Amid the throng of middle school basketball teams, families and burger maniacs lunching at the Green Hills outpost of Five Guys Burgers and Fries this weekend, there appeared to be little concern over the matter of peanut shells on the floor. Such nutty insouciance persisted despite last week's court ruling reinstating a case against the Logan's Roadhouse chain after a woman slipped on discarded husks in an Antioch store. (Hat tip to NashvillePost.com for its account of the Logan's matter, which is available to subscribers.)
While the Nashville-based Logan's chain is back in the line of legal fire, the long line of patrons at Five Guys seemed to have an insatiable appetite for the customary pre-meal peanuts, sacks of which line the store like sandbags barricading against a flood. Children climbed on the bags as their parents noshed on nuts, throwing shells and caution to the wind—or at least to the floor.
When asked about the Court of Appeals' decision to reverse the original summary judgment, which had favored Logan's, one Five Guys guest replied, "If you can't walk on peanut shells, you shouldn't go in the place."
