Comments on: Saved from a Car Wash

By: ted

ted — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:30:35 +0000

This is why women who work at car washes should wear only bikinis, if anything.

By: violet

violet — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:51:07 +0000

Thank you Carl.

By: Jason Hirsch

Jason Hirsch — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:12:26 +0000

1) She should have known better.
2) Her boss should have known better.
3) The entire chain’s safety programs should be reviewed.
4) OSHA had better be involved with this- a safety fine ought to be levied
5) An outside auditor should be appointed to ensure that they follow the new safety training courses

This is a near miss. This isn’t a story about a fast thinking hero, this is a story about a dead girl who got a second chance.

Zero tolerance for loose clothing in any area that involves moving parts and machines.

By: clinton labombard

clinton labombard — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:40:59 +0000

And… she sues the guy for damaging her scarf.

By: Adiv

Adiv — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:58:39 +0000

I stopped carrying a pocket knife after 9/11 when they started restricting everything on airplanes. My knife was taken when I forgot to leave it home one day when traveling. No more knife.

By: Katey

Katey — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:41:03 +0000

I used to live in that town and go to that very car wash.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:12:45 +0000

Although I always have my pocket knife on me, fighting the machine uprising was never really high on the likelihood of my uses for it. It generally tackles package tape and apples.

Huh.

By: Kathe

Kathe — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:11:59 +0000

Yeah, this merited half of the front page on our local newspaper yesterday. Ah, small town life.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:41:04 +0000

ha i saw that on the news. us crazy New Englanders. good thing she’s ok though

By: JustinButNotTHATJustin

JustinButNotTHATJustin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:02:06 +0000

That made me tear up a little bit. What a hero that man was for being prepared; and how wonderful to come back to consciousness hearing such encouraging words.

By: Oakheart

Oakheart — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:36:49 +0000

The real hero here is the right to carry a pocket knife. Do you have one? Did you know that in most states a pocket knife is not considered a weapon? Fewer and fewer of us are carrying them and that is really sad.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:20:23 +0000

@Gail Pink

People that use logic rarely make the news, and usualy for good reasons. Concidering she lived I’m sure she will never wear a scarf again in her life, and probibly also develop a phobia regarding fear of aphixiation or constriction. Reminds me that I should probibly get a new pocket knife, someone took my old one and I just never ended up replacing it.

By: Gail Pink

Gail Pink — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:53:37 +0000

Not to be insensitive, by why the hell is someone working around “Spinning machinery” wearing a long scarf? Hello?

By: DBinNYC

DBinNYC — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:36:22 +0000

sounds like Isadora Duncan…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan#Death

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:39:08 +0000

LOL I guess she was just fulfilling her destiny Kazanjig.

By: kazanjig

kazanjig — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:30:31 +0000

Not to make light of a serious injury, but was Carpluk really plucked by a car(wash)?

By: renderanything

renderanything — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:26:11 +0000

That’s why they have warnings on machines with spinning parts and in-house training hopefully. Good to know she’s alright though.