On Aug 13, 12:37 pm, Peter A > wrote:
> In article >, cathy1234
> @mailinator.com says...
>
> > > Suppose you went to a hardware store and asked for 1000 pound cable
> > > and they sold you 250 pound cable, and as a result someone was killed.
> > > Should you have checked?
>
> > Yes. It's called "taking responsibility for your own actions".
>
> That applies to the hardware store as well as to the buyer.
>
> Will you please explain why an individual must be responsible for his
> own actions while a business does not?
>
> --
> Peter Aitken

Both need to take "reasonable caution" to be certain that what they
exchange
is what they requested.

Most of the time, if a restaurant makes a mistake on an order, they
will
comp the food, replace it, or give the diner a credit for a future
meal.

If the diner has severe allergies, it is imperative that they ask no
matter what,
to be certain that the allergen is not a "secret ingredient." There
was a
case in RI a while back where a girl with a severe peanut allergy
ordered
a bowl of chili. Never thought that the chef would use peanut butter
as an
ingredient. She died.

Who would be to blame there? The chef? The diner?

I have a friend whose daughter is also extremely allergic to nuts.
She has
finally, after 25 years, found some medicine (at $1200 per month or
per shot,
I forget which), which will ease her symptoms from anaphalyxis to
itchy rash.
She still talks with the chef whenever she eats out, and reads labels
on everything.

maxine in ri