Karma...and how it cheered me up!

[Miss_Stress]

Well, my day today has been HELL (long story that I'm not going into here) and by the time this fine specimen made me aware of his presence, I was ready to cry.

SC - Man with more cheek than a sumo wrestler
Me - Woman who was soon to be gobsmacked
V - Equally stunned co-worker

SC: OI!
Me: Can I help you?
SC: Yes! I've tried some of that hair gel and it's made my hand go all red! I knew I might react badly to it but I wanted to see before I bought it!

Just a note...he's basically STOLEN said hair gel...we do not provide tester products! The next thing he said was UNBELIEVABLE...

SC: Can I sue for this?!
Me:
V: Miss_Stress, can he? (I'm doing a law degree btw)

I couldn't help myself at this point, I don't know if people will agree with me turning into a little smartarse, and some may think I was rude, but I've been under a lot of stress in the last couple of days.

Me: In answer to your question Sir, no, you cannot sue. I don't remember ANY legal case where someone was able to sue for their own stupidity, although the judge might credit you for having the sheer GALL to ask that question. He might also ask you questions surrounding your theft of our product. Are you sure you still wish to sue?

He left, swearing and shouting. Seriously, you steal our product and then have the cheek to threaten us with legal action?!

[Whiskey]

I knew I might react badly to it but I wanted to see before I bought it!

This is for everyone who wonders why Peanut Butter comes labeled with "WARNING: CONTAINS PEANUTS"

[AtDIelement]

This is for everyone who wonders why Peanut Butter comes labeled with "WARNING: CONTAINS PEANUTS"

"You mean I actually have to read to find out I'm allergic?!!!??! Well, I never!!!"

[Kristev]

Reading. It's a lost art.

It's a miracle the human race survived the first one hundred years of its own life.

[Mytical]

Ok, lets skip over the stealing part. So..SC thinks it is going to cause a reaction, uses it anyhow, and it causes a reaction. SC wants to sue. So that means I could say go in drink a bit of said gel, and sue? Even if I bought said Gel? Cause I know it is going to make me sick, and possibly be fatal, but hey..it might not be. Right? Right?

[FenigDurak]

He's the kind to break into someones house and then sue when he breaks his toe stumbling around the dark house.

[Snowbird]

He's the kind to break into someones house and then sue when he breaks his toe stumbling around the dark house.

I'm pretty sure I read a story about a thief who broke into a family's garage, intending to also break into their house while they were on vacation, but couldn't get either into the house or out of the garage, for an extended period (I think it was a week but might have been weekend). He sued the family for having unsafe property or some such, trauma, etc. (he lived on the dog food and bottled water they had stored in the garage) and... he won.

[BowserKoopa1]

I'm pretty sure I read a story about a thief who broke into a family's garage, intending to also break into their house while they were on vacation, but couldn't get either into the house or out of the garage, for an extended period (I think it was a week but might have been weekend). He sued the family for having unsafe property or some such, trauma, etc. (he lived on the dog food and bottled water they had stored in the garage) and... he won.

I'd just like to know, what kind of fucking moron of a judge would actually see in their favor when they are clearly breaking the law? I just don't get why any judge with brains would do that. I certainly hope the owners of the house can file an appeal or something and get the decision reversed. As for any judge who does that, they deserve to lose their job.

[Sapphire Silk]

I'm pretty sure I read a story about a thief who broke into a family's garage, intending to also break into their house while they were on vacation, but couldn't get either into the house or out of the garage, for an extended period (I think it was a week but might have been weekend). He sued the family for having unsafe property or some such, trauma, etc. (he lived on the dog food and bottled water they had stored in the garage) and... he won.

I've heard a lot of variations of this story . . . it's an urban legend.

No one can seem to come up with a case number or court transcript

[EricKei]

Snowbird - I definitely recall one such story about a crook who broke into a house, slipped on a skateboard in the closet while reaching for booty, sued the family for something like Reckless Endangerment or Negligence, and won

This is for everyone who wonders why Peanut Butter comes labeled with "WARNING: CONTAINS PEANUTS"

I believe I've also seen "MAY CONTAIN NUTS"...on peanut butter or tins of nuts...either way, my reaction is "I damn well hope so!"

[Syriilord]

Reading. It's a lost art.

It's a miracle the human race survived the first one hundred years of its own life.

Humans survived this long precisely because we used to allow those too stupid to follow common sense (e.g. DON'T stand in the path of a stampeding herd of mammoth) to die from their idiocy.

These days, since every life, with the exception of those pesky "terrorist" countries people go to war with, is important and special, we go out of our way to protect these idiots from improving the genepool by removing themselves.

Things would be much better if we allowed nature to follow its natural course.
/rant

[Snowbird]

I've heard a lot of variations of this story . . . it's an urban legend.

No one can seem to come up with a case number or court transcript

I wondered if it was, that's why I looked it up on Snopes.com and Googled it but I couldn't find a reference on either. I'll keep looking.

[yomiko]

I found this one on snopes stating it's false
http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp

[Mr Hero]

I believe I've also seen "MAY CONTAIN NUTS"...on peanut butter or tins of nuts...either way, my reaction is "I damn well hope so!"

On the hot water dispenser on the coffee machine at my work you have a handle labeled, "Hot Water" and just above the handle it says "Warning: Hot Water"

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

This is for everyone who wonders why Peanut Butter comes labeled with "WARNING: CONTAINS PEANUTS"

At least that is peanut BUTTER, you can always hope (or fear?) that it has been made with some peanut-tasting chemical product! I recently bought a bag of SHELLED PEANUTS labeled with "ALLERGY WARNING: CONTAINS PEANUTS".