Judge: McDonald's must pay obese employee $17.5K

[Fiona1964]

SAO PAULO – A Brazilian court ruled this week that McDonald's must pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained 65 pounds (30 kilograms) while working there for a dozen years.

The 32-year-old man said he felt forced to sample the food each day to ensure quality standards remained high, because McDonald's hired "mystery clients" to randomly visit restaurants and report on the food, service and cleanliness.

The man also said the company offered free lunches to employees, adding to his caloric intake while on the job. His identity was not released.

The ruling was signed Tuesday by Judge Joao Ghisleni Filho in Porto Alegre.

Ghisleni said McDonald's could appeal the case, and the Brazilian headquarters of the chain said in an e-mailed statement Thursday it was weighing its legal options.

McDonald's also noted that it offers healthier food choices.

"The chain offers a large variety of options and balanced menus to cater (to) the daily dietary needs of its employees," the company said in the statement.

McDonald's headquarters is in Oak Brook, Illinois.

 

[agentmanningctu]

That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

 

[Loading]

He is from my country but that was stupid. He eats whatever he wants and he is big enough to know that eating fast food everyday is not good for his body.

 

[Justin]

Seriously? You don't eat every single day at a chocolate factory and not get fat. Just because it is McDonalds?? What is wrong with people.

 

[Fiona1964]

I agree
My daughter works at mcdonlds part time and is not fat
she eats the healthy choices
and walks a lot plus goes to PE at school

 

[thedudeman]

$17.5K is nothing compared to some of the legal penalties I've heard of McDonalds having to pay out. I think it's silly. No, McDonalds did not make your fat. What you decided to eat there did.

 

[Fiona1964]

$17.5K is nothing compared to some of the legal penalties I've heard of McDonalds having to pay out. I think it's silly. No, McDonalds did not make your fat. What you decided to eat there did.

This is true if you have heard of the saying
you can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink
its the same in this case 🙂

 

[Gimgak]

What the hell? I thought only us USAians sue for the hell of it. What's this world coming to...

 

[Nuke]

What the hell? I thought only us USAians sue for the hell of it. What's this world coming to...

Yeah. That and this is ridiculous because he wasn't like forced at gunpoint or anything to eat McDonalds. He seemingly just ripped them off by taking food from the franchise, so he should have paid McDonalds for it.

 

[fantanoice]

Just because the food was there didn't mean he had to eat it.

This decision is ridiculous. It was his poor choices that caused this, not McDonalds.

 

[agentmanningctu]

This is one of the situations where I'd be happy if MCD paid off the jury. That is BS.

 

[katy perry is hot]

You went there and you ate the food, your fault. Not theirs. Sorry. Unless they were putting cocaine in the food to get you to keep coming back.