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snackdaddy said:
In my old job we had a towel dispenser like this one. They actually put a warning label on it saying "Warning: Intentional misuse could be harmful or fatal". I'd like to know what idiot hung himself on one of these requiring the need for a warning label.

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Well my father was involved in a lawsuit whereby a tuna fish manufacturing company and my father were being sued by a guy having his hand chopped up since there wasn't a sign that said - turn off power before clearing a jam in the egg white chopper. He didn't turn off the power, reached around the guard that prevents fingers from getting chopped up while running, and had his hand chopped up. My dad made the guard and it was demonstrated in court that it was working 100% as intended.

However, due to a really stupid California law in the 70s (which was actually fixed in the 80s), the manufacturing company was only liable up to the Work Comp payout which was $128,000 at the time. And if anyone else was named in the lawsuit, the other party is liable for the difference no matter the percentage of responsibility even if that party was .00000000xxxxx1% responsible. As a result, my dad was added to the lawsuit because the lawyer was hoping that the jury would be stupid enough to assign some blame to my dad.

Just to make matters worse, the judge gave terrible instructions to the jury. He stated that the jury must find a percentage of responsibility for each party including the injured party which must add up to 100%. He didn't mention that the percentage could be 0 for any of the parties. As a result, the jury found the tuna fish manufacturer 50% at fault, the injured party at 40% and my dad at 10% because the jury had to find my dad some percentage of responsibility. Yes the jury was stupid enough to assign some blame to my dad. Smart lawyer - stupid jury. So my dad was responsible for the entire difference between 50% and the $128,000 plus another 10%. Fortunately my dad's insurance barely covered the difference but his insurance premiums did go up.

And that lawsuit ended up having many companies put up stupid signs like the above.
 
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snackdaddy said:
In my old job we had a towel dispenser like this one. They actually put a warning label on it saying "Warning: Intentional misuse could be harmful or fatal". I'd like to know what idiot hung himself on one of these requiring the need for a warning label.

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They had one of those at CDC? I haven’t seen one of those in forever. Last time I saw one of those was actually at the big A. Probably around the same time the Rams ditched Anaheim.
 
FaulkSF said:
They had one of those at CDC? I haven’t seen one of those in forever. Last time I saw one of those was actually at the big A. Probably around the same time the Rams ditched Anaheim.
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It was at my old job in Fresno before CDC. In the 80's. I just thought it would be nuts to have that kind of disclaimer warning label. It would take a certain kind of stupid to accidentally kill yourself with one of these while on the job.
 
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Things that make you shake your head...

I worked for a power utility company - and there were some remote places where we had employees... One such place in Southern Oregon was at, or near, the town of Prospect.

In the employee restroom, there were signs warning of increased levels of mercury in the water. There were signs in the shower, over the sink... and over the crapper.

I always said, where I come from, we don't need to tell people not not drink water from the commode... :woozy2:
 
An American businessman went to Japan for an important meeting with a client. Knowing how Japanese people like their golf he scheduled a round for the next day with his clients. Later that first night he decided he wanted to get a little from the red light district. So he got himself a hooker and they went to his hotel room. They were going at it hard and she kept yelling "Machigatta ana!" He thought "Wow, I got her real turned on didn't I?"

The next day he showed up at the course with his clients. They were midway through the round when the boss chipped in a good shot from off the green. They were high fiving each other all excited and he remember what the hooker was screaming. So he yells "Machigatta ana!" thinking they would like that. The Japanese man turned to him and said "What you mean wrong hole?"
 
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