in KFC poutine mishap
By DON PEAT, TORONTO SUN

Last Updated: 18th January 2010, 6:23pm

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Kendell Lakin, 15, of Acton, burned her face after having an epileptic seizure at KFC and falling into her poutine. (Photo courtesy of the Lakin family) This doesn’t sound finger lickin’ good.

An Acton teen was left with second-degree burns Saturday after having an epileptic seizure inside a KFC outlet and landing face-down in her piping-hot poutine.

Her irate father told the Sun Monday he’s not after a multi-million dollar lawsuit, he just wants to speak out to warn others and perhaps get the Colonel to turn the temperature down on the cheese and gravy.

Lee Lakin said he even accepts some responsibility for the incident because he let his daughter Kendell, 15, go to fast-food outlet alone on Saturday.

“I’m not looking for $10 million,” Lakin said. “I’m looking for someone to stand up and say, ‘We’re sorry Mr. Lakin, we’re sorry Kendell. We want to make this right and hey everybody this food is hot.’”

When his daughter went into a full seizure inside the town’s Queen St. KFC, the teen fell forward into the poutine she had just purchased, burning her chin and neck.

Customers in the restaurant rushed to her aid, pulling her out of the Canadian classic dish. Someone inside the restaurant called 911 and her family.

Lakin got to the eatery a short time later and while paramedics were tending to his daughter, her chin started to blister and her neck appeared red and burned. She went to the hospital and was treated for second-degree burns.

Her chin and bottom lip have several large blisters.

“Her whole neck area was brutally red,” Lakin said, adding even the hospital staff were shocked the burns were caused by gravy.

A trip back to the KFC Sunday to speak to the manager got dad boiling mad, because he said personnel seemed to show little concern for his daughter.

“One comment the manager said to me was, ‘The poutine comes in frozen so we really have to heat it up,’” Lakin said. “KFC needs to figure out how to make this poutine without burning people.

“You’ve got hot gravy and hot cheese, two really hot elements in there.”

Priszm Income Funds, the franchisee that owns the Acton location, issued a statement to the Sun, expressing its concern about the incident.

“We feel terrible for our customer,” the statement read. “We are grateful that the customer is now recovering.”

“While this particular situation is highly unusual, KFC in Canada is not only committed to ensuring that our customers receive high quality products, but we also take food safety and the general safety of our customers very seriously.”

The statement stressed that KFC in Canada complies with all government food standards.

“Government regulations require that our gravy meets the critical control point compliance requirements of temperatures between 140 degrees Fahrenheit and 165 degrees Fahrenheit,” the franchisee stated. “We’ve confirmed that our Acton store continues to meet these food safety standards.”

don.peat@sunmedia.ca

[fini]

hahahaha.. this was on the edge this morning.

[Noisy Crow]

Great. Now we will have a new warning on the outside of the containers: Warning! Hot! Do not stick face in food!

This is really sad... I feel bad the girl... first she has a seizure, and then gets burned while it happened. But at a certain point we just have to accept that there is risk in life. I really, really, fear for the future of our country... everyone will be hiding at home wrapped in pillows and no one will be trying new things, taking on new challenges.

[cwp_sedan]

Tim, you have to understand that she was epileptic. It's not like this was just some random 15 year old that, as Dean Blundell put it this morning, was super hungry and decided to eat with out a fork, buried her face into the poutine and burned her face. The father was trying to give his daughter some independence by allowing her to go to get some food by herself. She could have had a seizure on her way to or from KFC and had a worse accident than just a burn to her chin.

Do I think they have the right to sue KFC or whatever? No. Is it the restaurants fault they serve hot food? No. If it was cold she, or at least I would have complained that it was cold.

It is a shame she was burned in all of this but come on, a full face-plant in a poutine! :chuckle



EDIT: On a side note, KFC replaced the poutine after it had gone cold from the incident. The girl then ate the new hot poutine without a repeat seizure. :)

[MAZDA Kitten]

LOL heard it on the edge too

[towelsnap]

I powered laughed until I read she was epileptic... good luck in a law suit LMFAO! A medical condition of being epileptic and saying it's KFC fault must have had issues in school , watching TV or just didn't take their meds....... it's not like the employees of KFC were spoon feeding her poutine and set the bowl in front of her. I think it's retarded the family is trying to sue.... yes trusting your kid with a medical condition is one thing but honestly.... blaming KFC.... YOU FAIL AS PARENTS AND SHOULD BE SLAPPED BY EVERYONE WHO SEES YOU!..... when everything else fails.. do what Phil does... eat chicken instead!

[Thrizzl3]

I powered laughed until I read she was epileptic... good luck in a law suit LMFAO! A medical condition of being epileptic and saying it's KFC fault must have had issues in school , watching TV or just didn't take their meds....... it's not like the employees of KFC were spoon feeding her poutine and set the bowl in front of her. I think it's retarded the family is trying to sue.... yes trusting your kid with a medical condition is one thing but honestly.... blaming KFC.... YOU FAIL AS PARENTS AND SHOULD BE SLAPPED BY EVERYONE WHO SEES YOU!..... when everything else fails.. do what Phil does... eat chicken instead!

i knew i was going to come up as an example..just a matter of time.

Thanks Greg

Sincerely,

phil05gx

[towelsnap]

To Whom it may concern,


I would like to formally apologize with my reference to the "Phil05gx" the man with the sticker got chicken, the man who's FB states I want chicken, I love popeyes, I eat chicken during sex , and I make love to chicken deep fried. I can understand the confusion of a man's love for chicken with this. Sometimes I say the same thing... man I could go for a chicken sandwich and find myself thinking ... "What would Phil do" . For my long stay on TM3 I find myself saying WWPD a lot. Questioning do I want a twister or a two-piece. But my voicing of WWPD to Phil05gx in honor of his wise choices in delicious soaked in grease chicken choices I can see his frustration. The constant comparisons of wise eating choices and strive each day... just for that one piece of chicken can lead a man to go insane. I don't know how you do it Phil05gx a day without chicken is like a day without air. I had to be the first to get the WWPD (what would Phil do) or else it would be madness not to honor the man the legend .. token Phil
.

Sincerely,

towelsnap

But on topic and not trying to kill time at work ... I think she is hot with that chin... can you imagine... it would be so soft and you can curl up to it at night .... "like a bag of water or sand".... I find myself staring at her for hours..... thinking... what if... we can go on dates I could stare at her sexy chin for hours .... if only

[Thrizzl3]

lmao! you said chicken in every sentence..i think we have new chicken lover:chuckle

sorry this thread just got :TJ


on behalf of phil05gx and towelsnap..."My bad"

[towelsnap]

lol I tried :) hahaha but it killed five minutes of work :) woop woop but on a serious note... WHO WANTS TO SQUEEZE HER CHIN???? I DO I DO

[aris]

This is crazy...their is no one to blame..

It's funny if the restaurant turned down the tempature then all his customers would be returning the food saying it's to cold...95% of the people want their food scorching hot..not warm!

[Fobio]

could've been worse...

http://members.shaw.ca/dryblog/kpchnphlpvlblws.jpg

[mazdabetty]

lol i tried :) hahaha but it killed five minutes of work :) woop woop but on a serious note... Who wants to squeeze her chin???? I do i do

eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

[MistaChin]

But on topic and not trying to kill time at work ... I think she is hot with that chin... can you imagine... it would be so soft and you can curl up to it at night .... "like a bag of water or sand".... I find myself staring at her for hours..... thinking... what if... we can go on dates I could stare at her sexy chin for hours .... if only

ahahhaahhah Towel you're hilarious.

[Fobio]

ahahhaahhah Towel you're hilarious.

hmm...MistaCHIN...are you like an Assman, but your thang is "chins"? LOL...

[MistaChin]

hmm...MistaCHIN...are you like an Assman, but your thang is "chins"? LOL...

me and chinsterr are gonna beat yo ass dowwwwn haha.

I was gonna put MistaTits but that definitely wouldn't sound right.

[towelsnap]

lol DO IT!.. but honestly... I think the fluid would be clear if you pop it hahahah YUM! melted butter anyone?

[Fobio]

lol DO IT!.. but honestly... I think the fluid would be clear if you pop it hahahah YUM! melted butter anyone?

reminds me of a weird image of someone with 1 big zit that covers their entire face...


splooge....

[towelsnap]

lmao reminds me of this .... (NSFW...language and if your weak at heart .. don't bother to watch I warned you.... if you can stare at this without laughing, gaging and can keep watching without taking your eyes off of it... I'll give you a penny)

My guess.. cleared up within a month ..... minor tissue damage..... minor visible mark for a year and it will fade... common now who doesn't have a burn mark....... shakes head in shame I have three from stupidity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3jNCBe1VTY

[PCLoadLetter]

Customers in the restaurant rushed to her aid, pulling her out of the Canadian classic dish.
This line made me laugh

[yanky.ng]

this is nonsense.......if you care so much about your daughter don't let her go alone outside.....why don't people just take responsibility on their own god damn actions......example.....if she have an accident while driving....so her father will blame the MTO..that they did not put warning on the freaking Drivers license that its dangerous to drive.....stupid moron...get a life...

[STeeLy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3jNCBe1VTY

LMAO... its just like Mayo and Ketchup... it's not that bad

[jaimie08mazda3]

I actually know this girl... semi anyhow and the father is a toolbox as far as I have seen. I worked in the same complex as that KFC and I see him in the store with her a few times and a few times on her own. He has complained about many different things... and this doesn't surprise me one bit to be honest with you. Poor girl I hope she will be okay. Just the father is dumb as hell for thinking that basically he is going to stop making poutine so hot, cool it down so that people get poisoned for uncooked food. Orr you could as they suggested go down the road a bit to Giant Tiger and get a Sub at Subway...

[DualSoul]

I think I'll have a poutine tomorrow.

[Dante]

Poutine doesn't have to cause burns to your face. it just has to be at a temperature where you can eat it hot.. You can get pretty OWNED with timmies coffee's but if someone has a seizure on that, diffrent story.. everyones gonna laugh.. although i dont know why a poutine is that hot its molested her face that bad.

[aris]

Poutine doesn't have to cause burns to your face. it just has to be at a temperature where you can eat it hot.. You can get pretty OWNED with timmies coffee's but if someone has a seizure on that, diffrent story.. everyones gonna laugh.. although i dont know why a poutine is that hot its molested her face that bad.

It has to be hot...if not you have no idea how many people would bitch if it's not hot..also every time the health inspector comes in to your resturant they check temps on everything with thermoators and everything has to be at a certian temp

[Iceman_F1]

Poutine doesn't have to cause burns to your face. it just has to be at a temperature where you can eat it hot.. You can get pretty OWNED with timmies coffee's but if someone has a seizure on that, diffrent story.. everyones gonna laugh.. although i dont know why a poutine is that hot its molested her face that bad.

As stated in the OP


“Government regulations require that our gravy meets the critical control point compliance requirements of temperatures between 140 degrees Fahrenheit and 165 degrees Fahrenheit,” the franchisee stated. “We’ve confirmed that our Acton store continues to meet these food safety standards.”

I've had the Poutine a few times from there. The fries aren't that hot. The cheese comes from a bag as cheese curds and it's the gravy that melts it. And if they have to have the gravy that hot, as due to regulations, it's not really their fault. Add to the fact that every time I had got one, it came with a lid on it...I think KFC did all it can do to "prevent" this sort of thing.

This is just a case of bad time for her condition to pop up. Feel sorry for her, but really, people need to take responsibility for their own actions. You buy hot food? There's going to be a risk of something happening and you getting hurt.

[chinsterr]

Have you seen KFC gravy at room temperature ? It's like eating beef flavored jello

[towelsnap]

http://www.auntcalamity.com/signs/sign_005_hot_coffee_full.jpg

" Caution our poutine is soo hot it will melt your face"

[SL3VIN]

lmao reminds me of this .... (NSFW...language and if your weak at heart .. don't bother to watch I warned you.... if you can stare at this without laughing, gaging and can keep watching without taking your eyes off of it... I'll give you a penny)

My guess.. cleared up within a month ..... minor tissue damage..... minor visible mark for a year and it will fade... common now who doesn't have a burn mark....... shakes head in shame I have three from stupidity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3jNCBe1VTY

lol you owe me a penny ;)

[STeeLy]

lol you owe me a penny ;)

he owes me one too

[Nextmod]

Have you seen KFC gravy at room temperature ? It's like eating beef flavored jello

I was just thinking that lol

[Burner]

Am I a bad person cause I laughed for about 5 minutes solid while thinking about what that whole thing must have looked like?

Also, can you get them to mix popcorn chicken in the poutine? I was just thinking about how awesome that would be.

[DualSoul]

^ No, because I'm chuckling myself. :chuckle

Unless I'm also a bad person...