• limer@lemmy.ml
    15·
    3 hours ago

    I suspect in real life many people pee in isolation tanks; and sanitation after each customer is a regular cost of business

    • Snapz@lemmy.world
      18·
      2 hours ago

      Lawyer here: This is NOT legal advice as I’m not OP’s retained counsel and I don’t know all facts obviously, but on initial scan something isn’t right… The posted story really stinks and this seems like a pretty shitty case overall. I would not take the work - I mean MAYBE if they were paying a lot, but it wouldn’t be my number 1 priority, would be a number 2 at best.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    83·
    8 hours ago

    Lol absolutely no way you don’t know you got the norovirus. Death might seem like a viable option when it’s at it’s worst, it’s horrible. Even if mild there’s no way you don’t know you’re cramping so bad you shit yourself. A sensory deprivation tank doesn’t make you unaware of your own body, in fact it can cause hyperawareness because it’s all you’ve got.

    But whatever. Good internet story.

  • DrWorm@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    138·
    9 hours ago

    I looked up the post and found this update they posted

    The “it wasn’t me” defense is the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard

    Update on my diarrhea. I posted here awhile ago about having diarrhea in a sensory deprivation tank and the facility wanting me to ultimately pay $12,500 (way more than initially quoted) to replace the tank since they didn’t feel safe deep cleaning it. I just wanted to give an update. I found an attorney willing to represent me and we are saying that since I was asleep there is no one to definitely know I am the one who diarrhea’d in the tank, and it is possible an employee dumped something in. Furthermore, I was there on a promo day where they were having a pancake and sushi luncheon and it’s possible if I were the one to have diarrhea’d it may have been from something I contracted from their food. Everything is pending, but I have hope now. The main downside is my legal fees are rapidly approaching the cost of the tank so I am hoping we can have them pay these.

    • QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works
      89·
      7 hours ago

      People don’t think this is real, do they? sushi and pancake luncheon? This is hilarious and I love it but it’s just humor and not something to take seriously or analyze that deeply

    • altkey (he\him)@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      19·
      7 hours ago

      The main downside is my legal fees are rapidly approaching the cost of the tank so I hoping we can have them pay these.

      If having hallucinations and diarrhea was on norovirus, then what’s that? Shitting themselves and delusions seems like their bread and butter.

      I will shit in the tank, and make them pay for it!

      • This redditor, probably.
  • a_jeering_serpent@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    18·
    8 hours ago

    Yeah they should be insured for this and if they aren’t that’s on them. That’s already such a vulnerable situation for you to find yourself in, to then get blamey sounds like they could use a bit more time in the tank themselves. Check your local laws around these types of establishments, often they are lumped in with spas, and see if they have legal requirements about insurance coverage. If they do, the insurance should cover it, and if they don’t, report them.

    This is honestly no different than accidentally vomiting in a taxi. They will charge you a fee, like 150$ where i am, to cover the cost of cleaning. Both are biohazards and both require a proper cleaning and sanitization, but no taxi driver is going to try and get you to replace, that’s absurd, as is this. The 150$ amount is ostensibly their lost income from time and costs of cleaning.

    Finally, they have presented an unrealized hypothetical as fact. They don’t want to clean it. They say they don’t think they can sanitize it but have they tried? They need to try and fail or point to official documentation from the manufacturer to back that up before they have a toenail to stand on. My money is on this: insurance will likely only cover the cost of sanitization, and not a replacement, again without something to back that up other than vibes or ick. I bet theres a cheap owner who doesnt want to make a claim on their policy and has hourly employees threatening to quit if assigned the task. Meanwhile they think they can get a brand new tank free out of this. That reimbursement for cleaning is going to be significantly less than 8000, and even if they reimbursed for loss, they’d depreciate it for age and wear, and it would still be high but less. But this amount is low enough (sub-10k) and the damage was accidental, not intentional, that any insurance company would have a hard time trying to hold you responsible for their costs of coverage.

    I am not a lawyer but I’ve been in a situation where we had to claim the maximum our renters policy covered (100k!). Our insurance loved that we exhaustively documented everything and tried to go after the landlord for it as they were unambiguously responsible under the law, but insurance found multiple properties all with multiple leins and the owner had moved overseas, they gave up after a year. It costs them money, time, and effort to try so there needs to be a good chance of success on their part and theres both an upfront cost and diminishing returns over time.

    I think your best bet is to research the laws and regulations around spas and just own them on the facts. Don’t be above having a friend call them and ask a lot of questions like "I’ve never done this and have some concerns, and at some point ask them point blank about their insurance coverage. “What if I pass out or slip on a wet floor and need medical care, what does your insurance policy cover?” Present it like you assume they must have one you just want some reassurance about it.

    Best of luck and I’m so sorry this happened to you. Screw these losers.

      • Miller@lemmy.world
        5·
        4 hours ago

        I meant it as a joke, so his argument is he opened the isolation tank door and happily got into a fecal stew or while he was laying in it someone opened the door, shit in his tank and then closed the door and he didn’t notice.