kansasskydiver 0 #1 May 8, 2003 I just had a co-worker come up to me and ask about skydiving. A lot of people have started to notice, after a year of my presence, packing at work, pictures etc that I'm a skydiver and have become interested, but this guy was just stupid. He started asking questions about tandems and skydiving, where to skydive etc. I gave him our clubs business card and showed him our website. Explained to him that we jump every weekend and that I was the president. Educated him about the club and who we were etc. Then he starts going off about safety. I explained to him that the media and movies make it worse than anything else and he begins to threaten me saying if anything happens he's going to sue me and the club and hold me personally responsible. I replied back to him and said that's why we require a waiver. "Oh that wouldn't matter, I'll still sue." What the hell is up with whuffo's trying to show how big and bad their balls are by pointing fingers and saying their going to sue, instead of getting up in the air with us and prove something!!! So do you think I should let him jump?<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DYEVOUT 0 #2 May 8, 2003 Quote So do you think I should let him jump? Why would you WANT him to? Sounds like trouble, piss on him. ----------------=8^)---------------------- "I think that was the wrong tennis court." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #3 May 8, 2003 I say go rip a big stinky fart in his officeWhat a jack @ss!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,537 #4 May 8, 2003 Quote Then he starts going off about safety It's not safe. Remind him of that. It's not safe. You take your life in your hands. For some of us, it's part of the attraction. Yes, the risk can be mitigated. But if he's looking for safe, there are many better choices. And if you see him at the DZ, I'd sidle up to the instructor or DZ owner and tell him about your conversation. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJohnson 0 #5 May 8, 2003 You should have explained it to him like this: 1) If you feel the risk is too big for you to handle, don't go. 2) If you go, and feel that you are going to sue.....please consider that we don't let accidents live to tell the tale, so it would be your surviving heirs that would have to sue, not you. 3) And now based upon the attitude that you have shown me, you can trust the fact that IF you grow balls enough to come out to my playground you can rest assured that we won't let you play. So you can sue us for being prejudice against assholes.JJ "Call me Darth Balls" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casie 0 #6 May 8, 2003 Quote I say go rip a big stinky fart in his officeWhat a jack @ss!!! I agree! ~Porn Kitty WARNING: Goldschlager causes extreme emotional outbursts! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #7 May 8, 2003 This guy obviously wants his comfortable little shrink-wrapped life, all well-regulated & guaranteed. He obviously lacks the courage to take responsibility for his own life & wants society or the drozone or the government etc. to do it for him. This guy is not a skydiver. And I don't believe he has the balls to ever be one. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aneblett 0 #8 May 8, 2003 Quote So do you think I should let him jump? Absolutely Not!S.E.X. party #2 ..It is far worse to live with fear, than to die confronting it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #9 May 8, 2003 Quote I say go rip a big stinky fart in his officeWhat a jack @ss!!! After you've peeled the paint in his office, use his email address and sign him up with ever single spam outfit on the internet! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #10 May 8, 2003 Quote So do you think I should let him jump? Absolutely not. He has indicated to you that he doesn't plan on honoring the waiver that he will sign. I think that qualifies as grounds for refusing to allow him to jump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #11 May 8, 2003 Don't let him jump! How bad would that be for yo and your club? We don't need an idiot like that coming in to our sport anyway. Sue! Tell him to go sue his momma for raising an idiot! Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmpnkramer 0 #12 May 8, 2003 Hey Chris: You are always going to have people like that. I have seen people try to sue. The waiver provided it was written by an attorney is definitely good enough. On the other hand I would turn the business away because it is not worth the hassle. I have a Tandem rating and unfortunately had to take similiar people up who act like that. On our waiver we have a place for the person to buy their rights back at $300 a jump. In my experience though more often than not it is the student who does not listen to their instructor who gets hurt. I have only sprained one persons ankle and that was because they did not listen to me. Of course when I went through the course I was taught that if it comes down to it and the student does not listen break them first. It is the livlihood of the instructor not the student. Anyway, I would just say tell that guy that maybe skydiving is not for him. Of course you need to do it in good political fashion. If he continues his rants and finger pointing then break the appendage and shove it up his ASS!!!! Hope that helps. Blue Skies & Soft Landings, KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The REAL KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER! "HESITATION CAUSES DEATH!!!" "Be Slow to Fall into Friendship; but when Thou Art in, Continue Firm & Constant." - SOCRATES Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kansasskydiver 0 #13 May 8, 2003 lol we work in cubes, can't rip one and not have it spread. i work for the phone company, dsl side. lol anyone have dsl and want me to take a look at it heheh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #14 May 8, 2003 Quote It's not safe. Remind him of that. It's not safe. You take your life in your hands. For some of us, it's part of the attraction. True. Skydiving is NOT safe. You can die. Even tandems die. Tell him that he should not do it. I mention skydiving, but I never try to talk anyone into it. Either they really, really want to or they really don't. Tell this guy that he should not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoobieCootie 0 #15 May 8, 2003 Pass him this game and tell him that this is safe as skydiving gets.And this is as good as he'll get to becoming a freeflyer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #16 May 8, 2003 Quote lol we work in cubes, can't rip one and not have it spread. i work for the phone company, dsl side. lol anyone have dsl and want me to take a look at it heheh Hopefully not SBC/Yahoo? I have that and HATE the Yahoo crap it installed on my computer! If I wanted to use all their products I would have signed up! /rant off "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #17 May 8, 2003 I'd just politetly tell him: Dude, you don't have what it takes to be a skydiver.__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kansasskydiver 0 #18 May 8, 2003 actually yes i do work for sbcyahoo! lol wanna know how to get rid of all of it? what OS do you have? I can tell you all!<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Islandcool 0 #19 May 8, 2003 Hey if he has $2800 he can go buy to Kayaks and join that other pinhead. Ed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katzeye 0 #20 May 8, 2003 Please - How do I get rid of that DAMN bar on Explorer??? ps - tell Mr. Weenie it's not for everyone and then listen for the shrinkage. Is a chicken omelette redundant? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #21 May 8, 2003 Just hit him with an axe handle. It won't solve your problem and it probably won't knock any sense into him, but by god, I promise you'll feel better about everything. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akaGQ 0 #22 May 8, 2003 Quote I just had a co-worker come up to me and ask about skydiving. A lot of people have started to notice, after a year of my presence, packing at work, pictures etc that I'm a skydiver and have become interested, but this guy was just stupid. He started asking questions about tandems and skydiving, where to skydive etc. I gave him our clubs business card and showed him our website. Explained to him that we jump every weekend and that I was the president. Educated him about the club and who we were etc. Then he starts going off about safety. I explained to him that the media and movies make it worse than anything else and he begins to threaten me saying if anything happens he's going to sue me and the club and hold me personally responsible. I replied back to him and said that's why we require a waiver. "Oh that wouldn't matter, I'll still sue." What the hell is up with whuffo's trying to show how big and bad their balls are by pointing fingers and saying their going to sue, instead of getting up in the air with us and prove something!!! So do you think I should let him jump? Fuck yeah...let him jump. Just scare the everlasting shit out of him when you do I dont know take his ass head down in a tandem or something of the sort. Im sure I could come up with plenty of ways to scare him and then if he tries to sue then hey no biggie whats he gonna sue for? Something he A) Signed and agreed to do on his own free will B) sue because it scared him he cant do shit about it...I say take him scare his ass then send him on his way- GQ ... it was the love of the air and sky and flying, the lure of adventure, the appreciation of beauty ... -Charles Lindberg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #23 May 8, 2003 Even if the lawsuit is unwinable, a lawsuit will drain money from you in legal fees, etc. He would have to counter-sue to get his money back, which means more money spent, and even if he wins, the person has laws protecting him (bankruptcy, etc) from having to pay. Either way, its lose lose.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #24 May 8, 2003 Quote Just hit him with an axe handle. Or a sling blade Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #25 May 8, 2003 Quote Quote Just hit him with an axe handle. Or a sling blade Hit um with an axe handled sling blade.. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
