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Didi ([info]didi) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-05-14 13:05:00


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On skate shoes and possible shenanigans
Another [info]customers_suck wank:

[info]tijay makes a lengthy post about a kid coming into the store wearing heelies. Kid, while skating, apparently trips over the steps on a nearby escalator and bangs his head.

Result? 911, kid half-dead, in coma (prolly and hopefully died on the way to the hospital, he bleed all over the escalator making 4 people clean up after him. Bitch. His mom is crying and yelling at everyone, escalator gets stopped. People complaint about elevators that are slow and that we need to fix our escalators.

Then we have team meeting, and at least three people confess that they told him and his mom to stop skating. Making our liability 0. At least now, we have banned these goddamn shoes.

That incident just made my day. I will remember it on the bright side for the rest of my life.


Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand they're off. 324 comments and counting.

Edit: The wank, it hits stupid_free--many thanks to [info]hangingfire for the link.


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[info]kittenmommy
2007-05-14 09:26 pm UTC (link)
I honestly don't understand what's so unbelievable about the original post. I've seen kids skating around on those in things in warehouse clubs and so forth, and they look very dangerous to me.

It never even occurred to me that the OP was a troll (or indulging in fantasy) until I read this: For those who looking for the news - nothing will be there, his mom asked media not to do anything. The only media coverage btw that came to our store and to the hospital were 2 local newspapers. But our company doesn't give out any info, and mom @ hospital asked them not to publish anything.

Yeah. Not very believable. But a kid recklessly whizzing down the aisles of a store and ending up getting hurt seriously enough to require transport in an ambulance? Pretty believable, in my opinion.

And I can't believe people are saying that this (maybe fictional) kid "had it coming to him". If anything, it's the mother's fault for not stopping her kid from doing something that's obviously dangerous. But she didn't "have it coming" to her either.

< / wipes up after self>

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[info]sepiamagpie
2007-05-14 09:36 pm UTC (link)
...would you like a souffle?

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[info]kittenmommy
2007-05-14 09:45 pm UTC (link)
...would you like a souffle?

Um... [suspiciously] What's in it?

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[info]puipui
2007-05-14 09:55 pm UTC (link)
Kittens.

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[info]kittenmommy
2007-05-14 09:57 pm UTC (link)

Kittens.

ZOMG U EBOL H0R!!!oneoneone!!!!

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[info]sepiamagpie
2007-05-14 10:03 pm UTC (link)
Just their ashes!

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[info]kittenmommy
2007-05-14 10:08 pm UTC (link)

Just their ashes!

Sicko! You'll burn in Hell for this!

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[info]mister_terrific
2007-05-14 10:21 pm UTC (link)
Oh come on.

Check your grill temperature BEFORE putting the kittens on, and that ash problem will go right away. Or use the George Foreman model, and you can regulate cooking time easily.

Plus, it's fun to watch their paws twitch in their death throes.

Mister Terrific
Can't Believe He Said That
Will Surely Burn On Foreman Grill For It

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*ded*
[info]semtex
2007-05-15 06:38 am UTC (link)
This thread pleases lolsnake!

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[info]puipui
2007-05-14 10:48 pm UTC (link)
I like to mix kitten ashes with sugar and sprinkle it on buttered toast. It's part of this nutritional breakfast!

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[info]barankhy
2007-05-15 09:59 am UTC (link)
I personally prefer to mix kitten ashes with puppy blood and use it as a marinade for chopped baby liver. But I *am* more of a dinner than a breakfast person.

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[info]wakkymse
2007-05-26 08:59 am UTC (link)
Just their ashes!

They better damn well be Zippo-brand, or no deal!

-lee...*cues Doom music and whistles...*

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[info]missdaisy
2007-05-15 03:44 am UTC (link)
*dies*

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[info]ladybirdsleeps
2007-05-15 12:49 am UTC (link)
I'm interested in hearing more of your opinions about today's youth. What do you think about skateboarding and rollerblades and the kids who won't get off my fucking lawn?

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[info]kittenmommy
2007-05-15 12:51 am UTC (link)

I'm interested in hearing more of your opinions about today's youth. What do you think about skateboarding and rollerblades and the kids who won't get off my fucking lawn?

Skateboarding and rollerblading look dangerous to me. Kids who won't get off your fucking lawn should be shot on sight.

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[info]rimrunner
2007-05-15 02:29 am UTC (link)
I saw some kids skateboarding earlier this evening. Looked like they were having fun. But what really made me feel old was that one of them, who couldn't have been more than twelve, was wearing an Appetite for Destruction t-shirt.

Dude.

I remember when that album came OUT.

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(Anonymous)
2007-05-15 02:52 am UTC (link)
I think the primary difference between heelies and rollerblades is that it's a lot harder for a parent to lose track of their kid for a few minutes while he straps on his rollerblades and goes for a joyskate in the mall.

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[info]dragonfangirl
2007-05-15 07:04 am UTC (link)
Clearly, you have never seen the competition children gearchange event. You only need to turn your back for six seconds!

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[info]icedark_elf
2007-05-15 06:52 am UTC (link)
At the Walmart where I used to work, we had those metal bars that used to divide up the short lanes, for 15 items or less. Kids were always climbing on them, and we'd always ask them to get down cause if you didn't and the boss caught you, you could get fire. Most of the time, the parents are reasonable, and they'd tell their kid to get down.

The rest of the time, they'd ignore you or tell you to stop telling their kid what to do/them how to parent.

Part of the reason we asked the kids to not climb is because the parts that were parallel to the floor weren't in right, and would turn in their holders.

We'd have kids go thump all the time. More than once, they'd have to go to the hospital in an ambulance. Never saw it in the paper, but mostly because it happened so often. I bet if someone had tried to sue the store, it would have made the paper.

I could see what the OP describes easily enough, if exaggerated. When she started about stopping the mom saying to not publish, though, that made me roll my eyes.

But, yeah, I can see where you are coming from on finding that believable. Pretty easily, too.

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[info]jat_sapphire
2007-05-15 02:54 pm UTC (link)
The ZOMGCOMA!!!! AND I LAUGHED!!!11 was the point at which I said, oh yeah, I don't believe that. Fell, yes, messy, yes, cut head, maybe concussion, ambulance, all yes, but instacoma diagnosed by our sociopathic friend?

No.

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