Translation: "I am a dumbass!"

TSMacNeil · Post by **TSMacNeil** » Jan 20, 2011 2:42 PM

oldskool wrote:Where I would put it there's noooo chance for procreation.

ah yes....the ever-popular "chimney sweep"?

PrionaceGlauca · Post by **PrionaceGlauca** » Jan 20, 2011 2:49 PM

tsmall07 wrote:
PrionaceGlauca wrote: Perhaps an audible proximity alert may have helped
You mean like the sound of falling water?

More along the lines of a hybridized version of the following two ringtones...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cepE_G1Mu6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAWvgb3h-kM

Build the proximity sensor into the iPhone, Blackberry, cell,... and the feed interrupts whatever else may be running through your earbuds as you get close to 'danger'.

BMWgiant · Post by **BMWgiant** » Jan 20, 2011 3:25 PM

If there was a small kid, a stroller, a handicapped person in a wheelchair or a blind person that crossed her path, who she ran into and injured, due to texting, she would be the one facing a law suit. She is an idiot.

bm0p700f · Post by **bm0p700f** » Jan 20, 2011 3:26 PM

That's a funny clip if it was't for the fact she suing. I hope she loses badly. Could a U.S judge really allow the suit even though the video clearly shows her getting up straight away and is there O.K? Also the security guards are not medics so cannot assess the silly woman medically. Also if I was one of those secuirty guards I would have laughed too. I wouldn't have posted it on youtube though. Unfortunatley cases like this are brought regularly here in the U.K too, people tripping over a broken paving slab, people suing the council over a pothole in the road that bent there alloy wheels.............. Look where you are going.

C.R. Krieger · Post by **C.R. Krieger** » Jan 20, 2011 4:13 PM

philip1 wrote: I think the world would be a better place if some stupidity took it's self out of the gene pool.

I assume you're not planning for a spelling test to be part of that ...

rlomba8204 · Post by **rlomba8204** » Jan 20, 2011 4:18 PM

Mike W. wrote:OK, I'm still not a fan but it makes a lot more sense that way.

There are legitimate concerns with the English Rule -- namely that it does not promote equal fair access to the courts.

The problem is that in our system, judges can sanction lawyers for frivolous claims, but for some reason, institutionally they are afraid or perhaps the better word is hesitant to do so. Just last month my wife had a Texas client sued in a Maryland court about a contract that was made in Texas between two Texas residents. How this case wound up in a MD court is still a mystery to me, but my wife moved for fees against the plaintiff and while the case was quickly dismissed due to lack of any kind of jurisdiction, the sanctions were denied. Even though it was a very egregious abuse of the MD courts. It is what it is.

alijonny · Post by **alijonny** » Jan 20, 2011 6:13 PM

this lady outed herself...she had nothing to be embarrassed about and there is no way anyone would have known about this. She is a dumbass.

because of this, I am going to text while crossing the street and trip over the curb and sue the city for nobody coming to help me. They had cameras at the stoplights that could see me, so someone is going to make fun of me.

mitch · Post by **mitch** » Jan 20, 2011 6:15 PM

alijonny wrote:this lady outed herself...she had nothing to be embarrassed about and there is no way anyone would have known about this. She is a dumbass.

+ 1

PrionaceGlauca · Post by **PrionaceGlauca** » Jan 20, 2011 7:07 PM

alijonny wrote:I am going to text while crossing the street and trip over the curb and sue the city for nobody coming to help me. They had cameras at the stoplights that could see me, so someone is going to make fun of me.

Bingo... 2 pts.
She could have made much better use of her new-found notoriety than to file a grievance.
Imagine if all these folk followed 'suit' so to speak...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv-fbO-_xl0

bwenham · Post by **bwenham** » Jan 20, 2011 8:16 PM

Hopefully this will be thrown out for being a purely frivolous suit.
This is why I like living in a state that still has contributory negligence. This seems like one of those times where it would actually be useful.

"Only five (5) states still recognize the pure contributory negligence rule, which says that a damaged party cannot recover any damages if he is even one (1) percent at fault."
Alabama, D.C., Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia.

My opinion is the Mall probably will settle just to avoid bad publicity. They may be liable for some type of defamation of character or privacy by allowing the video to be posted online, but it's doubtful for any type of negligence or tort action for the actual fall since it is obviously her fault.

mooseheadm5 · Post by **mooseheadm5** » Jan 20, 2011 8:28 PM

Video was taken in a public place, there is no reasonable expectation of privacy.

Karl Grau · Post by **Karl Grau** » Jan 20, 2011 8:41 PM

You can't make this shit up...

Turns out Marrero's been out on $7,500 bail since 2009, after being charged with running up more than $5,000 in purchases on a co-worker's credit card. No wonder she had a lawyer handy.

PrionaceGlauca · Post by **PrionaceGlauca** » Jan 20, 2011 8:43 PM

Charles Gray wrote:You can't make this shit up...

Turns out Marrero's been out on $7,500 bail since 2009, after being charged with running up more than $5,000 in purchases on a co-worker's credit card. No wonder she had a lawyer handy.

Post by **Shawn D.** » Jan 20, 2011 9:24 PM

Charles Gray wrote:You can't make this shit up...

Turns out Marrero's been out on $7,500 bail since 2009, after being charged with running up more than $5,000 in purchases on a co-worker's credit card. No wonder she had a lawyer handy.

Further proof she's not very bright!

"According to public court documents, Marrero has convictions for retail theft four times and one other theft in New York from 1997 to 1999 and retail theft in York County in 1999."

1st 5er · Post by **1st 5er** » Jan 20, 2011 10:21 PM

Agree, no matter which way you look at it.

Post by **tsmall07** » Jan 21, 2011 3:05 PM

Shawn D. wrote:
Charles Gray wrote:You can't make this shit up...

Turns out Marrero's been out on $7,500 bail since 2009, after being charged with running up more than $5,000 in purchases on a co-worker's credit card. No wonder she had a lawyer handy.
Further proof she's not very bright!

"According to public court documents, Marrero has convictions for retail theft four times and one other theft in New York from 1997 to 1999 and retail theft in York County in 1999."

Moron of the year award winner.

BMWgiant · Post by **BMWgiant** » Jan 21, 2011 3:51 PM

Lawsuit is off, but now she not only outed herself as a moron, but also as a thief. Good for her. I'm glad she got her 1.5 minutes of fame.

slammin_e28 · Post by **slammin_e28** » Jan 21, 2011 3:55 PM

BMWgiant wrote:Lawsuit is off, but now she not only outed herself as a moron, but also as a thief. Good for her. I'm glad she got her 1.5 minutes of fame.

Karma is a bitch.

...an so was this woman. Got what she deserved.

cvillebimmer · Post by **cvillebimmer** » Jan 21, 2011 4:22 PM

Glad to see a happy ending to this story.

mooseheadm5 · Post by **mooseheadm5** » Jan 21, 2011 5:14 PM

I wonder if she considered the possibility that nobody saw it at the moment that it happened and only caught it after someone reported it.

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Translation: "I am a dumbass!"