Five Million USD dollar Lawsuit Launched Against McDonald's for charging them for unwanted cheese on Quarter Pounder burgers

"Royale and hold the cheese" just doesn't roll off the tongue the same way.

And then you wonder why the rest of the world thinks you're a bunch of stupid obese morons.

100 bucks says the plaintiffs are fat.

Evolution was a mistake, we should have stayed in the mud.

Better than indicting a ham sandwich.

And then you wonder why the rest of the world thinks you're a bunch of stupid obese morons.

100 bucks says the plaintiffs are fat.

+1.

But for the Quarter Pounder, "a product that was sold for years and trademarked as a Quarter Pounder and is affirmed by a separate product 'with cheese,' is an acknowledgment that something is added to the base product," Lavin said. "Which is why they should not have to be compelled to pay for cheese when they don't want it, especially when they do offer it in other means."

So basically their claim is that a restaurant cannot legally change its menu?

The American legal system is a joke.

Hey, I agree with this lawsuit. I don't want cheese on my burger. Ever. I have to order a "quarter pounder with cheese but with no cheese". It's stupid. Why they forcing cheese on me?

Next time I order a Big Mac without pickles, I'll give the worker a choice - deduct a penny off my bill or deal with my lawyer.

Not fat no cheese please wrote:

Hey, I agree with this lawsuit. I don't want cheese on my burger. Ever. I have to order a "quarter pounder with cheese but with no cheese". It's stupid. Why they forcing cheese on me?

Is someone forcing you to eat at McDonalds? Maybe you should patronize establishments that serve food meeting your preferences.

ghjhhv wrote:

Next time I order a Big Mac without pickles, I'll give the worker a choice - deduct a penny off my bill or deal with my lawyer.

Exactly. Restaurants aren't obligated to charge less for removing an ingredient. My wife regularly orders a pasta dish without the tomatoes at a local restaurant. The thought never even entered my mind that they should charge us less for the dish because she requested that an item be left out.

The whole idea here seems to be that because they previously offered the burger without cheese at a lower price, they are somehow legally obligated to continue this policy. That's just an insane idea that a restaurant is bound by its own precedent and is therefore not allowed to change the price of a sandwich.

Regardless of how unimaginably stupid and frivolous this lawsuit is, anyone who has a brain ought to be able to recognize that it cannot in any way constitute an indictment on the American legal system or evolution, since the legal system merely allows any sort of lawsuits to filed without vindicating them and evolution in a sense also permits the development of the intelligence to have a legal system, etc.

Bob Mueller wrote:

Better than indicting a ham sandwich.

Did Sol Wachtler ever succeed in getting that line copyright protected ?

Yurope wrote:

And then you wonder why the rest of the world thinks you're a bunch of stupid obese morons.

100 bucks says the plaintiffs are fat.

You forgot the whole orange man in the White House.

However, this lawsuit may, unintentionally have a legitimate point. People with lactose intolerance shouldn't be forced to pay more for food they can't eat. Sure they could eat somewhere else, but there are a host of issues with that argument.

Yes, lawyers are a real problem in USA.

Particularly when they've occupied the White House (DC) in recent decades.

Does a "Double Quarter Pounder (r) with Cheese" have the normal amount of Cheese, or a double amount of it?

Not a half-pounder wrote:

Does a "Double Quarter Pounder (r) with Cheese" have the normal amount of Cheese, or a double amount of it?

Both have two slices of cheese.

I think it's well-known that while the Cheeseburger has one slice of cheese, and the Double Cheeseburger has two, the Triple Cheeseburger does not add a third.

That's the whole point. I want a hamburger, no cheese. Quarter pounder. It used to be available. I think this lawsuit is very smart. Do you know how much they make off those 40 cents per burger from lactose intolerant people who ask the cheese to be removed?

Good lawsuit, everyone in this thread is wrong. 5 million class action is probably too low. It's class action, so the 2 lead plaintiffs will not get 5 million. They'll likely get $10.00 each. The lawyers will win, but if it stops the practice it's a win for lactose intolerant people.

What are you lactating intolerants eating cows for? Don't you know they are the ones producing the poison you don't want in your body?