<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Jeff Lightner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jlightner@water.com">jlightner@water.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Its not holding others responsible for your responsibilities. Its<br>
holding them responsible for THEIR responsibilities if they didn't put<br>
up safety barricades around the manhole.<br>
<br>
Talking about traffic and subway entrances is a red herring. We aren't<br>
talking about normal hazards - we're talking about a hole where normally<br>
there is a cover. There is a reason why you'll see new traffic signals<br>
flashing for a week to a month before they're turned on - its to get<br>
people used to the fact that there is a change in environment.<br clear="all"></blockquote><div><br>Maybe it's just me but it really feels like people are missing the punchline on this topic. People have fallen down stairs and into open manholes before. The important factor is this person fell into an open sewer hole while texting! This is totally hilarious! <br>
<br>Do municipal employees screw up and get the safety first _then_ open cover order wrong? All the time. As is usually the case, accidents like this are first "set up" by a screw up then "activated" by a second screw up. There are two failures here but only the second one is worth any discussion.<br>
<br>Has anyone ever actually _seen_ the content of a typical teenage girl's text messages? If so, the idea of a texting teenager falling into a pipe full of poo is better than Marx Brothers, Monty Python and (original) Pink Panther all rolled into one! That she fell into a pipeline of poo while spewing a pipeline of poo is _so_ poetic.<br>
<br>I am, as a parent, very, very happy she didn't hit her face on the far side of the rim during the fall or break anything but her pride. But I would be one of those parents howling in laughter if my daughter had done the same thing. I've seen my daughter walk into the door frame entering her room while texting. I laughed so hard I cried. Especially since she had just been admonished for being "distant and distracted" because of the constant chat clients and text messaging (a claim vehemently denied by said youngster). <br>
<br>Kerbam-splat! Dad dies laughing. Kid quits walking and texting at the same time.<br></div></div><br>-- <br>-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br>Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness <br><br>