US judge dismisses $100,000 suit over spiciness of New York taqueria’s sauce
A German tourist filed a lawsuit claiming he felt unpleasant symptoms after eating tacos with salsa at Los Tacos No 1
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Is this a publicity stunt or something? A grift? Surely it's not actually some dumbass who genuinely thought they could get $100k after voluntarily triggering a stomach ache.
After he took the first bite and tasted how spicy it was, instead of spitting it out he thought to himself "its amazing how they got this food to taste spicy without it actually being spicy" and continued to eat all three tacos
There's legit some hot sauces that are a slow burn. Takes a minute to get to full force...by which time it is FAR too late to spit it out.... guy's still a numpty. Just pointing out I've gotten myself in too deep. Only difference is I said "Yeah, probably should have asked what everything was." Not "Imma sue a motherfucker!"
I always feel like it's been three or so bites before you realize that you've made a mistake.
Honestly, I want the taco salsa that makes Germans litigious. The restaurant should sell shirts or something.
Definitely. By the time I realised that a tactical error was made I've usually smashed the first taco, and am part way through the second.
I would absolutely smother several tacos in lawsuit sauce, and if that shop isn't capitalising this....idfk if they deserve to run a shop anymore.
I’m gonna go to Oktoberfest and say the smell of beer made me nauseous.
“I had no idea it had alcohol in jt!”
"I kept drinking and drinking, but it just made me feel worse."
“There should be a warning label!”
NEEW YORK CITYYYY!
No matter whether it's labeled or not, you don't start ladling on the salsa until you've tasted it first. What a maroon.
Applies to pretty much every any food topping! What are you doing adding mystery sauce to your meal??
What kind of dipshit just starts loading random unmarked sauce onto his food at a mexican/indian/korean/thai restaurant? Especially if you don't like the heat.
I guess you'd develop the tolerance after doing that mistake once.
Oh. I thought the lawsuit was gonna be because it wasn't hot enough. Some of these places serve spaghetti sauce as salsa. Which is fine. Adapting to local preferences and stuff.