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jfc, that manager should be criminally culpable.
by P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
jfc, that manager should be criminally culpable.
- shkkmo 4y agoIf by "criminally culpable" you mean "awarded over a million dollars", then that is exactly what happened. > Summers also sued McDonald's and was awarded $1 million in punitive damages and $100,000 in compensatory damages.
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agoyes, awarded a million dollars for being fucking stupid.
- loa_in_ 4y agoAnd apparently completely devoid of any idea of human decency, yes
- cookie_monsta 4y agoThis seems a bit harsh. Nobody really says that about the participants in the Milgram experiment[1], but the psychologist in the ABC article says that this is probably why the caller targeted fast food restaurants >"Everything is by the book," he explained. "This is how you serve it. This is exactly how you do it. You follow the book — you're OK. I believe he picked fast food restaurants because he knew, once you got them away from that book, once it was something outside the manual or the procedures, they would be lost." [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agoThe participants in the milgram experiment are absolutely judged that way, the difference is there was no actual harm done in the experiment. This woman should be in jail, criminal negligence is a thing.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoMeanwhile, her fiancée was arrested and imprisoned for years for doing pretty much the same thing she did. The suspect also walked free.
- sizzle 4y agoWtf really, that’s nuts. Got a source I can read more about this?
- matheusmoreira 4y agoThe news article itself. https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3688563 https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3688563 > Nix was sentenced in March, 2006 to five years in prison. > He pleaded guilty to sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, and unlawful imprisonment. > Donna Summers was fired after the incident. > She was charged with unlawful imprisonment, and was sentenced to probation after entering an Alford plea — a type of guilty plea in which a person does not admit guilt, but acknowledges the evidence is sufficient for a conviction. > She broke off her engagement to Nix after viewing the surveillance tapes. > Summers also sued McDonald's and was awarded $1 million in punitive damages and $100,000 in compensatory damages. > After two hours of deliberations, Stewart was found not guilty on all charges. Justice is a funny thing, isn't it?