Simply lending the shovel adds him and his company to the list of those who could be sucked into a lawsuit.

I for one plan on sending Dennis Kucinich all of the olive pits from my martinis and plan on asking him to intoduce a bill outlawing the sale of unpitted olives.

The attendant is working only for himself.
His "Employee Manual" says one thing..."Collect Money."
That's it.
It might have a "Don't Do This" page.
And on it, it says, "Everything except collect money."
Simple as that.
And, as the job situation either stays stagnant or gets worse, the letter of the "Employee Manual" becomes the employees' gospel.
Besides, the poor guy PROBABLY shoveled out a space for his vehicle when he got there...assuming of course the prior employee didn't leave a snow-free spot when HE left.

Fulcrum525, just be happy you didn't leave your name with the little lady...just in case the car "...shows up with a new scratch that wasn't there before she got to the lot and it's on the area of the car where you were shoveling...not her!" As mentioned earlier, "No good deed goes unpunished!"

I NEVER leave my name with the end results of a "good Samaritan" deed. (My face is bad enough that I can get "Waldo'd" out of a group of similarly dressed individuals. :eek: :D) And I don't take any cash offered. I'll consider the "event" a "paid forward" type of situation and only hope that someone, at some future date and time, might be able to offer a hand should I find myself in a similar circumstance.

Until then, I'll soldier on...extending a hand only when I firmly believe it can help and not harm. :thumbsup:

Ha!

She was about to start cleaning the snow off her car with the shovel when I stopped her saying that it would probably scratch it. :)

A line from the old Bard comes to mind.............."First, lets kill all the lawyers"....

The problem we have is not the lawyer. The problem we have is the 12 morons on the jury who are not really impartial. It is easy for them to side with the "little guy" because the company won't suffer. They will claim it off insurance so nobody really gets hurt. Therefore why not rule in favor of the "little guy"?

Here's how I see it work. I do my research and go to you saying "In the past, the average award for such an injury is $50K. On top of that, we both have to spend $20 in court. That comes up to $70K if you lose. I'll ask for $35K and we'll go away happy.". Simple business decision, isn't it?

It really isn't part of his job description. Veer away at YOUR own peril. IOW if you get hurt, it is your own fault. This is why my boss INSISTED that if I took a lunch break and went off site, I punch out. That way, if I get hurt walking across the street to get a sandwich, my wife can't sue them for injury on the company clock.

Well, your theory notwithstanding, too many don't. Also, why should my company get into issues like that or even risk it? Why should I, as an employee go tell my boss "Well, I tried to help someone but now we have a suit."?