Girl Falls Into Manhole While Texting

2009-07-13 10:54:39

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loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|7000|Columbus, OH

By Charlie Sorrel July 13, 2009 | 9:06 am | Categories: Phones It’s hard to decide who are the biggest morons in this story: parents or daughter. 15 year-old Alexa Longueira was walking along Victory Boulevard in Staten Island when she fell into an open manhole.

Why didn’t she see it? You’re ahead of me here. She was too intent on tapping out a text message to notice the gaping gap in the sidewalk and just dropped straight on in. Idiotic, yes, but now Alexa’s parents are trying to blame someone else for their daughter’s stupidity while making a little money into the bargain. They’re suing the city.

I’m all for punishing people who walk the streets staring into the tiny screens of their cells. They’re a danger to cyclists, for one, and at the very best they’re an annoyance to normal pedestrians, the kind who actually look where they’re walking. That Alexa’s parents are not doing anything to teach her a lesson but instead are blaming city workers is quite ridiculous.

In this case, though, it appears that the girl isn’t so dumb. Here’s the erudite sentence she gave of the Department of Environmental Protection workmen’s apology after they helped her out of the hole: “They were just, like, ‘I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

And yes, her parents are also witty masters of the English language. The mother, Kim Longueira, speaking to MSNBC: “Oh my God, it was putrid. One of her sneakers is still down there”

Source

orginal report MSNBC

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- It annoys me when brainless kids try to text and breath at the same time. In her case, I wish they put the manhole cover back on before any one noticed.

- Oh yah the /failed parents are suing the city >=\

- India makes manhole covers

Last edited by loubot (2009-07-13 15:39:53)

2009-07-13 10:57:07

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DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|7106|United States of America

2009-07-13 11:07:43

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Shakez: Member; +39|6592

It's like punishing builders of a road.
'That road isn't safe, I crashed while texting.'
Really, what the f..?

2009-07-13 11:10:48

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Swan: The town bike; +54|5869

texting makes you into hellen keller

2009-07-13 11:11:19

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Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7003|SE London

Whilst I'm sure they should really have put some sort of sign up or cordoned off the area, ultimately it needs to be the individual who is responsible for falling down a hole. But with the sort of stupid health and safety laws that seem to be in place everywhere these days, she probably has a pretty strong case....

Stupid bitch.

2009-07-13 11:13:14

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Shakez: Member; +39|6592

Bertster7 wrote:
Whilst I'm sure they should really have put some sort of sign up or cordoned off the area, ultimately it needs to be the individual who is responsible for falling down a hole. But with the sort of stupid health and safety laws that seem to be in place everywhere these days, she probably has a pretty strong case....

Stupid bitch.

I bet the sign just lies down there next to her sneaker

2009-07-13 11:18:05

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Kurazoo: Pheasant Plucker; +440|7106|West Yorkshire, U.K

Made in India? WTF

2009-07-13 14:09:55

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War Man: Australians are hermaphrodites.; +564|7135|Purplicious Wisconsin

Swan wrote:
texting makesturns you into hellen keller

Corrected

The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.

2009-07-13 14:34:23

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M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6645|Escea

2009-07-13 15:06:21

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lettuce: site lurkerer; +26|7065|cheshire u.k

i don't see where Helen Keller comes into this..

2009-07-13 15:09:49

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Catbox: forgiveness; +505|7138

Kurazoo wrote:
Made in India? WTF

I saw a manhole cover here where i live and it said made in india also... Kinda weird that something that heavy
is made and then transported across the Ocean to the US? I guess it's cheaper to make it there?

and to the dingbat that fell in the whole while texting....hahahahahahhaha

So the manhole covers are made in india by barefoot guys that probably make 12 cents an hour...?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/nyreg … nhole.html

Last edited by [TUF]Catbox (2009-07-13 15:21:43)

Love is the answer

2009-07-13 15:31:41

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Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7196|Noizyland

Were there signs or barriers around the open manhole? I hate to admit this but if there wasn't then the idiot girl and her idiot parents are probably in the right.

[Blinking eyes thing]
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2009-07-13 15:39:20

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loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|7000|Columbus, OH

Ty wrote:
Were there signs or barriers around the open manhole? I hate to admit this but if there wasn't then the idiot girl and her idiot parents are probably in the right.

The MSNBC link indicts the utility workers were starting the process of putting up the barrier.

Of course it makes too much sense to put up a barrier first before working. I imagine the city will have to
safety inspector on site to ensure the public safety comes first before any kind of construction.

2009-07-13 23:56:17

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Zombie_Affair: Amputee's...BOOP; +78|6237|Fattest Country in the world.

This case won't hold up in court. She was blatantly at fault for her own negligence, the fact she 'fell' into a manhole is not the city's fault. The only way around this I can see is that the city did not offer adequate cordon procedure of the area with warning signs.

2009-07-14 00:00:30

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13/f/taiwan: Member; +940|6120

Marine is probably loving this.

2009-07-14 00:06:47

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[-DER-]Omega: membeR; +188|7249|Lithuania

wonder if she had enough time to text "I am an idiot" on the way down. Stewpid klutz.

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2009-07-14 00:35:11

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DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|7103|Disaster Free Zone

Ty wrote:
Were there signs or barriers around the open manhole? I hate to admit this but if there wasn't then the idiot girl and her idiot parents are probably in the right.

No. Signs and barriers should not be necessary. Common sense should be.

2009-07-14 01:13:55

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Zombie_Affair: Amputee's...BOOP; +78|6237|Fattest Country in the world.

DrunkFace wrote:
Ty wrote:
Were there signs or barriers around the open manhole? I hate to admit this but if there wasn't then the idiot girl and her idiot parents are probably in the right.
No. Signs and barriers should not be necessary. Common sense should be.

By law, they need to be. For those with a lack of sense.

2009-07-14 01:16:59

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Defiance: Member; +438|7093

Wow, no one has said it yet.

Natural Selection at work! Just not working hard enough I 'spose.

2009-07-14 01:23:56

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Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6570|'straya

Defiance wrote:
Wow, no one has said it yet.

Natural Selection at work! Just not working hard enough I 'spose.

She'll probably step in front of a bus while texting next, so don't worry

2009-07-14 01:38:41

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RavyGravy: Son.; +617|6827|NSW, Australia

War Man wrote:
Swan wrote:
texting makesturns you into hellen keller
Corrected

good contribution bro

2009-07-14 02:17:58

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Nappy: Apprentice; +151|6651|NSW, Australia

loubot wrote:
They’re a danger to cyclists, for one

- fuck off cyclists

- I read this in a newspaper yesterday and it sayed the constuction workers (or whatever) had turned away to get the warning signs and cones to put up

they should have put them up first but meh, shit happens, she shouldve been watching where she was walking

2009-07-14 03:26:12

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Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7003|SE London

Zombie_Affair wrote:
This case won't hold up in court. She was blatantly at fault for her own negligence, the fact she 'fell' into a manhole is not the city's fault. The only way around this I can see is that the city did not offer adequate cordon procedure of the area with warning signs.

Unfortunately, I would expect this to hold up in court. They had a legal responsibility to put signs up. The fact that the manhole was opened before they put the signs up puts them in a very awkward situation.

Nappy wrote:
loubot wrote:
They’re a danger to cyclists, for one
- fuck off cyclists

That's a point, wtf are cyclists doing on the pavement? Surely that's illegal? Don't they have to ride in the road over there? The pavement is for pedestrians.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2009-07-14 03:28:10)

2009-07-14 04:57:17

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Benzin: Member; +576|6420

If only because the cordons were not up beforehand or during, the parents WILL probably win. Sad but true.

Hopefully the judge will realize that there can be exceptions, though. Good luck City of New York.

2009-07-14 05:09:34

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liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|7049|UK

They probably should have put a barrier up before opening the cover.

That will be the argument in court, any how.

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