VOTW: Texting Girl Trips Right into Mall Fountain

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]tsnorquist[/nom]Reminds me of the girl who fell down the open manhole cover in New York City. Yes there were cones and warning signs up, but she nonetheless managed to fall straight down into the sewer while looking at her phone texting.[/citation]
Man it takes some serious concentration to completely ignore peripheral vision cues and do these things

 

[XReflection]

To the people that say its fake because of her lifted leg, it just looks like she interpreted the edge of the fountain as a step or something (via periph vision). Looks real to me..

 

[Thor]

Many human have less brain than monkeys!

 

[teaser]

the mall this took place at is about a mile down the road from where i live...so naturally everyone was watching the video and talking about it

 

[rhangman]

If you must text and walk, then why not use a txt-while-you-walk app where it activates the rear camera and you text over the top?

 

[g00fysmiley]

... i weep for the species

 

[michaelahess]

Too bad that fountain wasn't a car and she died. Darwin Awards contestant right there.......

 

[joebob2000]

[citation][nom]rhangman[/nom]If you must text and walk, then why not use a txt-while-you-walk app where it activates the rear camera and you text over the top?[/citation]

where?

 

[cookoy]

"i just can't wait to try out these new bathing suits" wham. funny though nobody seems to notice specially the couple that just turned right a few seconds before she dived in.

 

[Caffeinecarl]

[citation][nom]mrpijey[/nom]Isn't the common consensus that women multitask better than men? Apparently they don't.... .I wonder if she explained to her friend she was texting why she stopped texting all of a sudden... .[/citation]
If anybody thinks it's only women who do this, I'll be the first to admit that I myself have not only tripped while texting (Last monday, no less!) while walking some stairs at school. Not only did I trip on the stairs, I sprained my ankle, too. If that wasn't bad enough, I did message the friend I was texting to tell them of my stupidity.

It's uber stupid, uber painful, and uber hilarious!

 

[headscratcher]

I have had various iPhone-zombies of both genders run into me in the halls as well.

 

[JD13]

Did her phone still work after that one?
Can we get an Epic Fail picture frame for this one?

 

[megamanx00]

Fountain WIN!!!

:lol:

 

[jerreece]

[citation][nom]cykro[/nom]Fake.She lifts up her leg just before she hits the fountain.If she was unaware of the obstacle both her legs would be on ground level.[/citation]

I tend to agree. Granted this video isn't a smooth 30FPS (there's obvious stutter) but it looks like she placed her knee on the ledge and her foot was sticking out behind her (shin was horizontal). That doesn't seem like someone actually tripping into the fountain.

I suspect it's staged.

 

[XZaapryca]

Doesn't look fake at all. You're staring at it TOO hard, trying rationalize every detail of her motion.

It's like saying,"That running back just ran right into the pile and got tackled. Why didn't he just cut to the right? There was a huge hole in the defense right there. He must have wanted to get tackled. This game is rigged."

 

[tat2demon]

Sadly she probably didnt learn a thing.

 

[ProDigit10]

byebye cellphone

 

[belardo]

This was shown on COUNTDOWN on MSNBC last night... they are not a tech TV show.
They showed both angles about 3-4 times.

 

[silky salamandr]

A week and a half late toms.

 

[belardo]

Could be worse... she could have been texting on a Segway.... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


Too early?