mcdonalds does it again

If your post was not quite so scathing and had a few less mistakes in
spelling and grammar, I would think maybe you are an intelligent
person. Instead you sound like an ignorant jerk that wants to complain
and make a few bucks doing it. Was anyone honestly hurt? Are you
dying now because of a deep fried bug? I am sure you or someone in
your family has accidentally eaten a bug a time or twenty in your
lifetime without your knowledge. Get over it and quit being such a
stuck up ignorant fool.

I'm sorry that happend and I'm sorry they wouldn't apolgize but I
would have taken the check.

That's $340 more than you spent and we're not talking about a
violation of one's personal body.

I'm sorry for all you've ever been through that's bad,can I have the
check??

I'm kidding with you.If an apology is important to you,corporate
shoud have given one.There no excuse for the way that guy spoke to
you,guilt does make people defensive and the idiot could have saved
his company a nice little bit of change.

Maybe he'll get a big juicy bug in his yummies one day!

I hope it works out to your liking :)

to hell with the apology! take the cash!

Last year I was at a McDonalds here in Louisville and witnessed
domestic violence. I tried to help the lady that was being abused by
her husband. The husband stood up and tried to hit me. I asked the
manager to call the police and she said no she wasn't getting
involved. I went outside and the man tried to run over me with his
car, then the manager decided to call the police. McDonalds SUCK.

As of 3:30 this morning, my expecting mare (Horse)gave birth to a
Healthy Beautiful foaled. I don't have a care in the world. what a
great way to start a day.

There's nothing wrong with wanting an apology. I read a study
somewhere that a heartfelt apology may, in fact, actually reduce the
rate of lawsuits in certain situations. People just want to hear a
mea culpa when there's a mistake. I don't think insurance companies
agreed with that study though.

However, you're at an impasse. You want an apology; McD's isn't going
to give you one. It may very well be there's a clause in their
insurance contract that they won't be covered in the event of a
lawsuit if they admit wrong-doing (and many people think an apology =
admission of wrong-doing). So they feel like they can't apologize.

I know you say you didn't want the settlement in the first place and I
believe you. But, realistically, I think that if you want to get some
closure to this matter, you should take their offer of settlement.

Just my $.02.

Blame our sue-happy society. McDonald's cannot say they are sorry,
for fear of lawsuit. It's sad, but true. That's why they wanted to
have you sign the simple waiver, in exchange for the $350 offer.
Personally, I would have taken the $350 and ran, as I think that's
more than fair for what you went through.

It sucks, but a bug can happen.

AAARGOES.a Canadian thing. You didn't take the advice of your readers
so suffer the consequenes. I hope whatever monies received will go to
a charity.

So you turned down the $350 offer because you are holding out for an
apology AND $350. I would have gone for the cash, but everyone's
different.

I got a headache just reading all of these discussions back and forth.
I tell ya what: Take the $350 from McDonalds, sign it over to me,
and I'll apologize on McDonald's behalf. In fact, I'll get on my
knees and beg forgiveness for them.

What's the going rate on the ever popular apology these days? $350
sounds like a pretty good return on a $10 investment.

I'm sure you've been told this in previous posts, but you really need
to spell and punctuate correctly if you want anyone to take you
seriously. It's very unprofessional and I'm positive that you can do
better if you indeed write yet another letter about your deal with
McD's.

Is there a reason this OP can't type or spell words out completely?
This letter, and her plethora of hard-to-follow responses, is very
difficult to read. It's a prime example of a letter NOT to send to a
company.

Lynn, I'll send you $10 myself if you just DROP THIS already.

Big companies prefer not to apologize, it admits fault and may put
them in a deeper situation for doing so.

The money offered is a lot for a fried bee, or even in place of an
apology. However, it's not a lot to pay you to have you keep your
mouth closed about the issue. Depends on how you want to look at it.

I do understand that it's about the principal of it, and you may have
been insulted by the reason behind their offer since it didn't come
with what felt like sincerity behind it. My grandmother got into a
car accident 15 or so years ago in which she was hit by someone. Her
rib cage broke and her heart stopped. It almost took her life. They
(my grandparents) were considering it an accident and not going to do
anything. However, the faulty driver's lawyer approached my
grandmother with papers to sign off on, that stated she would not seek
any damages, and Grandma was very insulted. My grandparents came from
a different time and did not understand this suing thing, but this
incident with the lawyer and the papers changed their mind, and in the
end, did wind up suing which they have never done in their lives.

I understand to some degree how you felt. But if you aren't hurt or
injured permanently, I think I'd either take the $350 or let it go.
They are most likely not going to budge on this. They are protecting
themselves is all.

or Lynn, or whatever your name is!

I understand that you CLEARLY have nothing better to do with your time
than rant about the injustice that they didn't kiss your fanny over
this, but the reality is that they aren't gonna.

You admit that you didn't sign that claim because you weren't willing
to shut up and let it go. They offered you MUCH MORE than the
incident was worth (IMHO) and your continual carrying on about it only
makes you look more like an opportunistic gold digger than a vicitm.
I'd have been curt and irritated with you too!

You angled for a windfall and screwed it up by pushing it too far.
Lesson learned and move on with your life.

You can't get anymore honey outta this bee.

It was just a bee. I've had bugs in my food at the fanciest of
restaurants. I didn't get offered $350.00. It HAPPENS! It even happens
at home!

Yes, they should have just refunded your $10.00 in the first place but
you really are taking this too far!

You are taking this way too far. You either get the $350, with no
apology or nothing, take it or leave it because that's where it ends.

What, $350 isn't enough of an apology?

And, please, learn the difference between "excepting" and "accepting".

A genuine, timely, heartfelt apology isn't going to happen. The Great
Central Argonaut group can go back to whatever it is The Great Central
Argonaut group does. You refused the $350.00 offer and no higher offer
seems to be coming along. Is one bee worth all this drama?

Why do I not believe this letter?

Nobody who is smart and has consulted an attorney would apologize for
a situation such as this. It's the same reason companies are not able
to apologize when someone is injured on their property etc. etc. If
you wanted to, you could receive the apology and turn right around and
sue McDonald's. And then what are they to say? Yes we apologized but
we still aren't at fault. Doesn't make much sense.

We as American's have become sue happy. Every time we trip and fall,
every time a mistake is made, every time something goes wrong we are
looking for someone to sue. Someone that we can blame. So, in this
instance you are blaming McDonald's for serving you up a bug (a bee to
be precise if I remember correctly). So think about this a moment, is
McDonald's really at fault here? Do you think that they knowingly
stuck this creature in to the deep fryer knowing that it would be
served to some unknowing customer? I highly doubt it.

McDonald's is being more than generous. I'm with the manager, what
more could you possibly want? Get over this already!