Last Saturday, I was at a jam-packed mall wondering why there were so many doggone shoppers if the economy were so bad. As I paced through the parking garage towards my car, I felt my stress level increase as my head was, at first, gently distracted by an odd sensation. Gradually, as the sensation increased, I realized it was some jackass with his stereo on mega-thump-mode with the subwoofer boosted up to astronomical.
I hate that crap! Why do such arrogant jerks think everyone in the world must also hear their crappy music, as if we all would think "Wow! What a cool guy! I wish I were that cool!" My thought is more: "Damn! I wish I had a mega-stereo system. I'd love to pull up next to him and blast him with something like Wagner's "Ride of the Valkryies" or Tschaikovsky's "1812 Overture" -- right at the cannon shots.
In light of that, I had to maniacally giggle reading this:
Slow-moving train hits car playing loud music
MISSOULA, Mont. – Police in Montana say a man who was apparently so distracted by loud music that he didn't notice a freight train moving toward him before it struck his car just behind the driver's door.
Sgt. Jerry Odlin tells the Missoulian the man's car was badly damaged in the crash early Sunday, but the driver was not injured.
No alcohol or drugs were involved. Odlin says the driver, a Missoula man in his 30s, likely will be cited for failing to stop at a railroad signal.
Yeah, this "Thumper" had not been using alcohol or drugs, according to police. His stupidity was natural. Pretty sad when your music is so dadgum loud that you CAN'T HEAR A TRAIN!!!!!
And, we all saw the YouTube video of the mall shopper so engrossing in texting that she fell into a fountain.
Well, of course this nitwit had to make her identity known to the world, declaring that she might sue. But, it seems that this "poor victim" is a bit of a con artist. Go figure (emphasis and snarks added):
Mall Worker Who Fell in Fountain Threatens Legal Action, Has Criminal Record
A Pennsylvania woman who fell into a mall fountain while texting and became a YouTube sensation when video of the fall went viral, didn't just towel off -- she lawyered up.
Cathy Cruz Marrero, a 49-year-old Berkshire Mall employee, appeared on "Good Morning America" Thursday with her attorney James Polyak and said that someone should have helped instead of making her a national laughing stock. [Can you say "WAAAAAHHHH!!!!"]
"I didn't get an apology, what I got was, 'At least nobody knows it was you,'" she told GMA. "But I knew it was me."
Polyak told Pennsylvania’s Reading Eagle that an investigation is in the works to see if there will be a suit and to “hold to the appropriate persons accountable.”
"We are troubled by the fact that anyone at the Berkshire Mall responsible for releasing this video would find humor in an employee injured on the premises," Polyak told the Eagle, even though Marrero herself conceded, "It's funny."...U.S. Security Associates, the company that provides security at mall, announced Thursday that a security guard responsible for sharing the video had been fired.
"U.S. Security Associates does not condone this type of behavior and will work closely with the property owners to ensure processes are put in place to prevent it from happening in the future," the company said in a statement. Still, criminal defense attorney John Manuelian says Marrero has no grounds for a lawsuit. [Again, can you say "WAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!"]...
Assistant District Attorney Melissa J. Noyes says falling in a fountain wasn't Marrero's first mistake. The born again Christian currently owes $4,177 in restitution for charges she allegedly made to a co-worker's credit cards, Noyes told the Eagle. [Born again Christian? Has she not heard of the Ten Commandments? Thou shalt not steal? Thou shalt not covet?]
"She is still on track to enter a guilty plea at some point down the road assuming she complies with all the conditions," Noyes said. "She's looking for house arrest instead of going to jail."
Marrero also has several theft cases and a hit-and-run charge on her record, the paper reported. [DANG!]
Polyak denied accusations posted on various websites that Marrero staged her recent spill in hopes of financial gain. "For that to be true, she would had to have known this was going to be posted to YouTube," he told the Eagle.
Marrero said she hired legal representation and went public with her identity because she wants to highlight privacy and security problems at the mall and teach people, especially kids, about the dangers of texting while walking. [Yeah. Sure. She's all about privacy and security. What was that about her using a colleague's credit cards?]
Marrero is expected to be sentenced in her credit card theft case on April 21, the Reader reported.
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