Monday, June 4, 2007
Common sense is dead!
Last week was the end of a trial where the company I work for was being sued for product defectiveness. A man who bought our product and in careless use of it lost his leg. He claimed that it was a design defect that caused the accident. He was taking off his "duster", a rather pretentious piece of clothing if you ask me, when our product was caught by his "duster" and caused the injury. Now if this "gentleman" had any horse sense he would have removed our product and rendered it safe before he did this, in fact he was carrying our product in an unsafe condition in the first place. Any ten year old who has ever been instructed in the safe operation on our product or any thing like it would have made sure to make it safe before he put it any where near his body. The trial was in Ohio and apparently they are only half intelligent there because the jury determined that it was half his own fault and half ours. The "gentleman" originally wanted $10 mil for his idiocy, the jury awarded $600K but cut it in half because he was half at fault. The big wigs haven't decided if they are going to appeal or not. If they don't it could open the door for every moron who gets his hands on one of our products to sue us for every stupid act they happen to do with it. The lawyer who, well, let's face it, is going to make all the money, and by the way is the son of Jackson's most famous lawyer said "... They admitted in this court that it can harm and kill people." Well, duh! Water can drowned people too. It's all in how you use it. It can also save your life and keep you fed. Sorry to ramble on but I've suspected that reason was dead for a long time and Glenn B. has even told me that it is but I didn't want to believe it. Now I do believe common sense is indeed dead. People have used our product for almost 25 years and very seldom been harmed by it. Car companies would envy our safety record. More people have been killed, I suspect, by lightning than our product. This may be the end for my job, we have been teetering on the edge for some time. This may just push us over the edge. I suppose not having to drive that far to work would save gas.
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6 comments:
The purchaser does know the common usage of your product, does he not?
It is after all a fine and useful product, but it ain't designed for, say, making a bed for newborn kittens.
I can relate. Gordon's company is involved in a lawsiut right now that they will probably lose. He may get to retire earlier than he thought. I wonder if they need a produce guy at Familee Thriftway. A greeter at Kings?
Our lives are so much better with the help of our friendly lawyers. Q.How do you keep a lawyer from drowning? A. Take your foot off his neck.
Commom sense is/has been dead for a long time. I think the nail in the coffin was the dumb lady who sued Mcdonald's for her stupidity over the HOT cup of coffee that she put in her lap and drove off spilling it and burning herself. She won. People are looking to blame anyone but themselves for their stupidity and lack of common sense.
I am amazed by the stupidity of people every day. I have had debates over gun control that leads me to believe people are idiots. In the Real Estate business, when we have purchased a foreclosure I am just floored by the condition of the homes people leave behind. Trust me common sense has come and gone. It is time society fess up to their mistakes.
I am so fed up by people who likes to blame others for their mistakes and the sad truth is, we let them get away with it! I have had debates with people over gun control that it leads me to believe people are idiots!
DB what will you do if you get laid off?
If common sense was all that common it wouldn't be so uncommon. i think our "wired" society is so used to just looking it up0 on the internet that they can't think for themselves anymore. I work at a Univ. that is getting more and more exclusive. but most of our student help are completely clueless. Example the soft ice cream machine ran out of ice cream mix so some brainiac refilled it with CREAM result butter and a clogged machine. Another time they filled it with expired ice cream mix, result YUCKKKKK! There are many other examples but these are the two latest.
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