You people are a joke. Is it the parents fault in China that children work in sweatshops making sneakers?
These laws are there for a reason. 17 year olds are idiots. Thats why its illegal for them to drink to begin with.
I would award the kids parents 1 million dollars. Then cut it down by 50% because he was drunk. Then cut it down by another 25% becasue the parents should have known what was going on too.
Doug. what is it you think the hotel should be paying for; not keeping the kid away from alcohol, working him too long or too late ?
Since the kid was a minor the parents should have been aware of his work schedule and therefore have no right to cry “foul” after the fact, since they had a duty to monitor it before the accident happened.
I suppose you could blame the hotel for giving the kid access to alcohol, but that seems pretty weak too since the kid knew he wasn’t supposed to drink, and there is no indication of where the alcohol even came from ( ie: did he have a stash in his car and drink on the way home ? )
I don’t care if the hotel had alcohol coming out of water fountains or being served by ladies in tight shorts and tank tops…that’s no excuse for a minor to break the law and drink. does that mean if my roommate owns a gun, i can shoot someone and blame him?
This is a truly sad statement of where our society as a whole have gone. People die needlessly every day, it’s a fact of life. Making more rules and bringing more lawsuits does very little to change any of this. All that it does is make life less enjoyable for those of us lucky enough to still be here. Our generation started all this PC and lawsuit crap. We can either do something to make it change or pass this snowball on to our children.
As far as the 16 hour rules goes I have to laugh. I’ve worked hundreds of 16 hour days in my life as I’m sure many of you have. As a kid I worked the farms and as an adult my factory required at least two doubles per week. I was 17 when I went to USMC bootcamp. I might have been asked on a few occasions to “participate” longer than 16 hours.
The bottom line is until we re-instill the rare concept of personal responsibility, this mentallity to “pass the buck” will continue.
well you should have just told your Drill Seargent that you had already worked 8 hours that day, and if he needed you, you’d be resting in your bunk until tomorrow, when you would gladly give him another 8 hours….as long as you had 1 half hour and 2 15 minute breaks. I am sure he would have understood.
I agree the parents are at fault. This is no different than in CHina where parents make their kids work in dirty factories for pennies on the dollar just to put food on the table.
If a kid gets cought in a peice of machinery here in the US and loses an arm, ITS THE PARENTS FAULT!!!
The parents knew that he was working in a dangerous factory where this could happen. Why should these big companies be held accountable WHEN WE ALL KNOW ITS BAD PARENTING!!!
Just a point of clarification…I believe the August 2006 fine for violation of child labor laws was specifically for this incident and is not simply a pattern of lawbreaking on the part of the hotel.
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Good thing the government tells kids how long they can work since parents and the individual can’t make the decision themselves.
Hooray for the Darwin award for this kid.
You people are a joke. Is it the parents fault in China that children work in sweatshops making sneakers?
These laws are there for a reason. 17 year olds are idiots. Thats why its illegal for them to drink to begin with.
I would award the kids parents 1 million dollars. Then cut it down by 50% because he was drunk. Then cut it down by another 25% becasue the parents should have known what was going on too.
Give them 250,000.
Doug. what is it you think the hotel should be paying for; not keeping the kid away from alcohol, working him too long or too late ?
Since the kid was a minor the parents should have been aware of his work schedule and therefore have no right to cry “foul” after the fact, since they had a duty to monitor it before the accident happened.
I suppose you could blame the hotel for giving the kid access to alcohol, but that seems pretty weak too since the kid knew he wasn’t supposed to drink, and there is no indication of where the alcohol even came from ( ie: did he have a stash in his car and drink on the way home ? )
I don’t care if the hotel had alcohol coming out of water fountains or being served by ladies in tight shorts and tank tops…that’s no excuse for a minor to break the law and drink. does that mean if my roommate owns a gun, i can shoot someone and blame him?
you can’t blame him…but if he’s rich you can sue him !
lol
This is a truly sad statement of where our society as a whole have gone. People die needlessly every day, it’s a fact of life. Making more rules and bringing more lawsuits does very little to change any of this. All that it does is make life less enjoyable for those of us lucky enough to still be here. Our generation started all this PC and lawsuit crap. We can either do something to make it change or pass this snowball on to our children.
As far as the 16 hour rules goes I have to laugh. I’ve worked hundreds of 16 hour days in my life as I’m sure many of you have. As a kid I worked the farms and as an adult my factory required at least two doubles per week. I was 17 when I went to USMC bootcamp. I might have been asked on a few occasions to “participate” longer than 16 hours.
The bottom line is until we re-instill the rare concept of personal responsibility, this mentallity to “pass the buck” will continue.
well you should have just told your Drill Seargent that you had already worked 8 hours that day, and if he needed you, you’d be resting in your bunk until tomorrow, when you would gladly give him another 8 hours….as long as you had 1 half hour and 2 15 minute breaks. I am sure he would have understood.
I agree the parents are at fault. This is no different than in CHina where parents make their kids work in dirty factories for pennies on the dollar just to put food on the table.
If a kid gets cought in a peice of machinery here in the US and loses an arm, ITS THE PARENTS FAULT!!!
The parents knew that he was working in a dangerous factory where this could happen. Why should these big companies be held accountable WHEN WE ALL KNOW ITS BAD PARENTING!!!
Just a point of clarification…I believe the August 2006 fine for violation of child labor laws was specifically for this incident and is not simply a pattern of lawbreaking on the part of the hotel.