Comments on: “Man Locked in Burger King Bathroom for an Hour Wants Free Whoppers for Life” https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/01/man-locked-in-burger-king-bathroom-for-an-hour-wants-free-whoppers-for-life/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 18 Jan 2019 20:51:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Eric https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/01/man-locked-in-burger-king-bathroom-for-an-hour-wants-free-whoppers-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-352225 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 20:51:59 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72934#comment-352225 In reply to gitarcarver.

Every third week the lawyer gets the Whopper.

]]> By: Ras https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/01/man-locked-in-burger-king-bathroom-for-an-hour-wants-free-whoppers-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-352219 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 07:52:45 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72934#comment-352219 If I spent an hour in the bathroom at Burger King, it would likely be because of a Whopper.

]]> By: DarrellR https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/01/man-locked-in-burger-king-bathroom-for-an-hour-wants-free-whoppers-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-352214 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:57:48 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72934#comment-352214 I salute him for having a logical method of calculating damages. We can disagree with the method, but at least he didn’t pull whopper of a number out of thin air.

]]> By: gitarcarver https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/01/man-locked-in-burger-king-bathroom-for-an-hour-wants-free-whoppers-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-352213 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:03:07 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72934#comment-352213 In reply to Steve.

According to the site below, the average lifespan for a male in the state of Oregon is 77.24 years.

https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/usa/life-expectancy-male

Various sites have the lifespan of a male in the US being between 76 and 78 years of age.

By saying that he wants a Whopper until he is 72 is below the life expectancy and may indeed account for the harm a Whopper a week may cause.

Still, the Burger King made the offer and then backed out of it. They could have gone and said “we didn’t think that you’d eat here every day so can we dial this offer back a little?”

They cancelled the agreement out of hand.

(And in our opinion, if Burger King chooses to perform the proposed 1 Whopper meal a week, lawyer should get 30% of the burger, fries and the drink.)

]]> By: gitarcarver https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/01/man-locked-in-burger-king-bathroom-for-an-hour-wants-free-whoppers-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-352211 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:54:13 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72934#comment-352211 In reply to Heresolong.

Sorry, but we don’t see any correlation between a lock / door handle resulting in being locked in a bathroom and whether you like the food of a place.

The traumatization was for not getting out of the restroom, not that he was being charged for cheese he didn’t want.

]]> By: cecil https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/01/man-locked-in-burger-king-bathroom-for-an-hour-wants-free-whoppers-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-352208 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:57:44 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72934#comment-352208 Justice would be to request that they provide a weekly baconator at their local competitor who did not lock him up…

]]> By: Anonymous Attorney https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/01/man-locked-in-burger-king-bathroom-for-an-hour-wants-free-whoppers-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-352206 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:45:47 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72934#comment-352206 They will have to calculate the length by which his lifespan will be reduced by the weekly Whopper.

]]> By: gasman https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/01/man-locked-in-burger-king-bathroom-for-an-hour-wants-free-whoppers-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-352204 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:11:31 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72934#comment-352204 ” “We determined his life would last 72 years,” the lawyer said, “which is about five years less than average based on his frequent consumption of cheeseburgers.””

His own lawyer addressed my first thought about Whoppers for life as a death sentence. So be it.

]]> By: Steve https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/01/man-locked-in-burger-king-bathroom-for-an-hour-wants-free-whoppers-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-352203 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:49:27 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72934#comment-352203 I’m curious about the calculation. How do they account for possible future Whopper pricing changes, possible shortened lifespan due to increased Whopper consumption, etc.

]]> By: Heresolong https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/01/man-locked-in-burger-king-bathroom-for-an-hour-wants-free-whoppers-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-352199 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 13:44:27 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72934#comment-352199 If he was really traumatized he’d never want to see another Whopper again as long as he lived. Case dismissed.

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