On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:37:02 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

>Peter A wrote:
>
>>
>> Chatty, you are a sweet lady but but you are totally clueless.
>
>Gee, another backhanded compliment. You are a real "peach" Peter.
>>
>> It's an accepted point of law, for ages, that a business is responsible
>> for mistakes that its employees make. There is no difference between an
>> employee and the "business itself." The employee represents the business
>> and therefore his/her actions are legally actions of the business.
>>
>>
>In an "ideal world", yes. However, most of the employees (in the real
>world) who work at burger joints (or any other company for that matter)
>don't give a hoot about who is responsible for what - they are just
>there to earn a living. They know full well that if anybody is going to
>be sued, it's not the employees - it's the company. So consequentially,
>they (the employees) make mistakes and don't lose much sleep over it.
>People like our Mr. Allergic-to-Cheese know that too, hence the lawsuit.

so in your view the company has no responsibility whatsoever? someone
harmed by a company's action must find the individual employee
responsible and force him to make it good?

your pal,
blake