Tiger Lilly "Just A Slice of Life" (1407 hits)
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Submitted by Tiger Lilly (View user info) at 2009-10-19 17:41:05 EDT
Due to the economy, I, along with hundreds of other employees at Pratt & Whitney were laid off this past year. Wow. Pratt & Whitney. I said it. I typed it. I've never done that here before. Whatever! It feels great. Pratt & Whitney...ahhh. For as long as I have been an Uberloser I have worked for Pratt & Whitney until about five months ago.
In any case, my layoff seemed suspicious in nature not only to me but also to fellow colleagues, family and friends. You see I have had a few years of really bad luck. Those of you who despise me can feel free to clap now. Anyway, a while back I was in a pretty bad car accident. I took it in the rear. I mean, my car took it in the rear and my sedan became a hatchback within seconds. I wrote about that story a while ago. http://www.ubersite.com/m/88940
I walked away with a few aches and pains but otherwise fine. It wasn't until a few months later that I began having severe lower back pain. After a multitude of X-rays and MRI's the doctors informed me I had Spondylolisthesis or degenerative disc disease.
"The discs at your L5 S1 are gone" the doctors told me. Confused and mystified I asked "well, where'd they go?" Missing limbs is my specialty but missing discs I knew nothing about.
So basically my back is that of a seventy year old. Fanfuckingtastic. I had to be off my feet...foot..har har and on my back - doctors orders. Consequently I was out of work on disability for almost four months. Great! A paid vacation. WRONG.
Now you should know that I can't even count the number of operations I have had on my leg. There have been far too many and despite all the skin incisions, bone cutting, cast wearing annoyances and aches, NOTHING came close to the back pain I have experienced. My husband is a saint. I would have divorced me. I was incapable of doing just about everything a wife should do. And I don't mean laundry and dishes.
It took many, many, months and a lot of physical therapy for me to get back to a somewhat normal life. The pain subsided a bit and I was finally able to do those wifely duties. Feeling better made my husband so happy he gave me a pearl necklace. Har har.
Once back at work I had a new ergonomically assessed office complete with an innovative back supporting, two thousand dollar plus throne, a brand new large screen monitor, elevating foot rest....the works. Other than bouts of back pain here and there, I was doing great. The holidays were approaching and Pratt's Business Offices shut down for a week. I was getting a paid week off only two months after my extended return. Life was looking up and I was getting back into the swing of things. But then came the Petco debacle.
Three days after Christmas 2008 was an absolutely beautiful day in Connecticut. My dogs were running about in the yard jumping in snow drifts while icicles melted off the gutters. Realizing that I had run out of dog food I headed out with my twin stepsons to Petco. Although I was feeling better heavy lifting was a no no.
We arrive at Petco and within a few minutes I realize a change in the store setup and the displays. Twins by my side we walk towards the back of the store to find the usual brand dog food I buy, stopping occasionally to look at ferrets and rats that twins just "had to have." I walk away reciting my standard 'we want a pet' retort: "you two couldn't even take care of hermit crabs."
Their raised eyebrows and half guilty half smile facial smirks said it all without words...."busted, she got us on that one." There was no pressing the issue and we pressed on to find the dog food. But like everything else in the store said food is not on the usual shelf. We look around for a few seconds before asking a clerk who had been kneeling organizing shelves about six feet in front of me. Standing, she instructs me to follow her. I oblige and two steps later while floating in mid air I realize for a split second that I have become a "Looney Tunes" character who falls and slips on a banana peal.
I had become the free of charge Sunday matinee at Petco. All I remember is hearing what sounded like a bowling ball dropping from five feet off the ground and someone screaming "call 911." I blacked out.
When I came to there were customers, manager's even dogs looking down, drilling me with questions I couldn't answer. The EMT's arrived, asked me more questions that I couldn't answer, braced my neck, lifted me onto a longboard and transported me via ambulance to the ER.
During the short trip to the ER I drifted in and out of consciousness. This lasted an hour or so. My husband rushed to the ER and filled me in on what happened. I felt like a huge sideshow spectacle. It also dawned on me that I was in a neck brace strapped to a bed with severe neck and back pain and hooked to an IV. Diagnosed with a severe concussion and back trauma I was released six hours later. It was days later my MRI results confirmed additional lower back damage.
Needless to say after holiday break I was back on short term disability, unable to work, move, sleep....you get the point.
After months of more physical therapy and rehabilitation, cortisone shots in my back and copious amounts of pills I headed back to work, again.
I was laid off three weeks after my return. Suspicious maybe? A liability, most likely.
In any case due to my lack of work I was able to spend three weeks visiting my sister, brother in-law and nephews in California. I had an absolute blast. The weather was amazing. Sunny and in the 80's every single day and it really seemed to improve my back pain. Now that I'm back in crappy, cold and damp New England my pain has come back as well.
The warm weather really did make a difference on my seventy year old back so my husband and I have decided once the boys finish up high school we will be moving to California. He loves the south west and hates New England winters and although a few years away until our big move, the planning has begun.
I've attached some pictures of the bay in Long Beach from my vacation. If I'm going to die someday whether by natural causes or some disaster i.e. an earthquake, fire, landslide, broken neck in some store, whatever, I'd rather die in paradise.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that while lying and unable to move, wearing a neck brace in the ER for six hours, I was informed that I slipped and fell in a puddle of dog urine. Witnesses say there were no "Caution Wet Floor" signs up.
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Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-29 23:34:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2009-10-29 08:23:40 EDT (#)
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spondylolisthesis isn't the same as having a degenerative/degenerated disc.
hope you're OK.
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TIM...hi man.
Yes I know the two are not the same. That was supposed to be an 'and'.
Hope you're well.
Submitted by LoooseSprocket (user info) at 2009-10-29 13:40:53 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2009-10-29 08:23:40 EDT (#)
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spondylolisthesis isn't the same as having a degenerative/degenerated disc.
hope you're OK.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2009-10-24 14:32:39 EDT (#)
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sorry to read all this happening to you.
I looked at your car crash post and found Apollo's comment gold:
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-06-08 11:59:20 EDT (#)
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although with it being brand new it has stupid 'air bag warning' sticker that i can't get off.
fuck america and its nanny scared of being sued state.
I wonder which oil company isn't scared to get sued.
Submitted by VelvetElvis (user info) at 2009-10-23 04:04:22 EDT (#)
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They made the engines for the B-29 bomber, Pratt and Whitney. Hardcore gigantic badass planes.
Submitted by The_Cyst_Master (user info) at 2009-10-22 03:51:12 EDT (#)
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So 4 German Shepherd knots can be pushed into your gaping asshole at once in under 2 seconds? This I got to see!
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-10-21 15:24:32 EDT (#)
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good luck. i'm not going to read the other reviews but i hope you have insurance through your husband because cobra's rape, you're not eligible for saga and charter oak isn't taken NEAR everywhere.
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2009-10-21 14:26:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2009-10-21 11:00:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2009-10-21 09:35:21 EDT (#)
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YOU HAVE ONE LEG??!?!?!
WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN!?!!?!
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This made me spit coffee out my nose.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2009-10-21 09:35:21 EDT (#)
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YOU HAVE ONE LEG??!?!?!
WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN!?!!?!
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-10-21 08:52:00 EDT (#)
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This is awful, good luck to you. You sure had a run of bad.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-10-21 08:51:21 EDT (#)
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Well, you stup'uniped cow you didn't label it properly, i.e.: "WARNING: A Pointless Self Pity Post."
I guess I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt because I don't think you are as shitty at this as I'm seeing, but right now all you want to share with uber is your self pity shit. Go right on and don't get worked up on my vagina ridden comments.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-20 18:45:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-10-20 04:41:56 EDT (#)
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Hop you're well.
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Hahahaha....that was priceless. well played.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-20 18:07:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-10-20 10:45:18 EDT (#)
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Oh HAI! I'm here for the sympathy party. I think the site you wanted was http://www.fml.com At least that's where all the other attention whores are going now-a-days. Seriously, sorry about your bad luck but this isn't a blog site. Make a story or something, entertain me because that 5 minutes I'm never getting back :(
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When the fuck are you going to learn to just say NO to my posts. It's your own fault you wasted 5 minutes of time. Don't cause your own angst and then bitch about it like a little girl. I can see your vagina so shut the fuck up already.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2009-10-20 16:49:44 EDT (#)
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My coworker, the dingbat whore, walked off a elevated platform onto a concrete loading dock because she was too stupid to watch where she was walking while talking on a cel phone.
Her foot bent and touched her cankle, and everyone laughed. I'm guessing your ordeal was less comedic though.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2009-10-20 13:15:14 EDT (#)
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You should be able to relocate with the settlement that you'll get.
I've learned that the best fix for my similar back problems is to exercise it hard. It hurts like hell that night, but I feel great for a few days after.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-10-20 13:14:00 EDT (#)
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Hey, I'll take $5.
Actually, make it $10- I've read a lot of your shit twice.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-10-20 12:54:37 EDT (#)
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Check your math, that would be 86 minutes. And seeing as how you made minimum wage before going on disability which only pays 2/3 of your take home pay I guess I owe you about $5 after a severe rounding up. Would you like me to paypal that?
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2009-10-20 12:10:35 EDT (#)
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I don't care about TL's honor, I want my 86 hours back, dillhole
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-10-20 11:13:33 EDT (#)
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GOD DAMNIT: http://www.fmylife.com
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-10-20 11:12:46 EDT (#)
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oiii! and that should be http://www.fmlyfe.com
stupidity equalization
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-10-20 11:11:45 EDT (#)
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Difference, Johnny is that I don't waste 5 minutes at a time. I waste 10 seconds of your time with a shit post. But hey, if you enjoy being the internet boy scout and defending TL's honor I'm not going to stop you. You just got to beat shlongy, tripping over his tongue if you want to do it.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2009-10-20 11:05:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-10-20 07:45:18 PDT (#)
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Oh HAI! I'm here for the sympathy party. I think the site you wanted was http://www.fml.com At least that's where all the other attention whores are going now-a-days. Seriously, sorry about your bad luck but this isn't a blog site. Make a story or something, entertain me because that 5 minutes I'm never getting back :(
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This is pretty halarious coming from you, dipshit - according to my calculations you owe me about 86 hours for the shitty posts you've made.
Tiger,
Good luck with Petco, but as skrappy said, Petco rarely loses lawsuits like this - however, one legged defendants do remarkably well in slipand fall cases - I would expect an out-of-court settlement.
Show your man those Uber-famous soapy tits, that should work wonders.
And if you move to California, who will go visit Block Island? hm?
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-10-20 10:45:18 EDT (#)
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Oh HAI! I'm here for the sympathy party. I think the site you wanted was http://www.fml.com At least that's where all the other attention whores are going now-a-days. Seriously, sorry about your bad luck but this isn't a blog site. Make a story or something, entertain me because that 5 minutes I'm never getting back :(
Submitted by Ryland (user info) at 2009-10-20 08:56:24 EDT (#)
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American slips on wet floor. Instantly looks for somebody to sue.
Cosmic law fufilled. Universe may continue to revolve.
Submitted by w_t_a_y_s_t_r_m (user info) at 2009-10-20 07:53:13 EDT (#)
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I really just don't remember, dude
Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2009-10-20 07:21:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2009-10-20 15:41:14 WST (#)
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you started skynet
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The limb in the second Terminator tiger, it is the beginning of skynet. It is the only thing remaining of the terminator in the first one, that (the arm) and a brain chip.Anyway the black dude uses those to create skynet. So Sarah Connor has to go and assasinate the black guy.
There is no fate, but what we make.
"Shit she is going to kill Dyson!"
Anyway you needing an electronic limb means someone will make one and skynet, then make a terminator, which will kill us all!
Submitted by BubbaEarl (user info) at 2009-10-20 06:47:34 EDT (#)
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i would've loved to see that.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-10-20 04:41:56 EDT (#)
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Hop you're well.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2009-10-20 04:19:35 EDT (#)
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Back pain sucks. Having employees off for best part of a year sucks. Getting laid off sucks. Having to sue a shop that sells pets sucks.
It's a good thing you have infinite money and love and shit otherwise you'd be fucked.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-20 04:06:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by w_t_a_y_s_t_r_m (user info) at 2009-10-20 03:59:42 EDT (#)
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Wait..you forgot that you might be back later or you forgot to figure out what is under the water.
This suspension is killing me here. And yes, I do believe you to be a little buzzed.
Submitted by w_t_a_y_s_t_r_m (user info) at 2009-10-20 03:59:42 EDT (#)
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You're married? Were you married when we were all in Vegas, or is that when it happened?
Also, I've got a hold and still buzzing from a small joint, but that picture fucked me up. Looked like there was something else below the sea and took me ages to figure out what it was.
Also...forgot. Might be back later
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-20 03:56:40 EDT (#)
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You lost me there Rad.
Matt - I signed paperwork when I got my severance package that there would no longer be any action taken on my part. Honestly. I was/am too damn tired to get involved in a work related lawsuit. I'd have to find a good Labor Lawyer....Im just mentally and physically drained.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2009-10-20 03:41:41 EDT (#)
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PS tits
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2009-10-20 03:41:14 EDT (#)
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you started skynet
Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2009-10-20 02:19:18 EDT (#)
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I hope you have the good sense to get your money's worth out of both Petco and Pratt & Whitney and be set for a long time.
Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2009-10-20 00:40:30 EDT (#)
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I was in full traction after an accident when I was 18, because they thought I had a broken neck. After two days of that,it turned out it was just whiplash and I had to wear a neck brace for two weeks. I couldn't imagine being made to lay still for longer than that though.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-20 00:03:07 EDT (#)
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Well, easier said than done. Insurance doesn't consider those limb options to be a necessity and therefore I highly doubt coverage for said electronic limbs. The way this country is headed I'll be lucky if I get a peg and crutch.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2009-10-19 23:40:30 EDT (#)
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You just need to go bionic. Backs, and bipedalism in general, are the one of the major downfalls of the hominid. Something simply isn't going to hold up as well on two supports as it does on four.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-19 22:30:19 EDT (#)
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Yep. Add all that up and now minus a leg. Balance, or lack there of, is somewhat of an obstacle yet important necessity/skill/ in life.
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2009-10-19 22:26:46 EDT (#)
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ps....i framed the hospital bill
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2009-10-19 22:23:47 EDT (#)
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nah....
one thing i do remember is when you've been flat on your back for so long, they strap you on this fork-lift like machine that slowly tilts you up
the first time, when i got to only about 40 degrees, i thought i was going to tip over
it takes several days just to get fucking vertical (and stable), let alone fucking learn to walk again without falling on your face, or side, or....sweet jesus NO!....your back
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-19 22:09:16 EDT (#)
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Joe - dude...that story sounds awful. but i must admit it's nice to know that someone else actually 'gets' the severity of back pain.
That being said it sounds like you have a potentially brilliant post on this EPIC dump you had. Press on please??
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2009-10-19 22:03:39 EDT (#)
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i.......know that bitch pain that you're talking about
bye-bye disc....and rib that was attached
hello parts from a dead person
hello icu on my back for a month on an air-mattress with O movement...then another 2 months
hello morphine machine with my hand duct-taped to the button (didn't work, has to re-set every 15 minutes
hello first dump in 45 days (epic story, i mean fucking EPIC! including a magically appearing $100 bill)
and on and on and on
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7 years later it's all good but i honestly wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy
hospital bill?......1.2 million
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-19 21:55:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2009-10-19 20:32:43 EDT (#)
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Those pictures are really bad.
Good luck with the whole life thing.
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Clearly luck doesn't follow me but thanks. I think.
Bad pictures? And here I thought my $35.00 dollar phone complete with camera took top notch photos.
Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2009-10-19 20:03:48 EDT (#)
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DOn't act like that was the first time you've been on your back covered in urine.
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You my sweet dimpled friend just need to shut the fuck up. <3 Bug!
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2009-10-19 20:32:43 EDT (#)
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Those pictures are really bad.
Good luck with the whole life thing.
Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2009-10-19 20:03:48 EDT (#)
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DOn't act like that was the first time you've been on your back covered in urine.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-10-19 19:57:50 EDT (#)
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Last time I took a piss in Petco - it was in aisle 3; Big bags of overpriced dogfood - I was fortunate that the only person that took a spill during that visit was someone who worked there.
I proceeded to yell at some rendom dog until he (or she) felt so bad about it that it then took a shit in the middle of the store.
Submitted by pandora (user info) at 2009-10-19 19:34:45 EDT (#)
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Man, that sucks soooo bad; I'm sorry to hear it. Though I'm glad you got a chance to come down here to So Cal and enjoy some of the dry heat. It's good for the bones.
I hope you do get some $$ from PetCo. I'm not a lawyer, but it sounds like a fairly straightforward case of someone getting hurt on their property due to their (PetCo's) negligence. If they're going to be "pet-friendly" and allow peoples' dogs to run around, they should be regularly checking the floors for pee. And (at the risk of being offensive), I'd strongly suggest working the whole "leg" angle. Wet floors can be much more dangerous to the elderly and to people who have compromised mobility, so extra care should be taken.
Submitted by willartstorg (user info) at 2009-10-19 19:25:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-19 19:18:58 EDT (#)
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No, even if I do win something we wouldn't leave before the boys all finish up school and that is still several years. Besides that, if I were to win something I'd still have pain which money will not make my discs magically appear.
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I realize that. However, often pain is exacerbated by concomitant stress. Wow, did I use those words?
Anyway, cash has a way of reducing stress caused by financial things. Best of luck.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2009-10-19 19:24:11 EDT (#)
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Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-19 19:06:12 EDT (#)
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I'd rather be pain free than winning a lawsuit.
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Always true, but much more rarely possible once you're where you are.
I'm not kidding about the slipmeter operated by a properly trained and qualified individual. A PI saying "the floor is slippery - see, here's a picture" will very likely get rendered inadmissable under a Daubert or Frye challenge (has to do with the accepted scientific basis of expert opinions) and then you've got no case. A proper test of the floor (that provides a value of the friction coefficient) will cost more money but will stand to scrutiny, and so will be of far greater value. You're wise to use a good, large law firm, and that the employee didn't see the puddle either will help you too.
Do not believe for a second that the security tapes were "destroyed" or "erased". Have the PI take pictures of where the cameras are in the store and your attorney will be able to demand the tapes in Discovery. If they don't provide them or say they are for some reason unavailable, you can probably make a Spoliation of Evidence case that they will not be able to win. That will go a long way toward winning your actual suit.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-19 19:18:58 EDT (#)
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No, even if I do win something we wouldn't leave before the boys all finish up school and that is still several years. Besides that, if I were to win something I'd still have pain which money will not make my discs magically appear.
Submitted by willartstorg (user info) at 2009-10-19 19:14:34 EDT (#)
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I'm willing to bet that your kids would be agreeable to moving before they finish high school if it meant mom feeling better. Ask them. Kids are sometimes brighter than we suppose. Otherwise, smack 'em upside the head.
:)
Submitted by willartstorg (user info) at 2009-10-19 19:10:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-19 19:06:12 EDT (#)
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I'd rather be pain free than winning a lawsuit.
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Win the lawsuit. Tons O cash will allow you to do what you wish, maybe even move to California at an earlier date. Money isn't everything, but it beats the hell out of what's in second place.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-19 19:06:12 EDT (#)
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I'd rather be pain free than winning a lawsuit.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-19 19:00:53 EDT (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2009-10-19 18:53:14 EDT (#)
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Petco is pet friendly. Says so in the fine print on the door that you walked past on the way in. You can try suing them, but they rarely lose lawsuits like this. What I mean is; if you're going to sue, choose an attorney that works at a big firm (ie. has a war chest) and set up the agreement such that they pay all case expenses. If you win you'll clear less but if you don't you're not out any cash.
Skrap - There is a PI and others working this and I have one of the best law firms in CT working for me.
The reason the lawyers feel they can pursue it is because of negligence on Petco's part. The clerk walked me right through the puddle. She had no idea it was even there. They also are unwilling to give up their security tapes. AND, the manager told the EMTs "there were no signs up, but are now."
Who knows, I'm not banking on anything but it'd be nice to get a little something to at least pay some bills.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-19 18:55:04 EDT (#)
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Will - thank you. Unfortunately it's going to get worse here in CT before it gets better. My body just aches when it's cold and damp.
Yeah, I have contacted a lawyer. Being an amputee I ALWAYS look out for those bright colored signs of warning. There were none. I have witnesses and twins who witnessed the play by play.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2009-10-19 18:53:14 EDT (#)
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Petco is pet friendly. Says so in the fine print on the door that you walked past on the way in. You can try suing them, but they rarely lose lawsuits like this. What I mean is; if you're going to sue, choose an attorney that works at a big firm (ie. has a war chest) and set up the agreement such that they pay all case expenses. If you win you'll clear less but if you don't you're not out any cash.
If you sue, have your attorney be sure to hire a forensic engineer with a *properly calibrated* slipmeter and test the floor with actual dog pee (not water) in order to determine coefficient of friction and hazard visibility. It makes a difference. I've done a couple slip-and-fall cases, y'see.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2009-10-19 18:50:45 EDT (#)
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Ducky - Fall? Where did summer go? It went from spring to winter.
Shlongy - Such a charmer you are. I love that about you.
Submitted by willartstorg (user info) at 2009-10-19 18:43:43 EDT (#)
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Contact a lawyer. You might have a case against Petco. Hope you feel better.
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2009-10-19 18:30:00 EDT (#)
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Suspicious maybe? A liability, most likely.
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That sucks Tiger. Long beach looks beautiful though. I've already seen a handful of snowfalls here...what the hell happened to fall? I wish I was somewhere warm.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-10-19 18:00:02 EDT (#)
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When you decide that you're "in the market" for a second pearl necklace, shop Shlongy. I have the best stuff.