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- Xaevier, on 11/03/2009, -5/+116What the hell was a woman doing in Home Depot?
- namslam, on 11/02/2009, -0/+9050,000 dollars for falling off 3 steps? DAMN I'll FALL OFF 10 steps for only 25,000.
- Solkre, on 11/03/2009, -0/+63The ladder is NEVER for customer use!
- jrm125, on 11/03/2009, -2/+62She probably heard a woman's place is in the home and got confused.
- affcustdetail, on 11/02/2009, -7/+49I'm so tired of stupid people. There really should be some form of breading restrictions in place. The gene pool is getting ruined by retarded people like this lady.
- nocatster, on 11/02/2009, -1/+43maybe I should believe in tort reform
- elliotys, on 11/03/2009, -1/+39Home Depot should bring a counter suit for floor damage.
- titi232, on 11/03/2009, -0/+38More than likely made available means it was left somewhere other than the backroom and so the woman felt that it was there for her to use.
I've seen people while shopping climb those huge ladders on wheels (that employees sometimes use in target to get something down) and when I say, "shouldn't you wait for an employee to help?" I have been met with, "well if it's here that means I can use it." - alanocu, on 11/02/2009, -4/+42breading or breeding?
- Krekko, on 11/03/2009, -4/+36Dumb bitch.
- publiclurker, on 11/02/2009, -2/+32Either one. Restricting breading or these people would probably lead to them committing suicide over the lack of fried foods.
- illDecree, on 11/03/2009, -4/+32Remodeling the kitchen to make more sandwiches.
- JanTik, on 11/03/2009, -3/+30There should be a law against ignorance.
- Purplekat, on 11/03/2009, -0/+26Falling off a ladder, apparently.
- inactive, on 11/03/2009, -2/+25So. So are pens available, don't go stabbing yourself in the eye.
If you climb a ladder and you fall and get hurt, it's your fault no matter where the ***** you are.
I realize the pussification of America has made it seem otherwise, no need to explain.. "but she's in Home Depot, and one leg of the ladder was on top of a stack of books, with glossy covers, and there were ball bearings under the books." I don't give a *****. I will never fall off a ladder because I'm not stupid. I stabilize every ladder I climb. And when I get so old and demented and fall off a ladder, I deserve what I get. - Oea420, on 11/03/2009, -2/+23No retail outlet would allow any sort of step-stool or ladder be used by customers. As a matter of fact, most have policies to keep this kind of hardware in the back store room unless it's currently being used... I remember getting hammered for it all the time when I was working retail.
Some employee was just lazy and left his step-stool or ladder out and this bitch decided to be too impatient to go ask an employee for help (Who, if the ladder was indeed unstable, would have fallen and probably got a drug test and a free trip to the doctor and some time off) - asgardshill, on 11/03/2009, -4/+24Sounds like just another frivolous ***** cashgrab until I read this bit from the article:
"Marjorie Howard says that on April 10, 2008, she used a three step ladder at Home Depot THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR CUSTOMER USE to access merchandise ..."
If this particular Home Depot did indeed provide a ladder for the customers to use AND it really did "become unstable" as noted in the article, then she might have a case. They can't have it both ways, providing a ladder but saying don't use it at the same time. - AlienMushroom, on 11/03/2009, -1/+20To get $50,000.
- asgardshill, on 11/03/2009, -1/+19Quite correct - if she just grabbed a ladder off the sales floor and took it upon herself to use it, then she deserves the consequences and her lawsuit should be laughed out of court. But if there was any signage indicating that the ladder was actually intended for customer use or she was told it was by an employee, then this particular HD is in trouble.
- inactive, on 11/03/2009, -2/+20Daddy....why do things cost so much?
Well pumpkin, you see, we live in a country dominated by people called lawyers. More importantly, a subset called slip & fall lawyers. You remember the other day when you tripped over some toys you left in the floor and scraped you knee? Uh huh. Well, you see, when people do dump or stupid things, they call these people up and they will convince a group of people that it wasn't their fault, but the fault of someone else, and then these people will give them money from the company that made the product.
The company that made the product will then raise the price of that same product, to make up for the money they lost in the lawsuit to make up the difference.
Got it?
Yeah, they sound like a bunch of stealing bastards who need to be taken behind the woodshed don't they daddy? Yes pumpkin, they do. - theonlywizdum, on 11/03/2009, -1/+17How can someone fail this much? I have used a ladder in just about every possible way they tell you not to in those OSHA safety courses (balanced over staging planks, stacked on other ladders, nailing 2x4s on the end to get extra height, laying a 2x6 on top and using it as a staging plank, using the ladder itself as a plank, etc.). and I still haven't fallen. This woman fell off a 3 foot high ladder on perfectly level ground.
I have seen these in the Lowes stores before, but they all had "FOR EMPLOYEE USE ONLY" painted all over them. I doubt this woman would have a case if the Home Depot ladders were like that. - publiclurker, on 11/03/2009, -0/+16All of the ladders I have ever seen at home depot say for employees only. Many of them even have a chain across them for the illiterate.
- theonlywizdum, on 11/03/2009, -0/+14I also don't go mountain biking while wearing ice skates.
- Ki77erB, on 11/03/2009, -0/+14I'll pay you $100 dollars to let me fall down your steps.
- andreo, on 11/03/2009, -1/+13They should have stuck a price tag on the ladder and made her pay for breaking it...
- Krekko, on 11/03/2009, -0/+11As the above poster said, chances are it was probably there. I worked at bed bath and beyond a few years back and we had ladders around and people would say "Why would you make them available for us to use if you did not want us to use them" Despite them being there for employee purposes only.
- duzytata, on 11/03/2009, -0/+8I don't know why you're being dugg down. I have been working for Home Depot for 3 years and my store has yellow, three step ladders that customers are allowed to use. The steps are huge and you might get 3 foot, at most, above the ground in one. They're filled with warnings and they do not roll like the employee ladders. It's merely a step up to get hand stacked merchandise that is not in the overhead.
The rest of the ladders in the store are tilt and roll ladders, which are orange, say 'employee use only' all over them, and have a chain that runs across the bottom with a sign that hangs from it.
We also have audible warnings played over the PA system every few minutes about climbing ladders and keeping an eye on your children. - baleful, on 11/03/2009, -4/+12Actually, if I remember correctly, the customers are allowed to use those yellow three step ladders at the Home Depot. At least that's how it is in the HD I go to.
Those tall orange ladders are for employee use only though. - inactive, on 11/03/2009, -0/+8No, they will settle out of court, because it will be cheaper than fighting it. And that's why they will have to charge more for things in their stores. There are scores of people looking to sue somebody, for anything. These people need to be killed. And then burned. And then fed to tigers.
- Gonthim, on 11/03/2009, -0/+7Your foreknowledge and then request makes the situation different I would think. You have put someone in a position where you are fully aware they are likely to injure themselves.
If, more like the case at hand, he finds your ladder leaning against your house and, for some reason, assumes you put it there so he could climb it, and then sustains an injury, should you be liable? - KingGorilla, on 11/03/2009, -0/+7I'll fall off 10 for 100
- strongsad, on 11/03/2009, -1/+7can't you reed?
- BrokenCircle, on 11/03/2009, -0/+6I will bread any place I want to.
- Taiyoryu, on 11/03/2009, -0/+6No big-box retail store I've visited ever provides a ladder for customer use, and this includes Home Depot. The benefit of big-box stores is a consistent, nation-wide policy of how stores are run. If ladders are on the premises, they are clearly branded for store use and often labeled "employees only", the larger ladders (more like portable stairs) have chains that do not encourage use by customers. Furthermore, most shelves are labeled telling customers to request assistance to get items on high shelves. Do you know why stores go through all this trouble? Because they don't want the liability.
- PrideThruPwnage, on 11/03/2009, -0/+6I fall down steps to impress chicks... Works every time...
- lilcvbballfreak, on 11/03/2009, -3/+9she can't be that stupid, she did manage to fit home depot into her kitchen
- DextramPennae, on 11/03/2009, -3/+8Dumb bitch ruining things for everyone else! A good judge would throw the case out of court. People like her are the enemy.
- jbmcb, on 11/03/2009, -0/+5> I doubt this woman would have a case if the Home Depot ladders were like that.
It's called "here's a few K now go away" lawyering. - DOCNM, on 11/03/2009, -1/+6maybe you never tried to climb a ladder wearing stiletto heels. It would be unbelievably stupid, and would therefore explain this case.
- TheGuruStud, on 11/03/2009, -0/+5I'm not for random acts of vandalism, but if she wins 50k, I think 50k of damage should be done to her house. Then the repair parts can be bought at home depot lol.
- inactive, on 11/03/2009, -3/+8Americans are money-grubbing nitwits. "Oh! My McDonalds Coffee is hot! I poured it on my crotch! I need money!" Please. These people need to be sterilized. Here's a link for the idiots: http://www.whocanisue.com/
Apple Sucks Cheney Balls. - slicky803, on 11/03/2009, -0/+5Good to see you read bash.org too.
http://www.bash.org/?4753 - Pyros7, on 11/03/2009, -1/+6Even if Home Depot had made the ladder "available for customer use" what the *****'s the difference?
A ladder is a ladder and carries an inherent danger that since you are above the level of the floor you could possibly fall down until you hit that floor and injure yourself.
Hell the next time I'm in a department store I might just "fall" down a flight of stairs and sue because "they placed that death trap there for my use!" - zarcu, on 11/03/2009, -3/+7I was being sarcastic. I guess I did well?
- 2caster3, on 11/03/2009, -1/+5How did these lady get hurt? Come on a three step ladder! She should be checked out to make sure she is mentally competent to live on her own too.
- jrm125, on 11/03/2009, -2/+6You can't fix stupid!
But you can sure try to legislate it... - Nevasleep88, on 11/03/2009, -2/+6She forgot to fill out a risk assessment.
She wasn't wearing a high vis jacket.
She didn't have working at heights training.
She neglected to use fall arrest equipment.
She deserved it! :)
/s - Stephen1424, on 11/03/2009, -0/+4They clearly say not to lift stuff that is too heavy or high for you to carry. If you think you might get hurt, Don't lift it. It's simple...
- method7670, on 11/03/2009, -2/+6This is exactly what happens when women get the right to vote and leave the house.
- rushiku, on 11/03/2009, -0/+4Spurred a thought, would a sign on the ladders that said "for our ladder qualified customers" cover a store's ass?
Sure, it's BS, who's ladder qualified? But if you fall off, you're not ladder qualified...what were you doing on the ladder?
Would they have to back it up with free ladder training, available monthly? -
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