So, When Tylenol was tampered with and had a recall would you also make them pay $100,000 to each consumer who bought Tylenol? Really, think about it. If you were to put an udderly ridiculous figure like 100k a piece, why not $1 mil each so the victims would not have to work anymore? What company would even try and make or distribute a product at all if at any time, some idiot does something stupid with a toy or appliance it was not intended to be used for an then a recall is issued. My god, we can’t live in a bubble. When I was a kid, I rode my bike without a helmet, and at age 5, I was riding my bike all over the neigborhood, sometimes a mile or two away from home. I would drink from a garden hose, swim after eating, play football without pads or helmets and stayed out until dark. I also used to ride in the back window of my dad’s Ford Galaxie 500 and when he would hit the breaks, I would go flying and hit the back seats. It was a blast. Guess what, I am only 40 years old too.
Nice thought, but it ain’t gonna happen. CEO’s will walk away with millions, fire the line & staff people and wave their flags about how much they made for the greedy corporate stockholders. Now we will have another inept committee hearing!
I believe you are bringing this out of perspective.
The issue is with Toys, not Tylenol. I believe Mattel’s CEO is proficient in saving the company money and certainly can save the company money by establishing a plan that would keep
Mattel from paying fines. That greatness that Mattel’s CEO has makes
a greater America. Lets use the greatness of Mattel’s CEO shall we !
Nice Thougt: I know it won’t happen…….but “hope springs eternal”. Complete lack of accountability and the inability of the courts and politicians to identify and focus on root causes will PMO until the day I day.
Wow you can cure cancer PLC? And you can cure it with $100K? Either you’re delusional and you think you’re god or your tin foil hat (and meds) is not working.
Ah, Claims Guy, you and I are paddling the same boat!! Good luck to you (and me)! I am hopeful that rational, thinking people will take over someday. Not holding my breath, however.
Did you also throw lawn darts (Jarts) at eachother? God that was great fun. I remember standing in a circle with my friends, tossing one into the air then playing chicken to see who would dodge it last.
Hey, it was Darwinism. If any of us were too slow to get out of the way we’d be out of the gene pool. If any of us did get killed doing something that stupid I can’t see my mother suing whoever made those things. She’d be grief stricken I’m sure but would make sure my brother never played with Jarts.
Hell yes, I played lawn darts chicken too. We also played a game called “spread um”. No, not what you think!!. We would stand about 5 feet apart on the grass facing each other and throw a jacknife at the other guys feet. The object of the game was that you had to throw within 1 ft of the guys foot and then the guy had to move his foot to where the knife landed and the loser was the one who couldn’t spread his legs anymore. Sometimes we played this without shoes on too!. For even more fun, we use to shoot our BB guns at each other when playing cops and robbers or war. Those were the good old days.
I think Compman and I grew up in the same neighborhood.
As far as a solution, I don’t think the gov’t and fines will make a difference. This is a case of bad publicity affecting sales, and decreasing sales affecting the net worth of the company. The toy execs don’t have any choice but to fix the problems because if they continue to produce products that have the ability to injure children, the public will crucify them.
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So, When Tylenol was tampered with and had a recall would you also make them pay $100,000 to each consumer who bought Tylenol? Really, think about it. If you were to put an udderly ridiculous figure like 100k a piece, why not $1 mil each so the victims would not have to work anymore? What company would even try and make or distribute a product at all if at any time, some idiot does something stupid with a toy or appliance it was not intended to be used for an then a recall is issued. My god, we can’t live in a bubble. When I was a kid, I rode my bike without a helmet, and at age 5, I was riding my bike all over the neigborhood, sometimes a mile or two away from home. I would drink from a garden hose, swim after eating, play football without pads or helmets and stayed out until dark. I also used to ride in the back window of my dad’s Ford Galaxie 500 and when he would hit the breaks, I would go flying and hit the back seats. It was a blast. Guess what, I am only 40 years old too.
Nice thought, but it ain’t gonna happen. CEO’s will walk away with millions, fire the line & staff people and wave their flags about how much they made for the greedy corporate stockholders. Now we will have another inept committee hearing!
I believe you are bringing this out of perspective.
The issue is with Toys, not Tylenol. I believe Mattel’s CEO is proficient in saving the company money and certainly can save the company money by establishing a plan that would keep
Mattel from paying fines. That greatness that Mattel’s CEO has makes
a greater America. Lets use the greatness of Mattel’s CEO shall we !
Nice Thougt: I know it won’t happen…….but “hope springs eternal”. Complete lack of accountability and the inability of the courts and politicians to identify and focus on root causes will PMO until the day I day.
PLC – This has to be the stupides comment I have ever read on IJ. You make Rosie look and sound like Einstein.
Wow you can cure cancer PLC? And you can cure it with $100K? Either you’re delusional and you think you’re god or your tin foil hat (and meds) is not working.
Ah, Claims Guy, you and I are paddling the same boat!! Good luck to you (and me)! I am hopeful that rational, thinking people will take over someday. Not holding my breath, however.
Did you also throw lawn darts (Jarts) at eachother? God that was great fun. I remember standing in a circle with my friends, tossing one into the air then playing chicken to see who would dodge it last.
Hey, it was Darwinism. If any of us were too slow to get out of the way we’d be out of the gene pool. If any of us did get killed doing something that stupid I can’t see my mother suing whoever made those things. She’d be grief stricken I’m sure but would make sure my brother never played with Jarts.
Hell yes, I played lawn darts chicken too. We also played a game called “spread um”. No, not what you think!!. We would stand about 5 feet apart on the grass facing each other and throw a jacknife at the other guys feet. The object of the game was that you had to throw within 1 ft of the guys foot and then the guy had to move his foot to where the knife landed and the loser was the one who couldn’t spread his legs anymore. Sometimes we played this without shoes on too!. For even more fun, we use to shoot our BB guns at each other when playing cops and robbers or war. Those were the good old days.
I think Compman and I grew up in the same neighborhood.
As far as a solution, I don’t think the gov’t and fines will make a difference. This is a case of bad publicity affecting sales, and decreasing sales affecting the net worth of the company. The toy execs don’t have any choice but to fix the problems because if they continue to produce products that have the ability to injure children, the public will crucify them.