As a technical writer, I can assure you that at least a dozen of these were returned with the excuse of "I thought it was USB-C"

it's mandatory for most countries to make, even if it's ridiculously simple like this one

We gotta put warning labels on hot coffee....that people specifically order, this shouldn't surprise you lol.

It even identifies the cable, it was idiot proof lol

End users have a funny way of continuously challenging one's notion of "idiot".

If you make something idiot proof the universe will create a more powerful idiot.

That coffee story is 100% messed up. That McDonald's had repeatedly been using dangerously high temperature drinks. Like way above safety, and the lady just asked for them to help cover medical bills. They refused to so she sued them, and rightfully so.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants

Edited to give reference.

I am surprised that it doesn't also indicate that it's an in/out USB as well.

I'm confused. Is it USB A Male or Female?

That McDonald's? It was a lot more than just that McDonalds. There were hundreds of cases of hot coffee burns each year by that point, hers was just the one that got full coverage and everything it got due some specifics. Her case was not uncommon at the time though, not even close to uncommon.

It was just the one that blow up the information about the dangerously hot coffee.

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams

Yes, however let me explain some smaller not widely known facts of the case.

She was actually against the lawsuit and only wanted her medical bills to be paid for. Thanks to the up and coming media age, she got way more.

The end problem is that hot coffee generally has to be brewed between 175-195F, but it also has to be served between 150-170F iirc. A Keurig, for example, spits coffee out at 195.

Then we come into the issue of workload during breakfast hours, fast food having their timers for how quickly someone goes through their drivethrough, etc.

Yes

Yeah I know this, that's why I shared the link. The people aren't the monsters it the corporations. The woman who sued her nephew for breaking her ankle at his birthday party. She was forced to sue the insurance company who refused to do the one thing they are supposed to do and they forced her to name the nephew because it was his birthday party or something like that.

I think it's more of a combination of shit corporations and shit people. There are shit corporations who dont care about people, and there are shit people who regularly seek out weaknesses in a corporation in order to file an easy lawsuit for easy money. Then we have the select few who are USDA Certified Stupid and think you can drink bleach or shove a tampon soaked in alcohol up your ass and not have anything bad happen to you, those guys, theyre the ones we have to have warning labels for in all reality.

Edit: not saying old lady was a dumbass, her situation was the definition of an accident.

I work in electronics... You'd be surprised at how dumb people really are.

If you make something idiot proof, only an idiot will be able to use it

People who complain about the McDonald"s hot coffee issue obviously never got McDonald's Coffee at that time. It was ridiculously hot for like an hour after you bought it. Way too hot for coffee, or anything that is meant for sale to the public let alone to pour into your mouth. That woman got 2nd & 3rd degree burns from a liquid! Let that sink in.

I knew someone that got hurt as a passenger in a car accident. They told the driver not to worry because they had great medical insurance.

The passenger's health insurance company sued the drivers car insurance company, who then sued the driver, because the medical bills were over the limit of the auto insurance liability.

American health care in a nutshell.