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NYC's ice cream museum is sued by a man who says he broke his ankle jumping 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.

M500 ,

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

MummifiedClient5000 ,

It’s not actually a fracture, it’s just a sprain^kle^.

I’m so sorry about that, I’ll see myself out.

Late2TheParty ,
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Bwa-hahahaha I like the cut o’ your jib.

dan1101 ,

This is some Willy Wonka shit.

TransplantedSconie ,

flute playing intensifies

FuglyDuck ,
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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.

NobodyElse ,

Relieved in the sprinkle pool? If not, I’m disappointed.

Altomes ,

I’m hoping there’s a sign that says don’t tinkle in the sprinkle pool

v_krishna ,
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They had this in SF a few years ago. The whole “museum” was really shoddy and a big disappointment.

scytale ,

Ah just what we need, more microplastics.

unexposedhazard ,

Actually somewhat reasonable lawsuit. They specifically advertised it as something to jump into.

blargerer ,

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 ,

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.

danekrae ,

What a great country full of intelligent adults.

KingOfSleep ,

Idiots are everywhere and even smart people do stupid things now and then.

danekrae ,

And then they have to sue to afford an injury, because it’s such a great country.

KingOfSleep ,

True that.

catloaf ,

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

RubberElectrons ,
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Yes.

solidgrue ,
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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.

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grubbyweasel ,

even if he’s 100% in the right id be wayyy too embarrassed to sue over something like this

xmunk ,

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.

dogslayeggs ,

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.

SuperEars ,

He Scrooge McDuck’d

bcgm3 ,

Ducked around and found out, even.

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