Sunday, July 12, 2009

Texting teen falls down open manhole

A NYC teenager was walking along a street and fell into an open manhole. Seems the sewer department was doing some pressure washing and failed to rope off the open manhole cover.
Oh yeah, the teen was texting while walking.
She suffered some mild cuts and bruising.
Her parents say they plan to sue. Imagine that. How shocking.
Okay, the manhole should have been roped off.
But she shouldn't have been texting while walking. Is there no more personal responsibility left in the world? If that were me who fell down the sewer while texting, I wouldn't have come up until it was dark because I would have been too damned embarrassed to show my face.
If she was that damned distracted that she fell in a 3 foot wide hole, then she would also be apt to trip over a curb, too. Who would she sue then? The cell phone company?
It's disgusting how people are able to sue others because of their own stupidity.

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