Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy - Consumerist Comments

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

flipx — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:22:33 EDT

Really some of you should get a job writing for late night T.V. some of it is way to funny...

flipx

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

Jesse in Japan — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:27:26 EDT

Who says it's a cigarette lighter? Lighters can also be used for torching stuff.

Jesse in Japan

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

vanderleun — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:47:56 EDT

Puh-lease, Consumerist in general and Meg in the specific, use YOUR HEAD when doing items like this.

Do you really REALLY think for one Moment that Burger King has some sort of plot going on to get lighters into bags.

Do the REALLY REALLY stupid parents think so?

You folks at Consumerist have more than enough good items every day to fulfill your mission. Lame items like this don't help you and, in fact, undercut the good items.

Marco, go to your room until you get a sense of proportion.

vanderleun

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

mariospants — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:41:17 EDT

It's actually part of Burger King's do-it-yourself Flame Broiling™ Kit.

mariospants

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

strells — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:09:17 EDT

Can someone explain what "ya, know here guys" means?

strells

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

MrJames — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:47:22 EDT

More importantly, where the hell are all the Indiana Jones toys? Manhattan is still distributing the Iron Man promos...

MrJames

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

Mary Marsala with Fries — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:01:28 EDT

@cmdrsass: I have to agree with you; it looks like it was almost certainly an accident. And whose job is it to check the bag before handing it to their kids, anyway?

No harm in this one, and no foul.

Mary Marsala with Fries

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

LUV2CattleCall — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:32:53 EDT

And some fags smoke people!

LUV2CattleCall

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

bluemonq — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:30:29 EDT

@theblackdog: uh, because that's a pretty standard place to carry a lighter if you smoke?

bluemonq

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

diddy0071 — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:01:34 EDT

@theblackdog: Sometimes people smoke cigarrettes. I know, it's a wierd thing to do, but people do it.

diddy0071

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

diddy0071 — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:59 EDT

@Ash78: I can ALREADY SMELL a lawsuit brewing. It seems to me that the light might have just accidentally fallen in. I mean, I doubt Burger King orders batches of lighters to include in each kids meal. It's a simple mistake, which as ANY good parent should do, they inspected the meal and found the lighter. A simple apology should be suffice (it would be for me) and a little compassion from the management stating how sorry they are, and a promise to inform that it will never happen again.

diddy0071

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

smallestmills — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:37:59 EDT

@generalhousewifery:

Yah, we get those lovely commercials here, too. That's where I ripped the line from.

smallestmills

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

aphex242 — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:59:41 EDT

Thank god they're not suing.

aphex242

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

WingZero987 — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:58:26 EDT

@Murph1908: QFT. It's a random occurrence. In fact, with the amount of food processed by these chains, stuff like this is just about guaranteed to happen statistically.

WingZero987

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

Murph1908 — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:44:14 EDT

How is this simple accident worth any more than a quick discussion with the manager?

Telling the world to be more aware is not going to end simple, minor accidents such as this.

Murph1908

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

theblackdog — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:43:37 EDT

@cmdrsass: Why the hell was the person carrying a lighter in their breast pocket in the first place?

theblackdog

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

orielbean — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:30:47 EDT

Don't feed your kids that crap. Save them while there's still time.

orielbean

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

Yoooder — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:26:31 EDT

I got a pet beetle with my egg McMuffin from McDonalds a few months back. He was better than any toy, and probably would have been more nutritious than any McDonalds if I'd eaten him.

Yoooder

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

highmodulus — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:23:38 EDT

The irony is that same parent saw nothing wrong with feeding their kid Burger King.

Bic bad, diabetes not so much?!?

highmodulus

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

trecool95 — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:19:08 EDT

What's more dangerous, the lighter or the food from BK?

trecool95

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

generalhousewifery — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:15:42 EDT

@smallestmills: I don't know if you're in NY, but here we have these awful public service announcements to stop people from smoking in houses with kids, and they have cute little kids saying things like "I smoke after my nap", "I smoke when I'm coloring". Anyway the message is good (secondhand smoke is bad for kids) but the commercial is a bit weird.

generalhousewifery

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

Me — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:12:59 EDT

Blaming the kid in 3... 2... 1...

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

JDAC — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:10:34 EDT

Unfortunate, etc etc...

But what the hell does 'ya, know here guys' mean?

JDAC

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

DeleteMyAccount — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:05:52 EDT

I'm betting the lighter is worth more than any actual toy the kid would have received.

DeleteMyAccount

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

gyroball — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:03:32 EDT

I live in South Bend, and if this is the worst of their problems, they are blessed.

gyroball

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

BenjiClayton — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:01:23 EDT

@cmdrsass:

Well put.

BenjiClayton

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

DeleteMyAccount — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:00:21 EDT

@SkokieGuy: Oh I really hope no one makes the reference...

DeleteMyAccount

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

smallestmills — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:00:17 EDT

Some kids smoke when they color, some kids smoke after they eat, so what?

smallestmills

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

SkokieGuy — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:57:03 EDT

@cmdrsass: Bunched panties only come with when you super-size.

Okay, FLAME-broiled references in 3....2.....1....

SkokieGuy

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

womynist — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:56:54 EDT

Maybe they should get together with the family that found the crack pipe in the toy truck...

womynist

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

DeleteMyAccount — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:56:42 EDT

Crappy as this may be, lighters can be used for more than lighting cigarettes; crack pipes, water bongs, fireworks...

DeleteMyAccount

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

cmdrsass — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:55:44 EDT

Clearly, this item slipped out of someone's breast pocket while assembling the order. No need to get your panties in a bunch over it. Lighters these days are kid-safe. If anything, the Burger King food is more dangerous to your kid's health.

cmdrsass

Hey Burger King, This Cigarette Lighter Makes A Less-Than-Ideal Kid's Meal Toy

The Name's Ash78, Housewares — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:55:43 EDT

Those idiots launched the July 4th promotion pack two months early. Heads will roll.

The Name's Ash78, Housewares