Posted on 12/16/2024 10:08:20 AM PST by DallasBiff
I admit I almost broke my nose walking into a glass wall that had been newly installed in a bank. Two black eyes. No I was not texting. Just flat didn’t see it. It was damn near impossible to see.
It now is frosted and has the bank logo on it, as I was not an isolated case. I was, in fact, the second person to briskly smash right into it that morning.
Average manhole cover is roughly 200+ lbs of steel damned lotta work to get the lid off for 20 bucks of scrap steel.
When I ran a CATV company we had a tech who left a vault open. Some guy was running down the street and went ass over into the vault. It ripped his ankle open.
That costs us a couple hundred grand. And one relatively new and stupid tech.
“There are too many drunks, democrats and drug dealers on the roads.”
That’s a little redundant. You could have just said there are too many democrats on the roads.
Normally I would say yes. But there are crazy people who will steal anything for a couple dollars. Like these geniuses who stole a bronze statue at the Oregon coast and tried to sell it to a scrap yard in central Oregon. “Oh yeah, we just happened to have this gigantic bronze sculpture of Sakagawea in my dusty garage and need to get rid of it...”
I’ve seen homeless dig up fire hydrants and shuttle them to the scrap yard in a stolen shopping cart.
And there’s this... Florida man stealing a light pole.
https://youtu.be/topn1dzn5q0?si=3WzX1LdcjlBugmXd
The lack of the powers of observation comes with ricks.
How do you not see and fall into hole that damn big?
I’m a firm believer the folks should actually take responsibility for their own actions... this is no exception. Like using a hairdryer while you’re in the shower and all those dumb ass tags on things that say what not to do that are obvious to the average person.
$100,000,000 is more than compensation, it is a family jackpot.
I walked into a stop sign before cell phones were even invented.
Grace Slick's record label once had a similar problem.
Their scum sucking lawyer from LSU was probably trolling the sewage treatment facility looking for a date.
When you hire based on DEI, you take the chance that your employees will walk off the job leaving manholes uncovered because their running buddy stopped by the job site with some good dope. You take your chances and win a few — lose a few.
I figured someone would get upset at me saying that.
We are all taught that everyone should be regarded as equal, but the truth of it is some lives are wasted, and some are beneficial to society.
My empathy card has been getting played out lately, and there are just some people who I don't care what happens to them.
It is a shame that we have so many people out there who do dumb things, even to the point of killing themselves because of their own stupidity.
There used to be a problem with people taking manholes to sell for scrap, if thats the case it’s difficult to hold Dallas responsible, how do you keep track of all the manholes on all the miles of road at any given moment?
I understand your frustration, but every life is precious to God, even the ones we consider worthless.
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