Strange thing happened on Saturday...

[DanT]

bad enough that the guy jumped in head first and came away with only a cut on the scalp and not a neck/spinal injury....
but the water in RoA must be some pretty rank stuff....break out the antibiotics etc....that boy will need sutures and injections....the infection after would be worse than the initial cut...

 

[Disney*Happy]

It was crazy...and it certainly seemed as if the guy was altered a bit...but who knows whether it was from the head injury or from before. I do know the authorities were brought in...more than just Disney security. I don't know if he was showing off or what. The girlfriend didn't go in until she saw that the guy was hurt and she went in feet first. Whatever the reason...it was strange.

 

[19Pez76]

I believe I saw the paramedic and fire department vehicles rushing into the park, we were on Harbor heading toward the Mickey and Friends parking structure and traffic paused to let them by, wasn't sure where they were going at first but then they entered in the employee entrance on Harbor.

Did this happen some what early in the day, before noon? My parking pass says 12:03 so we must have seen that at about 11:45 or so.

Judging a book by its cover, did the couple seem like the kind of people who you may expect something like this from ?

I saw a guy near the Matterhorn smoking section, based on his look my first thought was "is this guy homeless?", and then he busted out a few karate moves and mumbled to himself. I would have loved to have stayed to watch him, but we were pretty close and he was swatting his way in our direction.

 

[Mom2Joce]

My family and I were on Tom Sawyer's Island and I was sitting at the picnic table area at the back of the island. Suddnely, this man stands on the picnic table and dives into the lagoon. Well, the water is only about 2 feet deep there and when he pops up he has a head wound. His girlfriend sees that he is bleeding and jumps in after him. Some other people in the area help them out of the water and the man is very uncooperative until he passes out cold on the ground. They evacuate the area and call in the authorities and medical. I don't know anything else...but it wasn't something that we were expecting.

I'm sorry but I can't stop laughing and I'm not one to laugh at others misfortunes!!
All I can see is like a Tom & Jerry or Roadrunner cartoon...LOL!!
(but I do hope he's ok...stupid move and all)

 

[lorieintucson]

first thought is YUCK--why would anyone want to swim in that water? and second thought was 'well there goes that Disney magic again making a grown man think that there was an actual body of water that they just happened to build a theme park around'. He must have been altered in some way (and i'm thinking more than a few drinks) and got caught up in the moment--those big ships to make the depth of that water one of the most deceptively realistic attractions in the park.

i sure hope that disney doesn't have to pay out for his stupidity. Hopefully they got a tox-screen right away.

 

[callmeblissful]

Judging a book by it's cover, did the couple seem like the kind of people who you may expect something like this from ?

I have seen so many people who I would 'expect something like that' from at Disneyland that this strikes me as really funny! I am truly curious as to what these people were thinking...

 

[MermaidsMom]

Or worse.

What would he be doing that is worse than drinking too much? It's almost ALWAYS alcohol that causes people to freak out, drive crazy, fight with others and commit domestic violence. It's probably the most dangerous drug on the market.

 

[PinkBudgie]

This reminds me of the Dis podcasts. At the end Pete always warns everyone to stay out of the lakes. At WDW it seems they have alligators and brain eating amoebae in the lakes! Maybe now he needs to add "and don't dive in to the River of America."

 

[snickerboo]

probably will sue because there isn't a sign at that spot in 20 languages with flashing warning lights, and the DL voice that says no swimming!

Ugh! You're probably right. Sounds like he may have been 'chemically influenced' and I would bet Disney lawyers will wnat a tox screen. Though, sadly, I'll bet the Disney lawyers cut checks to fools like this just to get them to go away.

 

[Kittyskyfish]

Serious hot button. The elderly woman (79 years old) who was the burned one "suffered third-degree burns on six percent of her skin and lesser burns over sixteen percent." She was in the hospital over a week and had to have skin grafts.

"During the case, Liebeck's attorneys discovered that McDonald's required franchises to serve coffee at 180–190 °F (82–88 °C)."

"Other documents obtained from McDonald's showed that from 1982 to 1992 the company had received more than 700 reports of people burned by McDonald's coffee to varying degrees of severity, and had settled claims arising from scalding injuries for more than $500,000."

The initial request was 20K to cover medical costs of 11K. McDonald's offered $800.

Although people focus on what the jury awarded..."The trial judge reduced the total award to $640,000, and the parties settled for a confidential amount before an appeal was decided."



Should coffee be so hot that you have to have skin grafts if it spills on you?????

I LOVE YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!

Thank you for bringing this up. This woman was a passenger in a parked car when the spill happened.

Unlike popular misconception, she didn't get a few boo-boos. She got third degree burns, which are full thickness burns and are very serious. Her burns were on her thighs, buttocks and groin (being polite). This woman had to have skin grafts! She was in the hospital for over a week and required long-term follow up medical treatment.

McDonalds was taken to court only after smaller settlement offers to cover her medical bills were rejected by McDonalds. Basically, Mc'D's attitude was "eff off".

What we as the public heard was spin from the media, most likely influenced by sponsors such as...McDonalds.

Sorry that this is going off-topic.

 

[DanT]

two words.......personal responsibility

 

[pixiewings71]

two words.......personal responsibility

Something our society is severely lacking in.....

 

[JustAKid]

two words.......personal responsibility

AMEN!!!

Something our society is severely lacking in.....

Preach on!!!