Wednesday, 12 September 2007

Money For Incompetent People

Having previously alluded to how I feel about personal injury lawyers I'd like to talk about the adverts for their services.

The first one that springs to mind is a tv advert. A man fitting a something to an outside wall with a drill tells us he was given the wrong ladder. Yup, we can see from the ad that he was indeed given the wrong ladder. It's just a straight ladder propped against the wall. Now my diy skills suck but even I am aware that if I prop a straight ladder against a wall, climb it and try to use a power drill at the top to drill into the wall that I am going to be very quickly introduced to the ground with, at minimum, a large SPLAT ! And this guy tells us he was given the wrong ladder for the job BUT PROCEEDED ANYWAY ? So either he can't do his job properly, or he was looking for an injury so he could claim. Either way, screw it. Wait, can you handle a screw driver ??? Or are you going to stab yourself with it ? Do I care ? Here have the damn screw driver, do what you like.

The second advert is one I have heard on the radio. Some guy is telling us that he is the man responsible for telling newbies how the equipment works, and that he doesn't really care if you remember all the instructions and safety rules or not. So according to him, when you get injured sue the company. Actually I'd want to know just how much of frickin' idiot you are ? If you are going to be dealing with equipment that could cause injury why wouldn't you make sure you remembered the safety rules ? If you didn't get something why wouldn't you ask for clarification or repetition ? Oh that's right, your that stupid arse from the tv advert. Couldn't do that job right, can't do this one either.

It seems to me that they are advertising that stupid people can sue companies for money over injuries caused by their own utter stupidity. Great.

My general disdain for these adverts does not mean that I don't think avenues for legitimate claims should exist. Of course they should. If injury is caused by willful negligence sue the bastards, preferably for lots of cash. But if you are injured by your own stupidity or incompetence, then shut up, learn something and move on. Or you might become a contender for a Darwin Award.

I apologise if none of this post makes any sense what so ever but I've been awake since 6:15 when the noise from my neighbours heating system woke me. It still has not been repaired. I have now given up being polite over the phone, I'm going to the landlords office to be a bitch in person.

1 comment:

Pumpkin said...

Considering the time that you were up this morning, I think your post makes perfect sense hun!!!!!!

Yes, those ads for 'personal injuries' are sucky to say the least and for those who abuse the system for money when THEY have been the incompetent party.....ugh, they need to be dropped on their head!!!!!

Or sent to me to be dealt with by Gozar....thanks for the link!!!


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