Warm up Questions: 2012
Have you ever experienced a spilled drink? You spilled it? Someone else spilled it on you? It spilled because you were bumped or jostled? It spilled because the lid came off the cup? It spilled because the cup collapsed? It spilled because you were trying to add something to the drink?
How much can you blame another person or organization for accidents?
Are accidents really no one’s fault?
What does it mean to be careless? Have you ever been neglectful or careless?
Do you know anyone who has been burned by a very hot liquid?
Have you ever been burned? How and what were the results? Why are burns to the body such a serious problem?
Do you know anyone who has drunk a hot beverage while riding in a car?
Why do people eat and drink while they are in a moving car? Do many people eat and/or drink while they are in a moving vehicle? Does it matter whether the person eating or drinking is the driver or the passenger? Why? Is it a good or bad idea to eat and drink in a car??
Should “distracted driving” be a crime in the same way that cell phone and/or texting is now a crime?
Have you ever spilled any liquid while you were taking off a cap from a cup?
Do you always pay attention to the warning signs on a product? Why or why not?
If you were manager of Cup of Joe, what would you recommend to prevent your customers from getting burned? Lower temperatures for hot beverages, stronger cups, better fitting caps on the cups or something else?
If you were advising customers who buy food and drink from a drive-in restaurant on how to keep from getting burned, what would you tell them?
How does a restaurant decide whether product salability or safety is their main concern?
Do you have an expectation that coffee and other hot beverages from different restaurants will all be served at the same temperature?
How would you word a law that would prevent burns from hot coffee? Ask after the mock trial has been read and discussed