I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I think even I know better than to go diving into an ankle-deep pool of giant sprinkles.
But one man who didn't practice this seemingly obvious wisdom is suing the Museum of Ice Cream in New York City after he hurt himself by jumping into their giant sprinkle pool.
I thought this looked like a ball pit at a classic McDonald's ...
... but apparently looks can be deceiving.
It's not quite like jumping into a ball pit.
The Museum of Ice Cream's sprinkle pool has a harder landing.
Jeremy Shorr filed a lawsuit says he got hurt in the sprinkle pool when jumping in back in March at the museum's SoHo location with his daughter. The complaint cites an ankle fracture and 'severe and permanent injuries to his right leg, ankle and other parts of his body.'
This is your classic, 90s style frivolous litigation. The suit stems from the fact that the museum didn't have enough signs around telling adults that they'd hurt themselves if they jumped into the pool.
Then this "adult" jumped into the pool and hurt himself.
The pool is only ankle dip. There are also warning signs telling people to take off their shoes, not to run, and not to dive. BUT there's no "no jumping" sign.
Apparently this dude isn't the first to hurt himself in this manner.
Videos of other people jumping off the pool's nearby diving boards are included in the complaint.
Well, the museum probably needs to take down the diving board if they don't want people to jump in. That's one point to the plaintiff right there.
Putting a diving board above the shallow sprinkle pit is a level of diabolical that Willy Wonka couldn't have come up with.
In one, a woman said she sprained her leg and needed crutches, and another shows a woman falling flat while doing a cannonball.
A cannonball??
Apparently the museum requires you to sign an injury and accidental death waiver before attendance. So it's not clear that this will be an open and shut case for the injured sprinkle jumper man.
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