If you’re going to take a job that requires to do something more physical than move a mouse around a computer screen or filing out TPS reports, make sure you know how to use some of the dangerous equipment you’ll be using on the job like the band saw, the jackhammer and the step ladder.
According to the London Telegraph, a janitor is suing the school he worked for after he fell off a ladder on the grounds that they did not show him how to use it.
The janitor was removing a poster stapled to a wall when he fell off the ladder and suffered several injuries. He’s suing for damages and a boo-boo kiss for each injury he suffered.
He claims the school didn’t teach him how to use the six foot ladder, even though he knew how to use ladders in other jobs for at least the previous 30 years. If someone has footage of this guy juggling with a ladder, I’ll #*$& myself.
He also admits that he signed a form saying that he received ladder training, but that the training was substandard and he was only told not to stand on the top step of the ladder or beyond a certain height. Of course, the school also didn’t train him on how to operate the pen in order to sign the form, so the whole thing is a moot point anyway.
23 responses so far ↓
1 Enrique de la cruz // Oct 3, 2008 at 12:10 pm
the janitor is a dumbass, how hard is it to use a f-ing ladder, RETARD
2 BloodValkyrie // Nov 4, 2008 at 3:30 pm
We need to have all the stuppid and or greedy people killed. (Just kidding) Seriously, what is wrong with that guy?
3 Jeromy // Nov 11, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Natural selection really needs to be allowed to happen… This guy should be at the top of the list!
4 RJ // Dec 1, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Wow. Just wow. I can understand falling off of a ladder, but suing the school due to “improper training”? Are you serious? Tell me, how do you train someone to use a ladder?
5 The Crimson Chin // Dec 18, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Well that’s classical American intelligence and greed for you!
6 Artemis // Jan 18, 2009 at 12:50 am
Sorry to burst your bubble but stupidity is everywhere in the world.
7 Tracy // Feb 8, 2009 at 1:03 am
LOL…too funny. What a dork.
8 Rose // Feb 9, 2009 at 9:06 pm
I must say that I’m really stunned.
I didn’t realise that ladders were so complicated.
I’ll definately think twice before I climb a ladder again – LOL
9 Kara // Mar 5, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Yeah that guy is a freaking idiot! Ok wait I’m a kluts and I fall and trip over things and people all the time. You don’t see me sueing people for my balance disorders!!! And well
10 Kara // Mar 5, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Yeah that guy is a freaking idiot! Ok wait I’m a kluts and I fall and trip over things and people all the time. You don’t see me sueing people for my balance disorders!!! And well if I did sue people for that stupid reason then I’d be freaking rich!!!!!
11 marie // Mar 21, 2009 at 10:43 pm
People are crazy anymore……….
12 Sam // May 27, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Then maybe he should sue the court for not training him how to lie.
13 ACE // Jun 17, 2009 at 7:15 am
A manual to train on how to climb a ladder should be made … stored in the dumbass vault of retards and the janitors name should be inscribed as the inventor …… y go through all that, lets just say it… Retard janitor
14 Ravenite // Jul 4, 2009 at 3:07 am
OMG! OMG! I put my foot on the first rung! What do I do now?! *topples over and starts the suing process*
15 Brian // Jul 6, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I love that “The Crimson Chin” blames this on American intelligence and greed…. But the janitor was in England! Read the article and you’ll see that it was reported in the London Telegraph. Click on the link, and you’ll see that the accident took place near Romsey, Hampshire. And that the janitor is termed a “caretaker.” And that he is suing for British pounds, not American dollars. And… Well, you get the idea.
Good job, Chin! Classical (your nationality or ethnicity or both) inability to read or think!
16 C.A // Jul 7, 2009 at 2:17 pm
answer this question n0w who the fuck would sue the school for falling off a fucking ladder when you have 30 years of experience of climbing a ladder? Climb a ladder is not so hard its not like brain surgery. Climbing a ladder is like climbing any other ladder. Ratings should go up high because the janitor is a fucking moron. not for falling off a ladder. And manuals are there to show you how to use a ladder not to fall off one. I totally aggre with enrique de la cruz ,bloodvalkyrie,and artemis. And kara makes a good point. what is wrong with people these days?
17 C. M. Javor // Aug 7, 2009 at 5:01 am
*Face palms* Yep……. *opens and closes mouth several times but cannot utter anything because she is too shocked that anyone can be this stupid* Ravenite, I laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe.
18 Sad59 // Oct 22, 2009 at 8:22 pm
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19 David // Dec 2, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Ok, isn’t the whole point of workers’ compensation is that you get limited, but guaranteed recovery from the injury, in exchange for not being allowed to sue them?
He should be filing workers’ comp applications, not lawsuits.
20 Dude // Feb 21, 2010 at 4:16 am
Hmm this guy sets a good example! I’m gonna sue my teacher for not teaching me how to use a pencil and giving me 0% on my math test!
Man what a loser what kind of an idiot can’t use a ladder
21 Bruce // May 19, 2010 at 11:15 am
Ok, isn’t the whole point of workers’ compensation is that you get limited, but guaranteed recovery from the injury, in exchange for not being allowed to sue them?
He should be filing workers’ comp applications, not lawsuits.
22 Jean Combs // Dec 23, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Then maybe he should sue the court for not training him how to lie.
23 CheezburgerFanatic // Dec 27, 2010 at 4:01 am
Wait, why did this janitor get hired in the first place?
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