Why don't they understand it's for their own safety?

[Tria]

Anyone know how the courts view such stupidity? I would hope that the claims would be dismissed because the people where notified of the danger. There has to be some court cases out there.

A guy sued and won he hurt himself while robbing someone's house.

[ArenaBoy]

A guy suing for being injured while robbing someone's house? WTF? This is one f***ed up world we live in.

As for safety, we set up the VIP chains to A. prevent traffic jams and B. prevent accidents. People still break the rules but karma got one guy when he cut through and guess what happens? He gets hit. And he didn't read the signs either.

[Cosmic Cat]

A guy suing for being injured while robbing someone's house? WTF? This is one f***ed up world we live in.

As for safety, we set up the VIP chains to A. prevent traffic jams and B. prevent accidents. People still break the rules but karma got one guy when he cut through and guess what happens? He gets hit. And he didn't read the signs either.

I have a better story...one of my professors used to work in the Navy. One day they were testing their microwave radars(?) and the area was roped off with magenta and yellow (the international colors for radiation) rope and a radioactive symbol. Some dumbass was like, I'm going through here ANYWAY! So climbs over the rope and falls over dead. He was um, all charcoal-y when they found him.

[dispatch]

cosmic, I've got a LONG list of simaler stories I heard during my ceritification courses and from the sailors on my ship about people ignoring safety guidelines and winding up dead or maimed

one that I was there for comes to mind, though. while at sea we need to keep the water-tight doors closed, some exeptions are made but all doors must be closed in shallow waters and other situations when there's risk of damage to the hull (icebergs, for example). in the laundry room there's a set of water-tight doors that seperated us from the elevator landing, we were about to leave port, and the room stewarts were in the process of bringing their linen down, so my boss had us set some carts out in the landing for them to sort their linen into, we also posted a laundryperson in the landing to make sure they were sorting it properly.
I had just pushed the last cart out to the landing, my boss gave me the all-clear, so I walked up to the door, shouted "stand clear" and pulled the lever to close the door.
For those of you not familiar with ships, water-tight doors are propelled by a hydraulic pump that gives them 2000 lbs of force so that if they were closing against rushing water they could do so, they also have an airhorn attatched that you can hear from 5 decks up and a big, flashing orange light, both of which are working as soon as the lever to open or close is pulled until the door has reached the other end.
as the door is closing, a pack of room stewarts walk up, one of them to me, and holds his arm through the door that's closing trying to hand me dirty towels. I'm shouting NO at the top of my lungs and pointing to the sort bins next to him, he looks at me funny and shakes the towels again, so I shove him backwards and point again, he gets it, but looks at me like I'm a jackass and says something in chimaro.

[Crosshair]

Some dumbass was like, I'm going through here ANYWAY! So climbs over the rope and falls over dead. He was um, all charcoal-y when they found him.

I would believe that. I was watching a TV show involving space junk who knows how long ago. They where talking about the powerfull radar they use to track it and how they have to be carefull because of all the radiation. There was no wildlife to be seen around this place because, as one of the people working there said, "It will cook a seagull from 100 yards away in a matter of seconds." The radiation was even messing with the unshielded electronics in the TV crews cameras.

[Confuzed-Monkey]

I work at lowes, and like the previous poster said about lowes, we do block off aisles when we are working on the top shelves. We also have power equipment on the floor that we have to use blockers for as well. We always have a spotter with each piece of equipment.

It's very scary how often, even with a flashing light, beeping horn, and spotter (not to mention how big the thing is) people will just walk in front of us while we are driving down an aisle. These things do not stop fast enough. They have emergency brake (deadman switch style pedal) but it still takes about 1-2 feet to completely stop.

And also like they said, it's scary how often people just duck under the banners and walk down the aisle. Then you have to get them off the aisle quickly, while telling the person on the machine to hold on for a minute.
"But, I just need to get a ......"


My favorite story related to this was...

In the plumbing department, they keep the overstock of fiberglass shower stall on the top shelves. To get one down you have to get an order picker(it's a machine with a pallet on the back that you ride up to the top on) (pics from ebay for reference, no not my auction either) then slide it over to the pallet, then
lower it. Well one of our guys was up top pulling a shower stall down, when he just happens to notice a kid, no older than 6 or 7 standing right by the lift. Of course the whole aisle was blocked, but this kid was standing there.
(Insert bad parent vote)
He stepped back over to the lift from the rack and layed down on the horn. It scared the crap out of the kid and he went crying back to mommy. LOL
But take a wild guess, mommy came back and yelled at said associate, because it was his fault for not babysitting her kid.

His exact words were "Lady, YOU need to watch your damn kid, he could get crushed."

It was great, she complained up front, but we backed him up. Plus he's a retiree who only works to keep busy, getting fired isn't anything to him. It's funny to hear what he says to people. Like he says "What are they gonna do, fire me?"

LOL
CM

[Seanette]

Maybe I'm getting way too cynical, but I sometimes wonder if some of these cases are someone hoping to win the lawsuit lotto.

[Crosshair]

Maybe I'm getting way too cynical, but I sometimes wonder if some of these cases are someone hoping to win the lawsuit lotto.

They are gona have a hard time running to the bank with no legs. I simply can't understand how some people can think that getting themselves seriously hurt for real can be a good thing. Regardless of the settlement they won't be able to properly enjoy the money when they cripple themselves..

[phillippbo]

Regardless of the settlement they won't be able to properly enjoy the money when they cripple themselves..

Precisely. I've always thought that I'd rather be inconvenienced and poor than rich and paralyzed. That could just be me though...

[Tria]

They are gona have a hard time running to the bank with no legs. I simply can't understand how some people can think that getting themselves seriously hurt for real can be a good thing. Regardless of the settlement they won't be able to properly enjoy the money when they cripple themselves..

YOu just sent my mind to a scary place.... A play where people sue after winning. "You gave me this money to tease me because I can't enjoy it! I'll sue!"

[georgiab]

I have actually heard alot of stories about these type of situations...basically one can receive upwards of a million dollors if proven that there were not enough warning signs posted. In some cases if there were signs but no verbal warning then a person injured could again win. So basically one would have to cover there asses pretty good if they do not need a lawsuit on their hands. Most places suggest that at least two signs are posted and two employees are at the sceen when an area is taped off. This ensures that an employees version of the event is able to be verified.

[Lehk]

the only way to keep a customer away from dangerous areas is with high voltage electricity.

[symposes]

the only way to keep a customer away from dangerous areas is with high voltage electricity.

Nah, youd just have crispy customer.
just like the microwaved lump mentioned a few posts back.

[Dips]

Sometimes, though, the idiot doesn't win the lawsuit.

My father was on a jury where a guy was suing for an on-the-job injury. It was pretty clear that the guy had ignored a few safety rules. The jury awarded his medical costs because it happened in the course of doing his job. Since they believed the employer was negligent for not firing the guy once they found out he was in idiot, they awarded said idiot punitive damages as well...to the tune of exactly $1.

Another case involved my husband, who had witnessed and rendered aid after a very bad accident. The injured party decided to sue and asked my husband if he would testify at the trial. My husband replied, "Of course, as long as you understand I'm going to tell the WHOLE truth." He was told to never mind. Imagine that.

[dragonflygrrl]

These are the same people that get mad at me when I won't run their credit over the phone. Or can't understand why I would want them to verify the last four of the social to get into their account.

I actually had a lady screaming at me because I wouldn't read her the credit card number used to pay for a recent transaction...over the phone!! I told her I'd be more than happy to print a receipt for her, which I could hand to her in person, but she didn't want to drive "all the way across town" (which is a whole other rant for a whole other thread- our city takes maybe fifteen minutes to get "all the way across."), and wanted me to go ahead and compromise the cardholder's security. Mind you, I wasn't actually at work when the transaction ocurred, so all I have is the word of a disembodied voice on the phone saying that she is this person. How hard is it to understand that this is for your own protection?! Attempted fraud happens all the time, and if I made exceptions it would come back to bite me and my honest customers.

The other day I had a guy come in and tell me he needed to "walk out of here with a free phone." OOOO-kay. So I tell him about the plans, he picks one in like two minutes, and wants me to run his credit to see if he needs to pay a deposit. He proceeds to hand me a scrap of notebook paper with a social security number written on it. I ask him for his ID, and he says "it's at home." I tell him I will need it to run credit, and he goes apesh*t, trying to intimidate me (a pointless endeavor, I suffer from 'little woman's syndrome' ), telling me that all I need is the social, so "run the d*mn credit." I refuse, he finally leaves, and as he walks out says, "This isn't over. I'll be back," over his shoulder. Funny, haven't seen him since. I wanted to tell that lady, "Idiot. That is what I'm protecting you from."