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"I bought a donut and they gave me a receipt for the donut, I don't need a receipt for the donut. I give you money and you give me the donut, end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I can't imagine a scenario that I would have to prove that I bought a donut." -Mitch Hedburg
Wednesday, 11-Jun-14 21:03:02 UTC from web-
@northernnarwhal Sadly you need receipts to convince the corporate overlords that it was their donut that caused food-poisoning
Wednesday, 11-Jun-14 21:04:01 UTC from web-
@critialcloudkicker Well, showing them a receipt for you buying a donut doesn't prove that the donut gave you food poisoning. Correlation =/= Causation, you could've eaten something else that day. It really comes down to a "your word against theirs" scenario.
Wednesday, 11-Jun-14 21:07:55 UTC from web-
@northernnarwhal While that is true, and I am not a lawyer. I am smart enough to know you can never win any hypothetical cases. Nor does it matter who is right, it matters what you can prove.
Wednesday, 11-Jun-14 21:10:59 UTC from web-
@critialcloudkicker In this case, you most likely can't prove you didn't eat anything else that day.
Wednesday, 11-Jun-14 21:12:07 UTC from web-
@northernnarwhal Does not matter. You can always play the "lets settle this with a nice sum of cash, and I do not feel the need to go to the media with my story" card
Wednesday, 11-Jun-14 21:13:15 UTC from web-
@critialcloudkicker Honestly, what's the media going to do? You're going to be seen as some gold digger looking for quick cash from a restaurant because you may or may not have gotten sick from eating food there, and since you yourself couldn't prove to them that it got you sick you're going to whine to the media about it.
Wednesday, 11-Jun-14 21:15:48 UTC from web-
@northernnarwhal @mrmattimation That all depends on what you want to settle for and how willing the company is NOT to get into the media. If they actually want to get into the media ( companies which have roots in America, usually ) it is a lost battle. But it does not matter who is right, it is what you can prove in court. ... As I said, too many variables, you can not win a hypothetical case.
Wednesday, 11-Jun-14 21:23:00 UTC from web-
@critialcloudkicker We can establish boundaries for the hypothetical scenario. You said it's about what you can prove in court, and I specifically said before that even within the bounds of our current hypothetical scenario you most likely couldn't prove you didn't eat anything else that day, therefore your case is void. And regardless of whether or not they want to get the media involved, you also have to convince the media your story is worth publishing.
Wednesday, 11-Jun-14 21:26:26 UTC from web
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@critialcloudkicker They want you to go to the media. More media coverage = more business.
Wednesday, 11-Jun-14 21:15:53 UTC from web
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@snowcone "I wouldn't be in prison if I had asked for that receipt"
Wednesday, 11-Jun-14 21:07:28 UTC from web
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