A man who says he broke his ankle jumping into the sprinkle pool at the Museum of Ice Cream in New York City has filed a lawsuit alleging that the facility was negligent for not warning customers that it is unsafe to jump into the sprinkle pool.

A man who says he broke his ankle jumping into the sprinkle pool at the Museum of Ice Cream in New York City has filed a lawsuit alleging that the facility was negligent for not warning visitors that it is unsafe to jump into the sprinkle pool.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Sure looks like a pool. Was there any indication at the time that it wasn’t a real pool depth?

  • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I know someone got hurt, but I’m just imagining someone in agony rolling around in a sprinkle pool waiting for an ambulance.

    • blargerer@kbin.melroy.org
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      3 months ago

      Eeeh. Its reasonably to try I guess, but looking at the examples, its cherry picked promotional materials where the words jump and dive were used as swimming related puns for going to the museum. None of them were literal advertisements about jumping into the sprinkle pool.

      • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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        3 months ago

        Ofcourse, if you had any level of common sense then this would never happen. But usually these types of lawsuits are either not in good faith or because the alternative is sitting on insane medical debt.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Okay. So. You all know how kids pee in the ball pool?

    I’m gonna assume they also pee in the sprinkle pool. Which two the question.

    Are the sprinkles real? Cuz that’d be a sticky mess…

    Edit: shoulda just read the article . Plastic fake sprinkles. Not sure if I’m disappointed or relieved.

  • SolidGrue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    lawsuit alleging that the facility was negligent for not warning visitors that it is unsafe to jump into the sprinkle pool

    I did not expect to see these particular words strung together like this today.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      And that’s an awesome reaction that corporations love, “Don’t you feel like an idiot hurting yourself? It means you’re weak as a person and has nothing to do with our extremely lax safety standards!”

      Don’t let a little bit of silly pride harm you - if this was a serious injury that could have long term health implications you should make sure you’re able to afford appropriate care without bankrupting yourself and anyone who judges you for taking care of yourself can get fucked.

      If this was a dumbass stunt that they knew was unsafe then the initiator can get fucked for putting themselves in unnecessary danger.

      Which one it is is the important question…but if you ever find yourself in scenario #1 be kind to yourself.

      • grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works
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        3 months ago

        I was mostly joking about the context of the accident like, if someone asks why im wearing a cast, “sprained my ankle jumping into the sprinkle pool at the ice cream factory” would def get stuck in my throat coming out

  • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Those same promotional materials he claimed told him to “jump in” show people walking around ankle deep. It’s clearly ankle deep… or he assumed they used models with Jesus like powers.

    • chilicheeselies@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      But it also is surrounded by things like a diving board…

      I saw the pit, and everything about the experience stronngly suggests its deep enough to jump into. I thought it sounded stupid too until i saw the ball pit.