subway EW lawsuit

[PepperElf]

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/188234171.html

lawyer apparently has too much time on his hands. he claims he's measured subs from 17 different subways and claims they're only 11 inches long.

seeking... 5 MILLION dollars in damages.

[Bright_Star]

I heard about that this morning. That's the definition of a frivolous lawsuit! Who actually cares if a 12 inch sub isn't actually 12 inches? Do you mean to tell me that there are people who go to Subway with a tape measure & measure the damn thing?? SMDH!!!

[dalesys]

Somebody's girlfriend got out the tape measure, so he's got to prove "Everybody does it!".

[DaDairyDruid]

why doesnt he go after the lumber industry next because 2x4 and the like are usually short as well.

[dendawg]

The fact that some subs are not quite measuring up to their advertised size just screams poor quality control to me, but not to the tune of a lawsuit.

[Racket_Man]

actually went to a local Subway tonight and just for giggles I measured my sandwiches ---- both were 12 1/2 inches in length.

[pitmonkey]

Most bread is measured by weight not size.

[sms001]

I can't imagine how anyone who has ever made bread or seen bread made can think that individual sheet pan loaves will be identical. Some yeasties are just sexed up more active than their neighbors.

[Eevie]

Laughing so hard at just the shear absurdity of this. A huge lawsuit over being shorted 1 inch of bread? I usually just tear off half of the bread anyway!

[PepperElf]

why doesnt he go after the lumber industry next because 2x4 and the like are usually short as well.

On one of my other sites one of the guys said the same thing - that a 2x4 isn't really 2x4.


of course i also figured it was a bit like burgers... that cooking may change the size of the product.

[JustaCashier]

actually went to a local Subway tonight and just for giggles I measured my sandwiches ---- both were 12 1/2 inches in length.

Racket_Man, you brag!

Mike

[Food Lady]

I didn't think it was funny at all. I'm totally disgusted and what I think is fratching. But boy, did my facebook audience get an earful.

[smileyeagle1021]

My favorite things from this was the Subway spokesperson with a straight face saying "foot long was meant to be a descriptive title and not a measurement" to which one of the local sandwich shops here replied "We give you the measurement of every size so you know exactly what to expect, we'd rather use quality and service to win you over than deceptive marketing." And frankly, I agree with them. Call me an entitlement whore if you want, but I'd much rather buy a large sandwich with 11 inches being in parenthesis and know that is what I am getting rather than buy a foot long that in no way indicates what size it really is other than a descriptive title that would otherwise lead you to believe it is 12 inches. There are many things I'll tolerate from a business, but insulting my intelligence (which frankly, it's a description, not a measurement definitely falls under that category) is not one of them.

[PepperElf]

regardless of differences in opinion - whether they're bad for not always getting it right, or if it's just something that happens - it's NOT worth a $5 payout to the lawyer in my opinion.

sounds more like he jsut wants to cash in

[cindybubbles]

If people fight in court because the case is related to personal issues, like loss of income due to discriminatory firing, then I understand why they might ask for damages.

However, If they are fighting to change something that is intrinsically wrong, like human rights abuses, then any monetary compensation should go to pay court costs, to charities and to the victims of the wrongdoing. I should not get the millions of dollars awarded if I wasn't abused, for example.

Finally, if people fight just for the principle of things, like in this case, then, they should not be able to ask for monetary compensation, and therefore, they should be able to pay the court costs themselves.