Today, I agreed to lend my daughter's inflatable pool to my neighbor for the day. Barely an hour later, I witnessed his son jump off their balcony, missing the pool by inches. He's now in hospital, and my neighbor has sworn to sue me, saying I'm responsible because the pool is mine. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while lifeguarding, a kid thought it'd be hilarious to take a crap in the pool. The other kids freaked out and rushed to get out. Several of them slipped on the way out and hurt themselves fairly badly. Two parents are now threatening to sue us, and my boss blames me. FML
Today, I was stretching on the balcony, when I heard my neighbor's daughter scream. She was playing in their kiddie pool and thought I was peeping on her. And now her parents think so too. FML
Today, I went to the pool with my son. One moment I'm sitting down, applying sunscreen to my legs, and the next I look up to see him squatting on the diving board, seconds before dropping a deuce into the pool. As we got kicked out, he screamed that it was my fault. FML
Today, I was at the pool with two boys I babysit. The eldest wouldn't get out of the pool so I pretended to call his dad. He then ran out of the pool, pushed me down, grabbed my phone, chucked it into the pool and then ran back into the pool. FML
Today, I caught my elderly neighbour skinny-dipping in my pool. FML
Today, I taught my kid how to mow the lawn. It's a self-propelling mower so it's easy to handle. My kid thought it would be smart to tie the handle down so that he wouldn't have to push it at all. This resulted in the lawn mower blasting through our fence and sinking into my neighbor's pool. FML
Today, my friend and I decided to go skinny-dipping in her pool just after we'd finished watching a scary movie. While we were in the pool, I heard something move in the bushes so I freaked out and ran onto the deck, slipping and falling flat on my back. Her dad saw the whole thing. FML
Today, I was at a pool party. My friend's little sister pushed me in the pool, so when I got out, I pushed her in. She started screaming, and I started laughing because I thought she was pissed that I'd pushed her in. That wasn't why she was screaming. She can't swim. Her whole family witnessed it. FML
Today, I was at a friend's pool party. He lives on a lake and one of our friends wouldn't get in the water. My best friend and I decided to push him off the dock. Once we had, I turned to see my crush who had watched looked shocked, then said, "You know he can't swim right?" FML
Today, my parents had my little sister's birthday pool party at our house. My mom decided to tell all the guests that the pool was "just for decoration" and nobody would actually be allowed to swim in it. Cue a million screaming tantrums and my parents and even me receiving tons of hate. FML
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xoamy906 25
Your neighbor is an idiot.
ScenicSubterfuge 39
Counter sue him for the distress and trauma that you and your pool suffered from having to watch it.
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Comments (116)
LifeOfAnRN 18
Once they took the pool to their property it was under their care, custody and control. You have no liability.
Kelishas 9
I think they would get laughed out of court before making it very far. After all they own the balcony (and the boy..), it's your pool (under their possession) but only 2 of those 3 things are responsible for the stupid and easily avoidable accident..
YeahYeahYeahOK 6
They can try to sue, but it was their property, their son, their lack of supervision, their balcony.... Dumbasses never cease to amaze me. Jumping into a pool from the balcony and missing the pool as well.... Really?? That part makes me bust a gut!
courtz94 24
That argument would never hold up in court. It's the parents fault for not watching their child. It being your pool doesn't make you liable for damages.
Omniprism 15
Don't worry that won't hold up in court. It was his sons choice to do what he did. And I probably wouldn't lend anything else to that neighbor.
thisentertainsme 4
Oooo that's bad....
an3ph 20
Tell him to jump in a pool… lake.
FrankHotpants 31
The reality is that with a good enough lawyer you can probably sue someone for being ugly.
BrotherPhil 35
Just think of it as evolution in action
askingandy 23
The pool wasn't on your property and you didn't force or dare the kid to jump into it from that height. FYL, but I hope the kid is okay.