Ridiculous situation at the gym this morning – am I going to get sued?

I was having a shower after my swim earlier this morning, and I heard someone say “help!” from another cubicle. I carried on showering, and a minute or so later the same voice cried “help! Will somebody help me!”, so I went over to ask what was wrong.

The gentleman, a Chinese student I think (I mention that only because his English wasn’t perfect, which might be relevant) said the door was stuck, so I replied “okay buddy, stand back”, waited, and gave it a firm push.

Unfortunately he must have had his face about three inches from the door, because it hit him on the eyebrow. There was a lot of blood and he was really angry.

I didn’t hoof the door or anything, and obviously acted out of the best intentions, but the pool staff took my name and address and so on and now I’m worried I’m going to get sued 😯 …

Reminds me of the fake Chinese car accidents posted on YouTube. Did he have a go pro on a chest mount 🙂
Raise it with the reception as it happend on their property – you never know, the may have cameras in the changing rooms 🙂

Hmmm. Does your home insurance have a personal liability element to it?

Just watched Workaholics on Comedy Central, sounds like a scene from that! Hope they don’t sue ya

Probably.

eep.

I’m worried I’m going to get sued

I can see the front page of the Sun now…

Bop! Sue-y!

More than sued, sounds like an assault. You’re going dahn!!!

(tip; if someone asks you into their cubicle in chokey, it won’t be your eyebrow that ends up sore)

Moral of this story: DO NOT get involved

I can see the front page of the Sun now…

Bop! Sue-y!

+1 point for being funny but -10 for being racist.

overall, -9

You’re gaahn dahn me old China.

Go to the police and report him for looking through the keyhole at other men in the showers…

This is not helping my mental state everyone…

+1 point for being funny whilst pointing out that the Sun newspaper has a tendency towards being racist.

This is more what I was going for TBH. 😳

Go back and have a chat with the manager to put your mind at rest ,or get all lawyered up and launch a claim for post areobic door disorder.

Bop! Sue-y!

needs an applause emoji, lol.

This is not helping my mental state everyone…

It’ll be fine. Just have a word with the manager of the gym, downgrade the firm push to a gentle prod.

I assume as it’s the changing rooms there will not any cameras? So whatever he says just call him a lying little bitch.

finbar – Member

This is not helping my mental state everyone…

Did you give your name / address to the guy?

You may get sued but you have made me chuckle, so it’s all square.

Moral of this story: DO NOT get involved

OP I think you did exactly the right thing by helping someone who was shouting for help!

But on the limited info available, it’s possible that, in a personal injury claim, a court may find you negligent because you forced the door without checking first. Sorry man, but what did you think would happen?

In practice, despite anger in the heat of the moment, few people make personal injury claims for cuts and bruises.

Anyway, did you ever get to the bottom of why the guy was shouting for help in the first place?

Did you give your name / address to the guy?

I gave it to the gym staff.

You may get sued but you have made me chuckle, so it’s all square.

And queued perchypanther up for some top punnage 😀

But on the limited info available, it’s possible that, in a personal injury claim, a court may find you negligent because you forced the door without checking first. Sorry man, but what did you think would happen?

I did check – as far as possible – and the door was stuck, so I guess I expected he might stand back like I told him to…

Was he naked too? Imagine breaking down a door to cop a view of a nakid man getting changed, you perv. 😀

Oh sorry – just read – door was stuck

I thought you said he was pulling on the door at the same time, after he asked for you help in pushing the door

Sit tight my view is you’ll hear nothing

Was he in the closet?

You spelled ‘Hilarious’ wrong at the start of the thread title

I did check – as far as possible – and the door was stuck, so I guess I expected he might stand back like I told him to…

How did you check?

for being racist.

don’t worry perchypanther, it was bleedin obvious what you were going for.

Another reason for not going to a gym.

Sorry perchy, my comment was tongue in cheek / a nod to the current habit of calling anything and everything something-ist.

Barney de douche?

I gave it to the gym staff.

Why? I wouldn’t have bothered. If they called the police for a suspected assault then I’d have been more inclined to give it to the police but some randoms at the gym, not a chance.

Sorry perchy, my comment was tongue in cheek / a nod to the current habit of calling anything and everything something-ist.

pantherists, the lot of ye!

*sniff* Might flounce *sob*

were you nekked while all this was going on???

finbar – Member

Did you give your name / address to the guy?

I gave it to the gym staff.

But seriously, you’ll be fine – the great likelihood is that once he’s got over the shock of it, he’ll realise you were only trying to help.

But say he’s some criminal mastermind and it’s all an elaborate set-up to sue someone or he is so incensed that this good Samaritan has wounded him by accident he wants to sue you – the burden of proof lies with him – there wouldn’t be any CCTV in a shower room (you would hope) and without a criminal investigation wheres the evidence going to come from?

Fraudsters go after people with insurance and follow well trodden paths like car crashes because they want their scam to be lost in the thousands of other legitimate claims, they don’t try to get smashed in the face by someone by accident so they can sue them only to have a judge award them £5k – payable at £40 a week forever more.

Reminds me of a tale form about 20 years ago.

I was at a house party when a couple started exchanging punches. Myself and a mate (a policeman as it happens) broke them up. As the chap was being held against the wall and being advised to calm it down she reached over from behind us and glassed him!

Thankfully they were both too plastered to recall who had broken it up as it could have been quite awkward.

Afterwards she was known as Mrs Potter.

perhaps the gym wanted your name to bill you for the repairs to the now broken door 😉

You weren’t trying to open his back door were you ?

Check with the gym they filled the accident book, and maybe writte a small statement explaining what happened to attach to the form. He might sue the gym as it is their fault the door was faulty.

I expected he might stand back like I told him to…

There we are…. Case closed. You couldn’t have reasonably expected that he didn’t understand that simple instruction.

Edit: not a lawyer, obvs