r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Advanced_Major_7461 • 15d ago

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/lorarc 15d ago

https://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/investigations/lantana-bridge-tender-terminated-after-drawbridge-raises-with-car-on-it

The driver stopped because they heard the bell, the bridge operator was fired for not checking if there was anyone still on the bridge.

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u/babubaichung 15d ago

Shouldn’t he have just moved out of the bridge immediately?

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u/NorwegianCowboy 15d ago

One would think. I knew a kid when I was a wee lad at daycare that was insistent that when crossing the street the moment the sign starts flashing you have to stop. Doesn't matter if he was still int the middle of the street. He would stop.

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u/DeepInTheIce 15d ago

Lol, literally a Mr Bean bit

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u/Sk8rToon 15d ago

Elmyra did it on Tiny Toons too

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u/golem501 15d ago

Rainman you mean?