The worst part about the McDonald's coffee one was that people view that poor woman as a Karen because of a huge smear campaign against her so the company wouldn't face as much pressure from the public to pay out
@tonypeppermint5329
Жыл бұрын
It's frustrating, especially when there were lawsuits before that lawsuit about the coffee.
@maxmeidl4909
Жыл бұрын
One of the main reasons why I don’t drink coffee (or alcohol).
@NealCamerlengo
Жыл бұрын
A smear campaign by a mainstream media outlet.
@selalewow
Жыл бұрын
They even got Hollywood in on it. How many sitcoms at that time had episodes making light of it.
@weregretohio7728
Жыл бұрын
And the lie helped George Bush and co. push the awful idea of tort reform, an anti-consumer ideology.
@elenaprice9348
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for talking about the McDonald's coffee lawsuit. To this day people STILL make jokes about it, no one mentions the fact that she was 79 years old and that she suffered from complications from it for the rest of her life. Thank you for always being respectful and for always doing such thorough research
@godzillahomer
Жыл бұрын
or the fact that the coffee INSTANTLY burned her. And not on the leg or arm, in between the legs, to the point where fused skin needed surgery. Lawsuit also originally just started out as a demand that McDonalds pay her medical bills. Another case of McDonalds' crack legal team messing stuff up. See them losing the Big Mac trademark in Europe for more.
@elenaprice9348
Жыл бұрын
@@godzillahomer I'll have to check that out. But yeah, that whole situation was horrible. The worst part to me is that the amount she got was based on how much they make in coffee sales in like, a day or two, if I'm remembering correctly. So that was nothing to them. And I'm fairly certain she actually got much less
@tonythehappynerd7241
Жыл бұрын
I found out about the real reason behind the coffee scandal through Adam Ruins Everything
@inumizuno
Жыл бұрын
at first i thought it was a karen situation, but after hearing the story, i felt so bad for the old lady :(
@tonythehappynerd7241
Жыл бұрын
@@inumizuno Me too
@AGBDYM
Жыл бұрын
There’s also the Subway scandal where the spokesperson turned out to be a sex offender
@VJAllison1974
Жыл бұрын
I was wondering about that one. He was a real pervert.
@sallyintucson
Жыл бұрын
They dropped him like a hot stone! I’m surprised that wasn’t mentioned in this.
@WannabeArtist55
6 ай бұрын
50% Of the KZitem Community be like:
@ImaginaryAlchemist
Жыл бұрын
I'm so, so glad more people are shedding light on the McDonald's coffee story. I grew up hearing jokes about the case and the woman who was burned, and when I found out the true story I was appalled. I hope she was able to recover from her burns, as well as the pointless hate and mockery people sent her way. I can't imagine how that must have felt for her.
@IShy2
Жыл бұрын
All I'm saying is, they must've made the coffee LITERAL lava for her to be hospitalized like that
@UnicornsPoopRainbows
Жыл бұрын
@@IShy2 Hopefully this is sarcasm but part of her injuries were due to the fabric she was wearing. She was wearing sweat pants and it soaked up the coffee, holding it against her skin. She had zero protection outside of that flimsy lid. For anyone wondering why she didn't just use a cup holder, the car she was in, her grandson's iirc, didn't have cup holders. And the car was parked, not moving. Poor woman was only seeking enough money to pay her medical bills, not looking for a big pay out. If McDonald's hadn't been sued so many times about the same issue previously and taken any measures to limit the burn risk, she might not have gotten anything. I'm pretty sure McDs spent more in lawyer fees than they ended up paying her in the end
@IShy2
Жыл бұрын
@@UnicornsPoopRainbows Don't worry, I was joking
@MR-SINISTER76
Жыл бұрын
@@IShy2 this was commented by someone else but according to them coffee is actually not supposed to boil like it was because that reduses the flavor so their excuse was complete bullshit
@AiluridaeAureus
Жыл бұрын
All I'm saying is two things can be true at once: McDonald's coffee shouldn't be that hot, and she's still incredibly stupid for trying to hold a cup of hot coffee between her thighs with yoga pants on. Guess what you do when you don't have cupholders? You don't get the fucking drink in the first place!
@juggalouie666
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for talking about the truth behind Stella's story. I still see people believing the version that McDonalds twisted around to make her look like the bad guy. Yes, coffee should be hot, but it shouldn't literally fuse your skin together.
@nunyabusiness896
Жыл бұрын
Shoot, you're right. What kind of negligent moron keeps allowing people to boil water *far hotter* than that coffee on a stove!? Adults treating hot liquids with respect, impossible! I know Stella didn't do it intentionally, but her actions were ultimately negligent. It's easy to tell how hot a drink is through the cup, she should've let it cool before trying to put creamer into it and definitely shouldn't have done it in her lap like that.
@UnicornsPoopRainbows
Жыл бұрын
@@nunyabusiness896 The car she was in didn't have cup holders. McDs was found to be 80% liable, mainly because of the amount of complaints and lawsuits from burns over the years from the coffee and how they took no efforts to fix the situation. They knew their product was hotter and more dangerous than average coffee but ultimately chose to keep it at that temp to reduce the frequency they would need to clean the coffee containers, and extra layer of ick on the case. But yes, Stella was a bit to blame and she wasn't seeking a huge pay out, literally just enough to cover her hospital bills. I used to work at McDs as a teen in the early 2000s and those coffee cup lids still were flimsy POSs. They'd rip easily and I'd make extra sure the lid was on firmly if the customer didn't want cream or sugar. Most customers would also double check too. I'd see customers put it on firmly then come back for a new lid a minute later because it ripped when they took it off to add creamer or sugar
@gokuxsephiroth4505
Жыл бұрын
@@nunyabusiness896 I mean, if you've ever been on a long road trip and hit up the drive through, you've probably put sugar in your coffee in the car - and if you have no cup holders (like her grandson's car did), you do it in your lap. Her spilling? Yeah, that's on her. Simple mistake, but that's on her. But *the coffee fusing her labia to her thigh?????* Like, come on man. Don't let McDonald's off the hook - that's ridiculously hot to serve something meant to be consumed right away. Yes, we boil water much hotter than that on our stoves everyday, but we don't expect to put that boiling pan straight to our lips and be able to drink it. When I buy a coffee, call me entitled but I *do* expect to be able to put that coffee to my lips and be able to drink it without scalding the taste from my mouth, just like I expect to buy McDonald's fries and be able to stick my hand in and eat them right off the bat as well.
@nunyabusiness896
Жыл бұрын
@@gokuxsephiroth4505 I don't drink coffee nor do I ever drink in the car, and certainly not a hot drink. Drink your damn sht at home before you leave or at the hotel or restaurant or whatever. So tired of these people sipping on their stupid whatever drinks instead of paying attention. You don't need sugar slurp in your face every second of every day you fat @ss.
@ZippoIII
Жыл бұрын
Skill issue
@selalewow
Жыл бұрын
"Super Size Me" was a scandal in itself because he refused to release the doctor's findings and reports. Many people called BS on his experiment. Not that fast food is healthy, but his guy got a lot of notoriety from this and made bank with other "documentaries".
@alexanderklepp
Жыл бұрын
I heard all of that too.
@zavexcapricious2519
Жыл бұрын
and even then he literally made sure the effects would be as bad as possible even if it was all legit, eating a meal almost double the calories of the normal meals they sell everyday and not properly exercising is of course going to make your health rapidly drop, sure if he got normal meals from mcdonalds instead it wouldn't have been very good either but there it would not have been as absurdly severe as it seemed to be but still would have served the point not to eat too much fast food
@jamaisj
Жыл бұрын
It gets better: He used his girlfriend's cooking to get better, and he used the doc to help her vegan catering business.
@aeonianargos4284
Жыл бұрын
I'm fairly certain he got sued for the whole thing too
@vozpit
Жыл бұрын
It was proven that the caloric intake he claimed was less than he was actually eating. Rigging the numbers to get his desired affect.
@GreycatRademenes
Жыл бұрын
Here's my personal bizarre 'Scandal'. In college one of my close friends used to work at a busy McD, so I heard a lot of weird stories. One time there came a man that wanted to talk with the manager. He claimed he ate an EggMcMuffin at their restaurant a day before and apparently it made him constipated. However the most bizarre part was that he didn't threaten them with a law suit, but instead that he'll going to slander them in a local talk show. The gave him a fruit pie so he'd get lost. Also apparently some places nickname fruit pies as 'F*ck-off Pies' since they give them to people who complain because they're easiest to write off.
@Megalon-qc8pf
Жыл бұрын
Mad guy? Give ‘em pie!
@mr72sweaty35
Жыл бұрын
Thats kinda bizzare
@sakurakitsunestar
Жыл бұрын
Bet it wasn't actually the McMuffin (or at least just it) and more lack of fiber we all know the average college student eats mostly junk like instant ramen and fast food Just more proof we need to lower textbook costs so the students can eat something with fiber once and awhile
@wolfetteplays8894
Жыл бұрын
Good lord 🙏 sounds fucking wild
@landscapingspecialist
Жыл бұрын
Arby’s doesn’t do this. They just say tough $hit 🥺
@mchristiansen137
Жыл бұрын
When I was a shift supervisor at McD's back in the 80's. One of my checklist duties was to calibrate the machines, juice, soda, and coffee. I found the juice machine was set too low and adjusted it, I also found the coffee maker set at it's highest setting, (210), and I reset it down to 155-160. I was written up! I retaliated by getting in touch with the health dept. and had the store fined, (I was made to reverse the temps, which would allow the juice machines to be to warm and form bacteria, and the coffee way too hot), I was suspended for 2 weeks, until the new owners took over. It was just plain stupid on McD's part. In retrospect, coffee sales did go up, because it no longer tasted of scalded camel spit, and juice waste went down.
@bm10626
Жыл бұрын
Subway's mascot or spokeman Jarrod getting arrested was a big one and I thought was going to be on here, but it does make sense why it wasn't. You were keeping to the food aspect
@BDESal
9 ай бұрын
Jared fogle yep
@glenncross4987
Жыл бұрын
As a McDonald's worker, I can say this list could be a top 10 McDonald's scandals
@Rtotalmagic
Жыл бұрын
I was curious to see if he would cover “McLibel” (where McDonalds sued two British activists for slander over an anti-McDonalds leaflet, leading to two very long and expensive libel trials). However, the focus seems to be on food-based scandals, which is understandable...
@glenncross4987
Жыл бұрын
@@Rtotalmagic I heard about that one
@christianparrish3292
Жыл бұрын
Even though I love McDonald's, I am curious about the scandals.
@Nakia11798
Жыл бұрын
When you're that big of a restaurant, it's bound to happen. Doesn't even surprise me.
@mostar1219
Жыл бұрын
I used to work at McDonald's, too, though I didn't grill
@Barnowl65
Жыл бұрын
I think the best part of Super Size Me was when they went into schools and called them out for their unhealthy lunches they provided. It's kind of hypocritical for schools to talk about all the healthy foods in health class, and then provide slop that is definitely not good for you.
@stephaniethebatter7975
Жыл бұрын
Yeah... good thing I live in Australia, where the food you get from the school is food you order or buy at the canteen (or tuckshop, depending on which state you're in), be it a pie from the local bakery, a ham, cheese and tomato sandwich or a lasagna. Otherwise, you can take your own food to school.
@johnnymeeks
Жыл бұрын
I would say that is the reason why cafeterias shouldn’t exist, but then I thought about homeless children and now I’m pretty much in limbo
@ElNeroDiablo
Жыл бұрын
@@stephaniethebatter7975 You just reminded me of that one time when I was in like Year 8 or Year 9 (so 2001-2002), I bought 1 Mars Bar, and ended up having a run of *six* free bars (as it was 1-in-6 has a free bar winner), before my school's canteen managed to put a stop to my run of great luck. That was 1 purchase got me a total of 7 bars before I got stopped. The probability of that is 0.0001250286% or nearly 8000-to-1 (7x D6 rolls; 1x D6 for the first purchase to win on a 6, then 5x D6 to win on a 6, then 1x D6 to fail on a 1-5)
@aeroblu2002
Жыл бұрын
The only problem was the guy getting girls' phone numbers
@inyrui
Жыл бұрын
That Super Size Me doc is such bullshit. People have tried to replicate his results and they can't. The only way he got so unhealthy was he intentionally over-ate and intentionally tried not to be active. Other people who have done the same diet have actually lost weight and have lowered their cholesterol
@Ospyro3em
Жыл бұрын
The horsemeat scandal was huge news here in the UK- all the major supermarkets here came under fire. However, it did make for some pretty hilarious horse puns in headlines and social media 🤣
@Rtotalmagic
Жыл бұрын
As one cartoonist put it “War Horse: You’ve seen the film, now buy the burger”... However, in the U.K., reporting on the scandal was focused more on frozen food companies such as Findus...
@Megalon-qc8pf
Жыл бұрын
Can you tell us some
@arthurjunior7241
Жыл бұрын
Tell us
@Ospyro3em
Жыл бұрын
I remember some asked Tesco on their social media page if they stocked Red Rum (referring to the racehorse), they didn't immediately pick up on the joke 😂 Another was just people putting random jokes like "my doctor told me to watch what I eat, do I'm off to watch the Grand National" just silly things like that 😆
@hannahmabbott7370
Жыл бұрын
I can. Findus produces products like lasagne and they do crispy pancakes which are savoury pancakes filled with either ham and cheese or minced beef. During the scandal it came out that the lasagne that findus was making had horsemeat in it. I never ate the lasagne personally but my mum stopped buying any of their crispy pancakes for a while because I have a kidney transplant and they was a chance I might get sick from eating any of their beef products.
@DramaLlamaTheatrics
Жыл бұрын
In a sad twist of irony, the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit actually just became relevant to my own life. Last week a good friend of my parents spilled hot McDonald’s coffee on her lap when she tried to take a sip while sitting in her car. She’s still undergoing skin grafting in order to treat the second and third degree burns she obtained from it, and she’s working with her husband to get a good lawyer to sue McDonald’s for criminal negligence. I genuinely hope it works out for them because not only is she out of work until the burns are fully healed, but she also can’t do anything on her own and the couple is now dealing with exuberant medical bills as well as the money lost from her being unable to work. Now before anyone says that she just wasn’t being careful and spilled it on accident while driving, she was completely stationary as the car was parked. When she went to pick up the cup only to learn the cup melted from the scalding hot coffee and practically disintegrated when she tried taking a sip. This isn’t a joke post or anything, just me trying to show that even now McDonald’s coffee is still dangerous due to how hot it is (and apparently from how shoddy the cups are made in my opinion). It’s been 30 years since that 1992 suit, and nothings really changed.
@nunyabusiness896
Жыл бұрын
Now see, I think this version of the case holds more water. In this instance there is a clear product failure that led to the burn, not an act of clumsiness with a hot cup of coffee in your lap like the original case (in my recollection she took the lid off and bumped the cup in the process and IMO doing so with a hot liquid in your lap is negligent on her part). Hopefully your friend took pictures and/or saved the cup for the court case, it's hard to fake a melted cup, though of course they will have to somehow or another prove that it wasn't falsified by heating the cup or adding an already boiling liquid from another source or something, courts rely on irrefutable evidence, after all, people try to fake and scam all the time so you have to remove all doubt.
@gokuxsephiroth4505
Жыл бұрын
@@nunyabusiness896 Y'know, if I was in a McDonald's, tripped over and fell through a dangerously built floor and broke my back, I feel like you'd say it was my fault for tripping. The lady had nowhere to put the cup, put it in her lap - something I've known so many to do -and when it spilled, instead of just leaving her with a pink mark, it fused her genitals to her leg. Yes, spilling was on her but serving coffee at 200 degrees F (93 degrees C) is bloody ridiculous for something meant to be immediately consumed.
@nunyabusiness896
Жыл бұрын
@@gokuxsephiroth4505 Immediately consumed according to who? They made it hotter, which costs them more BTW because keeping water hotter costs more money, because they found people were getting it and driving to work and drinking it there and they wanted it still hot. If you are an adult you should be able to judge the temperature of a liquid and act accordingly. The government is not your fkn parents and you are not a baby, grow the mother fkn fck up.
@PlatoonGoon
Жыл бұрын
Was there an update on this? Litigation really sounds plausible if the cup melted/warped under heat of the coffee.
@fabh9674
4 ай бұрын
Just imagine what would’ve happened if she actually drank it with it being that hot 😰 I hope everything works out with the case and she makes a quick and easy recovery
@alliewicklund6192
Жыл бұрын
Hi Strider! Soy filled chicken, other than being deadly to some of those that are allergic, can affect hormones as well. As an endometriosis sufferer, I try to avoid excess soy so that my body doesn't produce more estrogen and endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Very painful situation that I wouldn't wish upon the worst of my enemies.
@kimmyfriedman7469
Жыл бұрын
Soy also effects Thyroid levels, especially in someone like me. I was born without a Thyroid Gland and certain foods such as soy and most processed foods interferes with the absorption and function of my medication(Synthroid) which acts as a Thyroid Gland.
@cricketandgraham8644
Жыл бұрын
tbh that does sound really painful to go through. Stay strong
@talkingben5190
Жыл бұрын
One scandal I recently found out was the Burger King pokeball scandal around 1999 where they had pokeball toys in their kids meals, but there were reports of young children suffocating to death on them which caused BK to air adverts requesting a recall in the toys which set them back millions.
@bluestreaker9242
Жыл бұрын
I remember that one, yeah. Josh covered that in a previous episode, though I don't remember precisely which one.
@Phoenix2312
Жыл бұрын
Strider has covered that in another video! Which is maybe why it did not appear here...
@sakurakitsunestar
Жыл бұрын
It's true small kids could place a ball half over both nose and mouth and suffocate themselves! so bk had a recall where you could bring the balls in for a free small fry... Though my parents just threw mine in the trash even though I was big enough that I wasn't at risk (kids that were were like babies) It also caused a change in the mold used for the store bought figures made by tomy afterwards the pokeballs had holes in them so kids couldn't hurt themselves with those ether
@kenhollis6197
Жыл бұрын
The dumbest part of that scandal was that the kid in question was like three months old, so it was a clear case of child neglect. Of course, the parents wouldn't cop to that, opting instead to start a website called Pokemon Kills.
@Zoloft77
Жыл бұрын
@@kenhollis6197 Reminds me of the case where one negligent mother blamed Beavis & Butthead for the death of her child. That case was so full of holes it made Swiss cheese look solid.
@mochiamori
Жыл бұрын
in regards to "super size me", it has gained recent controversy due to the guy who made the documentary not disclosing that he was/is a raging alchoholic... so its safe to assume most of the negative health issues found after 30 days of Mcdonalds was actually caused by consuming so much alcohol. that isn't to say that eating nothing but Mcdonalds is healthy or anything, its still not good for you. the documentary at least made people conscious about their food choices which isn't a bad thing
@thehorrorhound6575
Жыл бұрын
Yeah exactly. Morgan Spurlock has gained controversy over the years from people outside McDonald’s due to the fact that he was a raging alcoholic, with undisclosed medicinal ailments he purposely hid from the documentary including his own bad liver (which he blamed on McDonald’s) and that no one in the last 20 years has ever been able to replicate his results indicating he was misleading about the amount of food he was actually eating. It’s theorized he actually ate FAR more than he recorded to inflate the negative weight gain results, and that his mood swings were due to alcohol withdrawal and he’s been accused of the whole thing being a scam to pay off his own medical bills prior to the video.
@mimahakurei4430
Жыл бұрын
I think the actual issue at the heart of the whole "filler in meat" thing is that certain fillers are also potentially allergens for some people, which means these companies basically had undeclared allergens in their food. Soybean allergies aren't uncommon, so even though they're safe and healthy for the general population, they're still dangerous for some people to consume.
@sekovittol3124
Жыл бұрын
People just want what they pay for, it's the deception that people don't like. Moreso IMO than allergies.
@tional5266
Жыл бұрын
Soy is destabilizing natural hormones, as a phytoestrogen it’s causing many of the issues we see today, turning boys to girls etc
@gokuxsephiroth4505
Жыл бұрын
That's an interesting perspective - I'd never considered that
@Mike14264
10 ай бұрын
Aye, that does sound like a more proper complaint, yeah. Like, that'd be pretty crucial to list off in their disclaimers on the menu. I'm not sure if soybean allergies can kill, but it sure is nasty to get a reaction from something you weren't warned about.
@fatuusdottore
9 ай бұрын
Also, some people don't want to eat soy.
@Anton-de5vu
Жыл бұрын
The McDonald’s coffee incident wasn’t because a woman wanted money, but because she wanted McDonald’s to care about the fact that they were endangering their customers, and what do you do to get a company that only cares about money to do something? Yep, come for their cash
@MoonlightXYZ
Жыл бұрын
I remember eating a subway sandwich with lettuce when my mom turned the news on, they was airing a story about bacteria in the subway lettcue sandwiches. My jaw dropped.
@rossallan3585
Жыл бұрын
Beats your guts dropping!
@r.j.penfold
Жыл бұрын
Were you alright?
@jadenbryant9283
Жыл бұрын
Did you eat it
@barnacleboi2595
Жыл бұрын
Newsflash: every single surface on earth has some sort of bacteria on it.
@TheShyForeigner
Жыл бұрын
@@barnacleboi2595 True but there's always bacteria that's not safe for human consumption and more importantly should be checked for such bacteria in food. Thats kinda why we have food regulations so that excuse falls flat.
@darkmyro
Жыл бұрын
subway also got in legal trouble for selling foot longs that weren't a foot long and they tried to fire back " oh its just a advertising name" but people were a little upset that a footlong wasn't a foot long and they got sued
@theyakkomanguy7522
Жыл бұрын
I have heard of 1 or 2 fast food scandals but not a lot until now.
@admiralAlfonso9001
Жыл бұрын
I didn’t but I wouldn’t doubt it for a second
@UnknownPikmin
Жыл бұрын
really??
@roguem5
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for how you handled the discussion of the "McDonald's Coffee" lawsuit. I don't know if you're aware, but attorneys actually use that case as a metric in voir dire to determine whether potential jurors are willing to set aside preconceived notions when provided new facts. It's a good indicator of whether someone can overcome their bias. As to the issue of Subway chicken and soy beans, I would like to say that given the nearly 100% price increase that Subway has instituted since June 2022 (I'm entirely serious about that; I paid half as much for a 6" steak egg and cheese with *double meat* than what I pay now with just a single serving of meat - and the less expensive option was purchased in a hospital where my son was inpatient last June) - given that, I absolutely want my meat to be meat and not soy beans/filler. If I'm going to pay as much for one sandwich with one _very thin_ chicken breast on it as I do for an _entire pound_ of chicken at the grocer's, then it had best be actual chicken I'm getting. So I can understand the upset over that one a lot more than I can some of the other issues.
@oaktwig
Жыл бұрын
Speaking of Subway not being able to stay out of trouble: apparently investigations, lawsuits, etc. are popping up about their tuna not being tuna. 🙄
@sardonicprincess
Жыл бұрын
I just feel bad for that woman who got burned by the coffee.
@Craxin01
Жыл бұрын
One of the many reasons I refuse to eat in the car. One little bump and suddenly you're covered in what you're eating. If that's coffee hot enough to cause 3rd degree burns, that's a bad day.
@Showtunediva
Жыл бұрын
I do as well.
@christianparrish3292
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad I don't drink coffee
@racheljackson4428
Жыл бұрын
nasty burns. people who work at fast food joints need to be careful when serving hot beverages.
@bowlr9794
Жыл бұрын
I don’t understand why it had to be so hot
@ResettisReplicas
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you got the coffee story correct - it's disheartening to see people think they're making the world better by simping for McDonald's
@MotorcycleCheetah
Жыл бұрын
It’s probably more so just a by-product of the fact that so many entitled people exist and yell nowadays that people see headlines like that and defaultly assume “Oh great, another Karen”. People just kinda scoff at this now. Not saying it’s right, but it may be why.
@BeanBag343
Жыл бұрын
@@MotorcycleCheetah my mom says it's because at the time the story was everywhere and the media peddled the story to seem like she was a Karen. Basically, everyone only got McDonald's side of the story and never Stella's
@MotorcycleCheetah
Жыл бұрын
I was afraid that was the case.
@Al-Cohol999
Жыл бұрын
I like my coffee hot. If I wanted a cold coffee I would buy a iced coffee. I don't see warnings on cigarette lighters saying "Caution flame is hot". Why do people need a warning saying "caution hot coffee may be hot"?
@ResettisReplicas
Жыл бұрын
@@Al-Cohol999 Because it was so hot it was causing 3rd degree burns, that is NOT normal for spilling coffee on yourself. McD's were told repeatedly that the coffee was at unsafe temperatures and they didn't do anything.
@candiedpandie
Жыл бұрын
I think the biggest issues with Subway not disclosing that their chicken contains soy is both the fact that some people may be allergic to soy and unknowingly consume it and also just false advertisement. Personally, I too like soy and wouldn't mind it but if it's advertised as 100% chicken, I expect that or else they just lose credibility imo.
@halleyangel1706
Жыл бұрын
The McDonald's Coffee Scandal was actually turned around so that something like her case. (Meaning the restitution she won being almost half a million dollars and McDonald's lost millions in revenue) So that now its harder to get any sort of restitution and justice because of this case being seen like a big joke or even a bad thing. My parents even got some restitution from this sort of thing. Because when I was young maybe 1995-1999. I got badly burned by McDonald's coffee as a little kid. We didn't make millions but we did receive 1000$. And free McDonald's Coupons for life. Which back than was good for the time.
@phantomstrider
Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry you got burned Halley 😞 I know it was a long time ago, but that must've been awful. I'm glad you're okay and glad they finally cooled the stupid coffee down.
@Nicky2414
Жыл бұрын
@Trick or Treat Oh shut up you bot!
@halleyangel1706
Жыл бұрын
@@phantomstrider Eh truth be told Strider that wasn't the last time Coffee proved to hate me. I had this Santa Claus at this Church Community Party my family went to drop me twice. And spill hot coffee on me twice. And this happened to my brother to (only once but still). My parents were starting to believe we were curse. I also think those instances are why I don't like coffee and drink tea
@ARandomGamer910
Жыл бұрын
So sad your burned glad you got better tho
@ARandomGamer910
Жыл бұрын
@@phantomstrider same
@tommyandrews4992
Жыл бұрын
I worked at a pizza shop that mixed breadcrumbs in the tuna so it would produce more sandwiches vs. not using the breadcrumbs. No one ever noticed that either!
@rorynorris4248
Жыл бұрын
you should have used the clip of Tim Minchin screaming "EVERYTHING is chemicals!" XD
@Alola_Hanna-Barbera_TMS_Fan
Жыл бұрын
It’s always a swell day when Strider and Boo uploads a video
@autumnoraki
Жыл бұрын
@Trick or Treat skill issue ngl
@davideostudio2664
Жыл бұрын
Another scandal as an honorable, or dishonorable mention in this case, is when a Burger King employee stood on bins full of lettuce. Then someone took a photo of it and posted it to 4chan. It went viral and the employee was fired and blew up on the news. Despite the major health code violation of that stunt, at least we got one of my favorite lines from Epic Rap Battles of History: Ronald McDonald vs. the Burger King. Seriously, I keep cracking up when I hear the line "You're a bin full of lettuce: facing da feet!"
@embroideredragdoll
Жыл бұрын
Number 15: Burger King foot lettuce
@kenhollis6197
Жыл бұрын
The worst thing about that was how frequent and long people kept making "BK foot lettuce" jokes, if you can even call that a joke.
@kenhollis6197
Жыл бұрын
@@embroideredragdoll For the love of god, do not resurrect that. All memes are stupid, but that one took the cake.
@DailyVen
Жыл бұрын
@@kenhollis6197 number 15 burger king foot lettuce
@RinaShinomiyaVal
Жыл бұрын
@@kenhollis6197 Number 15 Burger KinG FooT Lettuuucee
@Matpit18
Жыл бұрын
“This tainted food crisis threatened customers confidence in Burger King” People had confidence in Burger King?
@rebasack21
Жыл бұрын
Another effect that Supersize Me had that i dont think i have heard anyone ever notice - yes mcdonalds almost instantly tossed out their supersize options. However most of the other big chains like burger king sonic wendys etc had their own version of supersize that also mysteriously vanished quietly into the void while everyone was screaming about mcdonalds. Everyone switched to small medium and large sizes. This was a huge issue for all of the fast food places and i found it very interesting to sit back and watch as those not in the hate spotlight just quietly changed everything so the mob wouldnt turn its gaze twords them...
@earleford1999
Жыл бұрын
The big issue with subway chicken or any other substitution of ingredients is the implications to those with allergies. If you do not disclose the consumer can not maintain control of choice. With sometimes drastic consequences.
@deadlockraven1849
Жыл бұрын
Luckily we can all agree on that there is no scandal behind the validity of the outcome of Aquaman vs SpongeBob from the latest Death Battle. Truly it's a masterpiece.
@Megalon-qc8pf
Жыл бұрын
I’m just happy SpongeBob beat him. Even if it was the “weak children’s show” aqua man. Also, *WHY DOES THERE HAVE TO BE ANIMATION, I LIKE NARRATORS, NOT HILLBILLY AND NERD*
@LOVE-iv2pw
Жыл бұрын
My health teacher in middle school actually played us a Straight to DVD documentary made to criticize and fact-check ‘Super Size Me’ (entitled ‘Fat Head’ if you’re curious) as well as ‘Supersize Me’ itself. ‘Fat Head’ had a very sarcastic tone but brought up a lot of good counterpoints to the things in ‘Supersize Me’ His goal was to teach us a healthy amount of skepticism, and that we should think for ourselves and use a multitude of sources rather than listen to what sensationalism tries to push.
@MASTEROFEVIL
Жыл бұрын
Is this it? kzitem.info/news/bejne/xqyZtISck56jjag
@blissfullycat02
Жыл бұрын
Not to mention, with the coffee thing, it was so hot that it had warped the cups so even if you were careful you'd spill it. They only sued for so much because they knew it would be knocked down and her bills were so high. That poor woman went through so much to be labeled as a frivolous idiot when she just wanted her medical bills covered and McDonalds could have easily paid them and not suffered any sort of measurable loss yet they not only didnt want to pay but went out of their way to try to make her look bad.
@Wayneeeeeeeeeeeeex33
Жыл бұрын
PhantomStrider is my new comfort channel 💖 You make my vibe always so much better ☺️ thank you!!
@AiLoveAidoru
Жыл бұрын
Honestly hearing that a 79 year old lady that was legitimately injured being passed off as a Karen makes me wonder how many people use the term in the correct context.
@Theyorps
Жыл бұрын
You know its a good day when phantomstrider uploads
@zmbdog
Жыл бұрын
In the mid-90s Jack in the Box was nearly wiped out due to an e. coli outbreak.. Some of the cases were actually at our local one and I remember never seeing a single car or customer there after that.
@lizhustedt4254
Жыл бұрын
I was wondering if that one would be in the list!! I remember the news stories on that one vividly.
@fionam3554
Жыл бұрын
They still have Jack in the Box? All the ones here closed...
@zmbdog
Жыл бұрын
@@fionam3554 We still have them in WA.
@Apolloscleric
Жыл бұрын
The big problem with Super Size me is that the results Spurloc got couldn't be replicated. A number of studies came out to try and verify his findings but none of them resulted in participants that had negative effects to the same degree that he did. Obviously they didn't experience a balanced diet and eating fast food every day wasn't even close to a healthy choice but the effects weren't nearly as bad as the documentary indicated.
@Nic_2751
Жыл бұрын
Technically you could call fast food in its entirety a scandal
@osmm8483
Жыл бұрын
@Trick or Treat all tho the opinion is fine for what you give a review you also give a link to the unfunniest KZitemr ever and it is not you no offense
@ExtremeWreck
Жыл бұрын
@@osmm8483 What's the link? I don't feel like clicking it because it might be some p3do crap.
@Nic_2751
Жыл бұрын
@@ExtremeWreck it’s a spam bot
@ExtremeWreck
Жыл бұрын
@@Nic_2751 Oh, I see. Thanks!
@finharriss1007
Жыл бұрын
josh pretty much switched his channel from cartoons to food lol
@inumizuno
Жыл бұрын
and i aint complainin tbh
@The_cool_duck
Жыл бұрын
honestly, I'm here for it
@Jolis_Parsec
Жыл бұрын
Oof! The Krispy Kreme Klub segment had my sides practically in orbit from all the unexpected laughter I was doing while listening to it. 😂
@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990
8 ай бұрын
Yeah, that was something.
@linksbetweendrinks7032
Ай бұрын
It's weird when people who don't understand what chemicals are complain about how there should never be chemicals in food. Like, okay, drink a tall glass of crisp clean water; congratulations, you just drank entire an entire glass of chemicals!
@odiethesaint9109
Жыл бұрын
Haha that Neigh-sayer joke got me, as much as I hate to admit it
The coffee scandal was so tragic. And that coffee was truly that hot. And then she was made fun of, called gold digger, etc. Yet she was totally effected for the rest of her life.
@ARandomGamer910
Жыл бұрын
I love how Burger King is more honest with there fast food scandals just wish a certain golden M would take notes
@InvaderDeegan
Жыл бұрын
There's a small mistake you made about the McDonald's Monopoly one. The guy was caught in 2001 and was hired years before. Another interesting part of the story was the guy's trail date: September 10th of that year.
@r.j.penfold
Жыл бұрын
Oh SHIT! Well, at least he was able to have the uh, spotlight taken off of him shortly after, if only for a bit.
@Snowboi1963
Жыл бұрын
@@r.j.penfold Aww brother, this guy STINKS!
@nunyabusiness896
Жыл бұрын
Well, there you have it: Monopoly scammer did 9/11.
@JesusMartinez-rr2ry
Жыл бұрын
Although I heard about McDonald's coffee scandal many times, I was delighted to hear it from you, since how you shine things with a more sympathetic light like always.
@lenardegreen
Жыл бұрын
Worse than the Subway chicken scandal was the Subway bread scandal. They used an additive in their breads called, "azodicarbonamide". They claimed it was a common bread ingredient but it seems it's also used in "yoga mats". I stopped eating at Subway many years ago after realizing that their highly touted flatbread felt like foam rubber in the mouth and had no bread taste at all.
@nickk3077
Жыл бұрын
I love the editing in this video! For instance, I love how you play the horse race theme from Zelda for the horse meat section! That's funny! I like the use of Pheonix Wright drinking coffee for the coffee lawsuit! These are just some nice touches a gamer like me can appreciate.
@SukiNoKoe
Жыл бұрын
Clearing up that coffee mess was a good decision! I thought she was just a Karen...but come to think of it, coffee does NOT need to be that hot. o___O poor granny.
@Chaos-Zakai64
Жыл бұрын
A few years ago McDonald's introduced a new fry size. Simply called the basket of fries. It's an open cardboard basket with a paper insert. Kind of like what you'd get at a carnival and such. It holds about as much fries as the old super size but it's advertised as something to be shared among multiple people and not to be eating by just one person. And when getting a combo meal you can't replace the fry with the basket. Even when getting the largest meal avalible.
@sjmhadsock4586
Жыл бұрын
I remember that and seeing one of those hack videos but using a KFC bucket
@wattsink2009
Жыл бұрын
I heard about the details of the McDonald’s Coffee Lawsuit in my college Freedom Of Speech class. I was shocked when they said exactly how hot that coffee was! 😱
@nunyabusiness896
Жыл бұрын
So hot it was literally cooler than boiling water everyone cooks with 😱😱 When are we suing Big Stove for allowing us access to temperatures too hot for our laps?
@ExplorerDS6789
Жыл бұрын
If only Ray Kroc were still around, he wouldn't have let his company go down the tubes like this.
@LikaLaruku
Жыл бұрын
There actually is one really big issue with Subway's soy chicken, & that's that a very large number of people have soy allergies, & Subway isn't likely to have a box of Epipens laying around, or even tea tree oil to sooth itch from hives.
@jaybianfilms
Жыл бұрын
I usually only get fast food as a snack a few times a month, so I don't usually get the actual meals anyway. That's why it's weird to me that people would complain when they find out that their fast food is not considered 100% real. But I guess there are a lot of misleading things in commercials that would suggest that the food is also real.
@Ninjaheiro
Жыл бұрын
I remember in Australia, McDonald’s were have this quarter pounder deal, and lot of people were complaining that some of the burgers they got had bite marks in them. My step father at the time got one . No clue what was going on.
@mathieuleader8601
Жыл бұрын
the Subway bread scandal is like a riddle wrapped in an enigma
@victoryleadership1
Жыл бұрын
This goes to show that trust takes years to build, but can be destroyed in moments. I would consider giving my right "whatever" for a group of untouchables.
@catholiccontriversy
Жыл бұрын
I tend to side with the critics on supersize me (fat head, me and mickyds, and downsize me), because all it proved was "eating nothing but fast food and not exercising is bad," and the problems mainly came from the lack of exercise and not McDonald's (in downsize me the host ate MORE than Morgan but constantly worked out with heavy cardio and resistance training and became HEALTHIER on all metrics than he was at the start of the experiment). Like, I'm not saying fast food is a good alternative to a well balanced diet, but to basically say "McDonald's is the reason I'm unhealthy" is inaccurate when the larger reason is the lack of exercise.
@shinrailp1416
Жыл бұрын
That is generally a problem with the whole "fast Food is bad" mindset a lot of people tend to have. It's not the FF itself that is the problem but the lack of restraint when it comes to how much you eat and the lack of any form of exercise to compensate the food. Like you said FF is in no way a healthy option but blaming it alone for so much obesity worldwide is just dumb. Eating that stuff is always something someone chooses to do. At elast for me Ronald MCDonald hasn't shown up at my front door and forced a dozen Burgers down my throat.....
@DamianTransitandHealthbars1229
Жыл бұрын
By this point at all of restaurant suffered at least 1 scandal
@Crazykid949
Жыл бұрын
The SUBWAY Jarred scandal was epically disastrous for SUBWAY. (Mostly because of their response to Jarred gaining all the weight back)
@You-Be-The-Judge
Жыл бұрын
You forgot the Fast food strip search that happened at a lot of fast food establishments. The movie "Compliance" was based on one of the incidents.
@masterjoseph25
4 ай бұрын
Update on Morgan Spurlock: he died on Thursday due to complications with cancer.
@masterjoseph25
3 ай бұрын
He also directed a movie funded entirely via product placement
@binkwillans5138
Жыл бұрын
It's worth noting that the beef in the fry fat led to major riots in India with many restaurants being destroyed.
@taylor22222222
Жыл бұрын
Nice haircut, Strider! :D Entertaining video as usual!
@superleafblade223
Жыл бұрын
I just want to say that I love that you take the time to research the topics and say whenever you aren't sure or anything. I know others do as well but with how much misinformation is spread on the internet. It is always nice to see and I never knew that the super size me parody from the Simpsons was a real thing someone did. I just thought it was them poking fun of fast foods and wasn't based off something someone actually did
@animeHEAT
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you never mentioned the McAfrika scandal.
@embroideredragdoll
Жыл бұрын
The McWhat now?
@animeHEAT
Жыл бұрын
@@embroideredragdoll So back in 2002, McDonald's Norway released the McAfrika. It was basically a Big Mac or something in pita bread. It came out around the same time that Africa had a bunch of bad famines.
@ninademci1500
Жыл бұрын
PhantomStrider, thank you for giving more details to the McDonald’s coffee suit. Some people are allergic to natural products. When my friend M.L. eats coconut the roof of her mouth issues, but if it’s coconut flavoring, she’s fine. I don’t go to a fast food restaurant, or any restaurant expecting health or healthy food. Thank you for this video.
@whatwhatever1339
Жыл бұрын
Hi ,from CDC here, Creative Dance Center,thanks for the shout out.
@animeguykurosaki1
Жыл бұрын
I've heard of other studies similar to Super Size Me and people were not as bad as he was after the month, people theorize that he was drinking a ton in combination with the McDonald's which worsened him more than just the mcdonalds would have done
@kariharper8649
Жыл бұрын
The McDonald's coffee story makes me both feel bad for the lady and glad I like iced coffee better than hot coffee. Great video as always, Strider! Maybe a top 10 best and/or worst happy meal toys next?
@stitchlover4381
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised Strider didn't talk about the one subway scandal involving their spokesperson. You all know who I'm talking about.
@Javin007
Жыл бұрын
The entire "Supersize Me" was a total hoax. People need to pay attention to what the guy said, and ask why there's so many inconsistencies. Why was he often seen with MULTIPLE supersized sodas despite claiming to have only supersized 9 times in a month? How did he manage to eat 5000 calories a day when absolutely no combination of McDonalds meals can come close to that much, even if all supersized? McDonalds SHOULD have sued him for slander and libel.
@laurenmentink7401
Жыл бұрын
Subway serving the chicken with soybeans would be dangerous to people with an allergy to soybeans. It could kill those people.
@sjmhadsock4586
Жыл бұрын
And I definitely remember that McDonald's coffee scandal
@jonathanmendezperez7818
Жыл бұрын
Please do a video on the most bizarre theme park food throughout the world. Theme parks most of the time had your generic stuff like funnel cakes and pizza, but they really shine when they put in really good theming on their food items
@patmcbride9853
Жыл бұрын
Stella never learned to NOT put hot beverages in flimsy cups between your legs. Subway was ahead of the times with their "impossible" soy chicken. Supersize Me had a competing documentary done by a woman that ate the "healthiest" McDonald's items. She stayed healthy and lost weight, and the media ignored her.
@Amanda-zn7ox
7 ай бұрын
I remember the "pink slime" scandal somewhere in the 20-teens, but I think people just weren't used to seeing blended meat. Hot dogs tend to get that flak, but all they are are misshapen pieces of pork chops. As they said in Steven Universe, "If every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs."
@CGI_Andy
Жыл бұрын
I remember being made to watch the McDonalds super size documentary in health class for a couple years in a row. It was very nasty but never turned me off of it. It was my treat after therapy lol. Btw this was a very nice video. I love the way you edit them. Keep up the good work!!
@HasselHoffman-im5he
Жыл бұрын
I’m actually surprised the Jared Fogle scandal didn’t get mentioned
@TheJetJONES
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't he the "mascot" of Subway? 🤔
@HasselHoffman-im5he
Жыл бұрын
@@TheJetJONES yep
@collinkeyser6827
Жыл бұрын
@@HasselHoffman-im5he Me Too, But It May Have Been Because Of KZitem's Guidelines.
@user-Beans2017
Жыл бұрын
This isn’t a scandal but a very large confusion. Basically the creator of the ‘cartoon character food themed restaurants’ which strider was actually in one of the lives or adds (can’t remember) for. Which I do find kinda funny tbh, I mean just why? Why is my only question and I want no answer.
@harperstacey9604
Жыл бұрын
Is Jared still serving time in prison? From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@dazzawesome
Жыл бұрын
PhantomStrider you inspire so many and also entertain thousands! I'm impressed as always with the informative videos. Your amazing! 🤩
@mchenrynick
Жыл бұрын
I remember back when McDonalds tried to promote healthy "adult" meals with a salad and water. As Jay Leno said on the Tonight Show, "I'm eating Wendys" LOL :)
@Yomjael
Жыл бұрын
disappointed that the supersize me documentary was presented as if the creator was correct; this guy intentionally went out of his way to exaggerate the health detriments fast food can have on people and didn't state he was a vegan before going on his new 'diet'. the whole study ended up being pretty sketchy in the end and there's a reason why supersize me is seen as a joke nowadays.
@Mistahhuntah
Жыл бұрын
Supersize Me was all bs. Nobody has been able to replicate his results, and obviously quitting your normal exercise routine is going to make you gain weight on it's own.
@JilliDoodles
Жыл бұрын
Tom Naughton debunked the fake Supersize Me 'documentary' in Fat Head movie. Outed Spurlock as a total fraud.
@Adam-mh7zv
Жыл бұрын
I'm actually really into the monopoly game at mcdonalds whenever it's on. I even collected a huge amount of stickers from both meals and ones lying on the ground around my mcdonalds. Unfortunately it ended just recently here in Ireland and I was basically one sticker short in every colour set, which is just plain annoying.
@spankynater4242
Жыл бұрын
Stella’s explanation still doesn’t change my mind, she didn’t deserve any money at all.
@jacalynbledsoe3717
Жыл бұрын
I was working in the hospital ER when she came in. It was horrible to see the skin peeling off of her legs. She suffered terribly. She deserved what she got!!
@ARandomGamer910
Жыл бұрын
Is it just me or does he always upload when I least expect it
@ARandomGamer910
Жыл бұрын
@anonymous nice
@sirmojo4537
7 ай бұрын
I remember the urban myth back in the 70's that McDonald's Big Mac patties were made from ground up mealworms. So the horse meat scandal of Burger King wasn't really surprising.
@springboobsquirepin6121
Жыл бұрын
"If you have a friend who's a little obsessed with artifcial chemicals." My sister is one of these "chemical freaks" and your point is precisely what annoys me about her paranoia.
@kenhollis6197
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever pointed out to her that literally everything is chemicals, even fresh fruits and vegetables?
@springboobsquirepin6121
Жыл бұрын
@@kenhollis6197 Yes, but she still was hard-pressed that it was "caused by the government" she's one of those, "the vaccine will grow an ass on my head." people.
@star-rock6466
Жыл бұрын
@@kenhollis6197 i feel like that would make things worse-
@user-Beans2017
Жыл бұрын
Right…everything has chemicals…this is giving flat earther vibes…
@sjmhadsock4586
Жыл бұрын
@@user-Beans2017 or anti vaxxers
@dextercochran4916
Жыл бұрын
Subway showing up in this like it's the bonus round.
@GracefullyAutistic
Жыл бұрын
I was surprised about scandal #2, because when the title said 'Subway's bread is not actually bread', I thought you were gonna talk about the 'yoga mat bread' scandal. Then again, Subway wasn't the only huge multibillion dollar food company to be affected by this scandal, so maybe it should've been #1 on the list. For those who don't know, there was a huge scandal several years ago where it was revealed that Subway (and McDonald's and Walmart, among others) put a chemical in their bread called azodicarbonamide, which is found in a lot of other rubber/plastic items that are definitely NOT food, like yoga mats and shoe soles.
@Quickpatch12
Жыл бұрын
well, looking at it, it is not dangerous and it is used to bleach flour, but at much smaller numbers now
@GracefullyAutistic
Жыл бұрын
@@Quickpatch12 But is it necessary? Short answer: No, it isn't. Long answer: People make perfectly good bread all the time without that chemical. Not to mention that it's not necessary to bleach our flour, just to make it look perfectly white. The problem is that today's society is obsessed with our food looking 'pristine' and 'clean', so things like flour and powdered sugar are artificially made to be snow white (instead of a less bright and more dull 'off-white' like normal) just for the sake of appearances. Nowadays large companies care more about the appearance of the food than about whether it's actually healthy.
@brandonbasile
Жыл бұрын
Please Do Top 5 Worst/Best Chinese Cartoons!
@brandonbasile
Жыл бұрын
Please Review Big Ear Tutu!
@rockhyde7775
Жыл бұрын
Ever met someone who sensitive to whatever the cause of obesity is or whenever you talk about “fattening”, they tell you “SHUT UP! I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT!” or freak out when hearing it?
@DBEO23
Жыл бұрын
The thing about super size me is that The guy was an alcoholic when he did the documentary As in,he was drinking during the experiment which is so freaking gross because I remember in the documentary, his doctor brought up how his liver was being damaged and it was hyped up as “Omg McDonald’s causes liver damage.” When in reality, the dude was literally an alcoholic and still drinking during the filming and the experiment💀💀 The documentary never really affected me that much because I thought it was common sense that if you ate only one thing for awhile, you would’ve obviously suffer health issues but learning that the guy was an alcoholic while making the film just solidified to me how kind of overhyped super size me was
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