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Sam Fisher sues Best Buy

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by VesceySux, Oct 2, 2007.

  1. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    Ah, you just get tired of losing arguments and bets to me so often.

    Maybe the TV will have knocked some sense into you.

    DD
     
  2. Dreamshake

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    If she must retrieve it from a high shelf, the soup is a heavy bulky item, and you decide to stand underneath the server as they do it then yes it absolutely is your fault.
     
  3. KellyDwyer

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    "She" is not retrieving it. Two dudes are.
     
  4. tigermission1

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    So there is actually a Sam Fisher?
     
  5. TeamUSA

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    I won't be surprised if this is our SamFisher here. Fits everything..


    by the way, a nasty and unusual joke from Oprah...

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  6. gfab-babyboi

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    Based on all the accidents this week on the roadways...I wonder if this guy was

    A. Eating Oatmeal

    B. Talking on cellphone while swatting at a fly

    C. Listening to his Mp3 player
     
  7. DonkeyMagic

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    apples and oranges .
     
  8. pgabriel

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    yes, because unlike a restaurant, you should expect to have a 27" tv dropped on your head. maybe I should wear a helmet next time i go to best buy. stupid americans trying to get rich on lawsuits. don't they know tvs out the sky is a regular occurance.
     
  9. pgabriel

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    the stupidity of every who thinks this is frivolous is that you assume the guy is standing right under the tv. it doesn't matter anyway, but that's an assumption.
     
  10. BetterThanI

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    Well, the whole argument is ridiculous. We don't know how it happened. People keep saying he shouldn't have been "standing under it". Perhaps he was a safe distance away, and in the process of getting his TV down, the Best Buy guys knocked another TV off the shelf. Or maybe it caromed off the ladder and struck him on the way down. Without a clear and complete report of what happened, it's hard to assign blame to either the customer or the Best Buy guys.
     
  11. pgabriel

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    there is no blame on the customer. I agree with your general point, but there is still no blame. we do no know its not the customer's fault. we do know that best buy has no policy for this, which they should. its best buy's fault, no matter what the circumstances are.

    you should not expect to have a television fall on your head while shopping, bottom line.
     
  12. vlaurelio

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    what do some people expect here, when customers shop, they should first look around for employees trying to get stuff from the shelves then brows for products? isn't it the employee's responsibility that if they're pulling anything from a shelf to make sure 1st that no one is in the vicinity so they won't get hurt 2nd make sure that they can actually handle the product they're retrieving.. dont they have those lifts/forklifts for heavy stuff?
     
  13. pgabriel

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    exactly, anyone who thinks this guy doesn't have a legitimate complaint has is really not thinking rationally. some people take the personal responsibility mantra too far.
     
  14. DonkeyMagic

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    apples and oranges b/c a half pound bowl of soup about 4 feet off the ground has much different outcomes than a 20-40 lb tv falling from 10-15 feet. I dont know...its like physics or something.


    and who said you should "expect" it to fall? expecting means that tvs will fall more often than not. You should, however, realize the chance that someone handling a fairly significantly sized box, assumingly on a ladder, may indeed lose control. given that chance, standing under it may be dangerous.

    I hope you don't work on a construction site because you would not last long. Sure, that crane isnt "shouldnt" drop that load...so its perfectly safe to stand under it while it is being moved, correct?
     
  15. pgabriel

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    you play the apples and oranges card and then your example is a construction site.

    yes, construction type accidents happen all the time at retail stores. my bad, you're brilliant.
     
  16. B-Bob

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    And a private construction site has what in common with a large public retail store?!

    If you think this is a frivolous lawsuit, you are basically saying anyone, anywhere can drop a 27" TV on your head, as long as they say it was an accident.

    Man, I'm going to get me some 27" TVs b/c I've got some accidents I want to inflict on some particular people.
     
  17. DonkeyMagic

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    yes. construction accidents actually do happen at stores. Unless stores that were built, remodeled and repaired have a magical ability for something to never go wrong.

    i dont understand how you can not grasp the concept that, it is not particularly wise to stand under a heavy object being moved above your head by 1 person (assumingly on some type of ladder/stepping stool). Thats a very simple, and reasonable thing to understand/realize.

    And im not even assigning blame to the guy who got hit or the store. I don't care what "should" and "shouldnt" happen. Thats irrelevant to the point having some common sense in this guys case...namely; know your surrounds and understand that standing under someone who is moving a heavily object is not wise.
     
  18. DonkeyMagic

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    if you read other posts, you will see that i said he will probably win..but im assuming you didnt. That still doesnt mean that he is smart.
     
  19. DrLudicrous

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    The store should have a policy to make sure this type of thing doesn't happen, and the employee should have enough sense to tell the customer to move. But you've got to be borderline r****ded to stand under somebody that's on a ladder trying to lift a TV.

    Give the guy his money and then put him in a mental asylum, because he really doesn't have enough common sense to function in a normal society.
     
  20. vlaurelio

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    so who was greater responsibility?

    the customer or

    the empoloyee - know your surrounding and understand that pulling a heavy appliance with a customer underneath is not wise
     

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