Ah here.
CCTV footage (via the Vintners Federation of Ireland) from Judge Roy Beans, Newbridge, County Kildare on June 22 shows a person taking a shard of glass from beneath her top then placing it in her mouth before pretending to choke.
Vivian Carroll, owner of Judge Roy Beans says:
“Sadly, this is typical of what I and many other publicans face on a weekly basis. It’s clear from the footage that after hiding glass in her clothes this person then deliberately places it in her mouth. She told a member of staff the glass was in her food, which was obviously not the case.”
Maria?
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who on earth keeps stuff in their bra like that?
I always keep a 20 for emergencies
Or a booby prize?
a 10 in each?
nope one twenty left boob
I can’t half way discreetly fish it out of the right I have found
ambidextrous I ain’t
Shard of glass though?
Do they make a bra with purpose-built pockets on the outside of the boob part? If they don’t they should.
no but some have little pockets to put padding if you choose inside, fierce handy for a few quid, especially when traveling
general consensus is that you shouldn’t keep all valuables in the same place
or all your eggs in one basket
hence the moose knuckle
Who wears a bra nowadays?
Typical
So can she now be charged for this, if she reported it and tried to claim.
Only happened on the 22nd June. Maybe Judge Roy have blown their Beans by releasing it now. Should have allowed her to try something first.
. She told a member of staff the glass was in her food, which was obviously not the case.”
Fraud. Hefty fine and jail.
Staff member behind counter seems relatively calm as if expecting/anticipating this: Perhaps the “victim” had a history or profile?
You can see that she acted promptly, and moved quickly but did not run. Given that she went to the door, and later appeared with another staff member, I reckon she was going for the authorised first aid provider for the premises. This would be in keeping with normal health and safety practice.
Clearly fraud so what is to be done?
I am a big proponent of suing the bejaysus out of a place if their neglect causes me injury (luckily it has never happened and hopefully never will though) but the awards do seem quite high (and I hope I never have to test my morals if faced with a large payout) and there seems to be little penalty for making a fraudulent claim and that does affect us all.
I suppose people weigh up the “what if I get “how much will I get”. Just read a case of a now 16yo girl getting €60,000. She carried a Starbucks coffee by pinning it between her ribs and her elbow. Surprise it spilt and burned her arm. Starbucks never offered her a tray as she had a tea in one hand a cookie in the other. So its there fault she carried the coffee the way she did.
sorry “what if I get caught”
Yeah, that seems quite excessive. What about the concept of contributory negligence of her behalf?
Nobody with half a brain carryies any sort of liquid like that.
60k seems way too much for something like that but I am not overly familiar with the case so can only speculate?
(But I knew what you meant Anomanomanom!)
She was a child
Court ruled she contributed 25% negligence
Fair enough, but should coffee shops now only sell hot beverages to people over 18?
Even children, at least children older than 8 or 10 or something, should be expected to have some degree of cop-on…
Straight out play book of Kramer in Seinfeld, who tried to bring hot coffee into cinema and lid came off.. His lawyer Jackie chiles was eventually stupefied, exasperated, outraged with outcome
This prompted me to listen to “like eating glass” for the first time in years so some good has come of it.
Oh man! Thanks for the reminder. Off to listen.
Berties everywhere!
And oddly enough I think we used to live beside each other, a veritable Bertietown.
On Bertieboulevard.
Do you know my identity Bertie?
I would never out anyone on here but we might have both lived in a place that’s often mis-spelled.
If you know it, you’ll know it :)
montycarlow!
Tub o’ curry!
I know it.
Omerta :)
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