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AIBU?

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Aibu to want some kind of compensation for dc?

70 replies

Penguinwantsababy · 21/05/2014 16:55

The other week we took our children to very well known coffee shop while waiting for our flight. We had a coffee, and children were given a cookie each.
Half way through eating one dc2 screams out in pain! Half of dc2s tooth had chipped off, front bottom one.
We logged it in store in incident book, manager gave us a refund for the items, And dc calmed down once we got on our flight.
Holiday wasn't ruined, but dc2 complained daily in pain, and got an ulcer from rubbing tongue on it, and couldn't eat ice creams or cold drinks.
I have taken him to the dentist, as it's a baby tooth it will come out anyway, so he wasn't in a rush to pull it out, but said to buy some sensitivity paste, which actually seems to be working as dc has had a nice lolly without pain at the weekend. Tooth isn't sharp etc, but is noticeably damaged.
I have complained to the company, so far nothing has been offered... But they want to speak about it in depth.
Should I make a claim? I hate people that do it over stupid things but now I am wondering whether or not we should. Am I just being one of those stupid people who wants compensation (for dc - would go in savings account) and is being greedy?
All 3 biscuits purchased were rock solid, so not one of a bad batch, and shockingly it was 4 months in date! I have suggested they remove the biscuits from sale to prevent it happening to someone else's poor child -but after visiting one store since, they have not.

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TalisaMaegyr · 21/05/2014 16:58

YABU. That can happen to anyone at any time. I broke my tooth on a piece of garlic bread the other week, it wasn't even hard.

You would get nowhere with a claim, and rightly so.

ICanSeeTheSun · 21/05/2014 16:59

What is the loss the child incurred.

thornrose · 21/05/2014 16:59

It wouldn't even occur to me to claim compensation! Not in a million years.

BellaVita · 21/05/2014 17:00

YABU.

They gave you a refund for the items bought which I think is enough.

StarGazeyPond · 21/05/2014 17:00

Sorry - it can happen to anyone, eating anything. Why would you even logically think you had some sort of claim?

ElizaDolittle2 · 21/05/2014 17:01

YABU... What are you claiming for exactly?

Anonynony · 21/05/2014 17:01

Shocked you'd even consider it to be honest

JonesRipley · 21/05/2014 17:02

How old is your child?

JonesRipley · 21/05/2014 17:03

it certainly wouldn't occur to me.

justmuddlingalong · 21/05/2014 17:04

Yes, you are. HTH

DoJo · 21/05/2014 17:05

So, the biscuits were hard, but there wasn't a foreign body in it?

OwlCapone · 21/05/2014 17:05

If it were an adult tooth you may have reason to claim. It is a milk tooth that has required no treatment. YABU.

DrFunkesFamilyBandSolution · 21/05/2014 17:05

Yabvu

StuntBottom · 21/05/2014 17:05

If there had been a hard, foreign body in the biscuit, I'd say you had grounds for complaint. If it was just a hard type of biscuit, then it's just one of those things.

I once broke a tooth on a mini Battenburg cake. Never occurred to me to ask Mr Kipling for compensation.

Elderflowergranita · 21/05/2014 17:06

Surely all these products are tested to within an inch of their lives before going on sale. If they are that much of a risk, would the company not be aware, in these litigious days?

It is quite common to break a tooth when chewing something hard - I do think you are being u.

Penguinwantsababy · 21/05/2014 17:06

Because the biscuits were rock solid. Literally like chewing on a brick. The product is aimed at young children, none of mine ate all of theirs as they were so hard. I took one bite and had to spit it out, as it was too hard to chew. The children were knawing at them to try to eat them, like hamsters on wood! It was a faulty product/poor product. My dc is 5, these cookies are aimed at 1 years plus and probably given to older babies too.
Very dangerous in my opinion.

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kali110 · 21/05/2014 17:07

Yabu.you've said yourself it didnt ruin your holiday.its a baby tooth its not going to cause lifelong damage!

Drquin · 21/05/2014 17:07

At most, I might ask to be reimbursed dental fees but that's about it.

You say yourself it's a baby tooth that's going to fall out soon enough; if dentist had suggested something more long term in the way of damage or problems, maybe I'd think different.

JonesRipley · 21/05/2014 17:07

How do you know they are aimed at children?

SirChenjin · 21/05/2014 17:07

No - I don't think you've got any grounds for compensation, unless there were financial implications e.g dental work. Unfortunately teeth do break, esp. if you're eating hard foods. Hope your DC is OK Thanks

RiverTam · 21/05/2014 17:08

I wouldn't. It sounds like it was the kind of hard biscuit that you're meant to dip in your tea or coffee.

It was an accident. Accidents happen but we have become very used to blaming someone for accidents and expecting some kind of compensation.

Don't do it.

Thomyorke · 21/05/2014 17:08

Granny Smith would be sued constantly if that was the case.. Some cookies are soft some are more biscuit especially Italian types I have had.

Penguinwantsababy · 21/05/2014 17:09

The tooth does not yet need removing, but the dentist said that if it still plays him up, to take him back to have it removed. So it may still have to come out.

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ThinkingtheUnthinkable · 21/05/2014 17:10

I just don't think you have a case for compensation beyond a refund of the cookie.

It's unfortunate but there you go.

OwlCapone · 21/05/2014 17:10

And? It would fall out by itself in the next year.