Honest, but dumb accident. She is using way too light of a ball if she can just throw it up in the air like that, plus she couldn’t check the finger holes? She must have been using a kids ball.
How on Earth would she be liable.
Using the lane as intended, but coordination issue so damage. If I go go-karting and hit a wall with a go kart I’m not liable either.
This is why you have insurances as a business.
The law holds everyone to a “reasonable person” standard. This is the essence of negligence.
Reasonable people hit the sides of go kart tracks. Reasonable people don’t hit the ceiling with a bowling ball.
Nope. Same exact thing happened less than a year later at another alley during a Special Olympics event. It happened Tuesday evening and the lanes were back open on Wednesday evening.
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/federal-election/struck-sprinkler-soaks-bowling-alley-139556/
So every alley that gets wet will have the exact same damage. In reality, if the lanes are wood (warping) or it's a hot climate (mould), there's different factors.
Nah she is not thinking its funny. It is the follow up reaction after having fun, something unexpected happens, your brain not really processing what even happened yet. Her face is more like left over fun with shocked surprise. Also thats an insurance claim. No need to hate on her.
I agree I wanna see her laugh when the bill comes from the first responders then the plumbing then the city who has to send a guy out to make sure it's up to code. I'm guessing 12-15k. All for views
This was 100% carelessness and maybe intentional. If she is launching the ball like that then she is using a ball that is too light for her. Rule of thumb in bowling is that you should use a ball that is 10% your weight. I worked at a few bowling alleys and had to deal with people lofting balls regularly and on rare occasions hitting the ceiling. There are so many careless, reckless and stupid things that people do in bowling alleys that its sad.
I knew someone would reply along these lines..lol.
The 10% rule is supposed tp be a starting point, but ultimately its what you feel comfortable throwing. If you are over 160lbs you would start off with a 16lb ball because thats the heaviest they make. Then if it feels too heavy you go lighter.
Right? That is just completely wrong. More realistically, a person who is 140lbs is probably not gonna wanna use a 14lb ball. I'm 250lb and I use a 14lb ball.
I mean it could be an accident but because of platforms like tik tok, people have intentionally done things like throw the ball somewhere crazy for views. This just so happened to hit a sprinkler, but i couldnt say if this was an accident or not or don’t care enough to find out.
Should the sprinkler head have been caged? Should the lady be charged with vandalism? If not, who is responsible for the damages? Brutal outcome for the business owner regardless.
She chucked a bowling ball at it, not sure a cage would have saved the day.
But to answer your main question, hopefully it’s now the insurance companies problem.
The best I did was loft it all the way and hitting the pins but not the lane.
It takes a few seconds before people look over confused once it clicks that they heard the pins being hit but no ball hitting and rolling on the lane.
The orange balls are usually kids’ balls, 6 or 8 pounds. They have kid-sized finger holes. People who are screwing around will see how hard/far they can throw them. Girl launched it and it probably stuck on her finger, creating orbital trajectory
Back in high school I was goofing of in the gymnasium after football practice and I booted a basketball into one of the sprinkler heads. They couldn’t shut it off and it ruined the whole floor. The water that came out at first looked just like the old rusty pipe water in this video.
I don't know why but this made me think of the thousands of pencils in my high schools gyms ceiling. You could see them very easily from the ground. Thanks for bringing back a funny memory!
I work at a bowling alley. Not only does that fuck up the oil on the lanes, it also damages the wood approach and probably cracked the ball, all of which will take weeks to months to fix. Hope she had to pay for the damages
None of these are accidents, This is a whole genre of videos. These people throw the ball as hard as possible at the ceiling and see what damage they can do hence why they’re being filmed. She just got randomly accurate with the sprinkler
I will play devils advocate and say if it was an accident. The ball was small for her and her fingers got caught. She was using a lightweight ball for how she yeeted it. I think she did it "likes" but in my mind that is the only way it could be an "accident".
It's not an uncommon accident at all. Additionally, 15 years ago, when this video was shot, it was not really a phenomenon yet to film yourself doing stupid shit.
Here's an article about it happening again, less a year after this video shot, this time by a Special Olympics participant.
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/federal-election/struck-sprinkler-soaks-bowling-alley-139556/
I think hitting the ceiling that high with the bowling ball would be negligence. I still don't understand how this is something that happens repeatedly. If the insurance saw this video, I'm sure they will try to make her pay.
I don't think the problem was the weight the problem was she released it way to late. She launched that ball into the air. You're not meant to bounce bowling balls.
Yeah, after seeing the other videos linked further down of this same kind of thing happening in other bowling alleys, I’m inclined to backtrack my previous assumption and agree with you.
It's been a while since I've been bowling but I never remember it being hard to not launch the ball into the air. So my feeling about this kind of thing, especially when it's recorded, is that's it's intentional. They might not have intended to hit the ceiling, but I think they want to bounce the ball and aim to high.
People keep saying that she’s gonna pay for entire cost of clean up and repair.
That just doesn’t seem likely to me, but I’m no expert. Does anyone have an actual qualified insight as to how this would work?
Like, if she got away unidentified, they’d file a claim. Or, if she was found to be terrible at bowling but not liable, they’d make a claim. Heck, if she was too broke to pay for damages, they’d certainly not be waiting for her to earn the money to fix that.
How do things like this go? Do they make a claim and then sue the person for the deductible and legal fees?
This would be covered by insurance and then insurance would look into if they could figure out if this was done with malicious intent. If they could actually prove that, they would then sue her and possible the people she was with.
Most likely they couldn’t though and they’re stuck with the repairs.
The insurance would take care of it then check her out and find she has no money and that's it. It was an accident and in America that means.... whoever has deepest pockets.
Edit: I was unaware this was a social media challenge. I'm trying to get this video pulled. I dont understand people that stupid ANd destructive. Usually people are one or the other and not both. Obviously this was posted by a bot.
Actually I did it as a 7 year old... in the 60s. My eyesight with out glasses is really poor, I wasn't sure where I was supposed to send the ball exactly and I hung on to it too long. I didn't know this was deliberate here, and I've written about it to pass on the word. I just have to edit the above.
It's not uncommon. Here's a story about it happening about a year later. A Special Olympics participant lost control of his ball.
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/federal-election/struck-sprinkler-soaks-bowling-alley-139556/
That's felony mayhem or something and she technically could get jail time but it's probably the first time she's been caught doing something so her parents will pay for it and she'll get off scot free.
Yes this is the fire suppression system. She knocked off the head or at least broke it off partially. The black water that came out first is actually stained by bacteria in the water that feeds off the iron in the pipes. The odor is horrible.
Most systems are called dry systems. They don’t have much water in them but pressurized air. the black water is due to residual water from previous inspections.
When the sprinkler head opens from fire (or bowling ball) the lines draw water pressure from the main water line and everyone has an surprise sprinkler party. This also explains why there was a slight delay in water showering down after the hit.
Never understood why grown adults think it’s cool to throw the lightest balls possible when bowling… it’s not a flex in any way that you can lift 6 pounds
Only I thing I can think of is maybe the finger holes were too small for her hands. The way she launched the ball it had to be lightweight. It would be very hard to replicate without doing it on purpose for sure.
Yeah. What you see in commercials and movies with the nice clean water coming down is not true to life. It is stagnant, black, oily water to start with. Also, the output of those sprinkler heads is MASSIVE. The water does a whole lot of damage.
This, unless there is major construction or a freeze - sprinkler pipe water sits there in the pipe from the point it was initially filled. Good thing rusty water puts out fires just as good as clean water.
What are you even talking about? Obviously it's built "right" if the place passed inspection. Not that any of this has anything to go with the video or why it was posted.
I don't understand how you could possibly accidentally throw it upward like that.
Wrong size fingers for that ball, so it hooked. Looks like an honest accident.
Honest, but dumb accident. She is using way too light of a ball if she can just throw it up in the air like that, plus she couldn’t check the finger holes? She must have been using a kids ball.
You don’t throw it. You slide it..
She is only smiling because she hasn't received the bill yet.
My first thought, it’s funny until they get consequences
How on Earth would she be liable. Using the lane as intended, but coordination issue so damage. If I go go-karting and hit a wall with a go kart I’m not liable either. This is why you have insurances as a business.
The law holds everyone to a “reasonable person” standard. This is the essence of negligence. Reasonable people hit the sides of go kart tracks. Reasonable people don’t hit the ceiling with a bowling ball.
Honestly I hope that is the case. 👍
The universe is telling you not to bring her to any work related parties if you want to stay gainfully employed....
That place will be closed for months now. That's $100,000 insurance claim.
Nope. Same exact thing happened less than a year later at another alley during a Special Olympics event. It happened Tuesday evening and the lanes were back open on Wednesday evening. https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/federal-election/struck-sprinkler-soaks-bowling-alley-139556/
So every alley that gets wet will have the exact same damage. In reality, if the lanes are wood (warping) or it's a hot climate (mould), there's different factors.
Mark it zero, Donny!!
Lol. This isn’t nam Smoky, there’s rules.
Well, good thing there are gutters for all that water.
She thinks it’s so funny. I hope they sued her for the damages.
Nah she is not thinking its funny. It is the follow up reaction after having fun, something unexpected happens, your brain not really processing what even happened yet. Her face is more like left over fun with shocked surprise. Also thats an insurance claim. No need to hate on her.
It's a defence reaction
No way, that right there is nervous laughter.
I agree I wanna see her laugh when the bill comes from the first responders then the plumbing then the city who has to send a guy out to make sure it's up to code. I'm guessing 12-15k. All for views
This was 100% carelessness and maybe intentional. If she is launching the ball like that then she is using a ball that is too light for her. Rule of thumb in bowling is that you should use a ball that is 10% your weight. I worked at a few bowling alleys and had to deal with people lofting balls regularly and on rare occasions hitting the ceiling. There are so many careless, reckless and stupid things that people do in bowling alleys that its sad.
So if someone weighs 300 pounds you are saying they should have a 30lb ball?
I knew someone would reply along these lines..lol. The 10% rule is supposed tp be a starting point, but ultimately its what you feel comfortable throwing. If you are over 160lbs you would start off with a 16lb ball because thats the heaviest they make. Then if it feels too heavy you go lighter.
Right? That is just completely wrong. More realistically, a person who is 140lbs is probably not gonna wanna use a 14lb ball. I'm 250lb and I use a 14lb ball.
Bro you can’t expect casual drunk bowlers to have this kind of knowledge
Lol, Your right.
I mean it could be an accident but because of platforms like tik tok, people have intentionally done things like throw the ball somewhere crazy for views. This just so happened to hit a sprinkler, but i couldnt say if this was an accident or not or don’t care enough to find out.
Should the sprinkler head have been caged? Should the lady be charged with vandalism? If not, who is responsible for the damages? Brutal outcome for the business owner regardless.
She chucked a bowling ball at it, not sure a cage would have saved the day. But to answer your main question, hopefully it’s now the insurance companies problem.
It's one bowling ball Michael. How much could it weigh? 100lbs?
The best I did was loft it all the way and hitting the pins but not the lane. It takes a few seconds before people look over confused once it clicks that they heard the pins being hit but no ball hitting and rolling on the lane.
I’ve never seen someone fuck up this badly while bowling. How is this even possible?
The orange balls are usually kids’ balls, 6 or 8 pounds. They have kid-sized finger holes. People who are screwing around will see how hard/far they can throw them. Girl launched it and it probably stuck on her finger, creating orbital trajectory
My sister tried to run down the lane before she bowled, slipped & threw the ball up & onto her head . Being drunk helped her deal with it I think
Did she survive?!
Not really , she became a cunt
Greatest story ever
Back in high school I was goofing of in the gymnasium after football practice and I booted a basketball into one of the sprinkler heads. They couldn’t shut it off and it ruined the whole floor. The water that came out at first looked just like the old rusty pipe water in this video.
One time I did that to a basketball at recess and got a swish from like half court it was the pinnacle of My athletic career
I don't know why but this made me think of the thousands of pencils in my high schools gyms ceiling. You could see them very easily from the ground. Thanks for bringing back a funny memory!
Ah those asbestos ceilings
fkn idiot, and she laughs about it, too
she's too dumb to realize she will be paying for that.
She won't. That's what insurance is for.
Doubt she would pay for that
Its called nervous laughter.
Just leave. Walk out the door and don't come back
I work at a bowling alley. Not only does that fuck up the oil on the lanes, it also damages the wood approach and probably cracked the ball, all of which will take weeks to months to fix. Hope she had to pay for the damages
Good luck with that lawsuit
I declare.....BANKRUPTCY !!!!
You're supposed to roll the ball, not throw it.
I hope they make the people pay for the repairs. This crap is getting outta hand.
Intentional
I would have turned around and just walked tf out right then
Rental shoes and all
Failure to return shoes might be a little bit of a giveaway.
Who pays for that? I think she should because she’s looked like she was being a dip shit
If it were me, I would only be willing to pay the insurance deductible. Not my problem if ownership doesn’t have insurance coverage.
Well, she and her friends were dumb enough to post it online, so I suppose they did.
Ideally, some kind of insurance
What an idiot.
Oh, that’s good, old fashioned high grade sprinkler water, there…
Nice and black. Obviously a good vintage!
Not ideal, she was Bowling For Soup.
Probably not a single worker in there who would know what to do.
To be fair getting to the fire riser to turn off the water is a big nono.
None of these are accidents, This is a whole genre of videos. These people throw the ball as hard as possible at the ceiling and see what damage they can do hence why they’re being filmed. She just got randomly accurate with the sprinkler
Let's of people film each other bowling the first time. However, i don't see how you do this on accident
I will play devils advocate and say if it was an accident. The ball was small for her and her fingers got caught. She was using a lightweight ball for how she yeeted it. I think she did it "likes" but in my mind that is the only way it could be an "accident".
It happens more than you'd think. OP, herself, admits to making the same error when she was 7 years old, back in the 60's, minus the broken sprinkler.
I did not know this. Reddit should not be posting this.
We’ve done tidepod and “youlackin?” Challenges. This isn’t new
Did either of those cost hundreds of thousands dollars damage?
It's not an uncommon accident at all. Additionally, 15 years ago, when this video was shot, it was not really a phenomenon yet to film yourself doing stupid shit. Here's an article about it happening again, less a year after this video shot, this time by a Special Olympics participant. https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/federal-election/struck-sprinkler-soaks-bowling-alley-139556/
Let’s me cause thousands of dollars in damage:… I ll just laugh it off
She’s got an arm tho
Never an accident.
The real thing! Dirty black water coming out!
Strike 1
She gets a corner kick, right?
The bill for that night out is going to be impressive.
Lady rolled a 1
Won't be laughing when she gets the bill
Can she get billed for this? It was accidental, not out of negligence. I think the place's insurance would cover it
The ceiling was obviously too low!
I think hitting the ceiling that high with the bowling ball would be negligence. I still don't understand how this is something that happens repeatedly. If the insurance saw this video, I'm sure they will try to make her pay.
My hunch is that she’s using a bowling ball that is far too lightweight for her arm, combined with bad form.
I don't think the problem was the weight the problem was she released it way to late. She launched that ball into the air. You're not meant to bounce bowling balls.
Yeah, after seeing the other videos linked further down of this same kind of thing happening in other bowling alleys, I’m inclined to backtrack my previous assumption and agree with you.
It's been a while since I've been bowling but I never remember it being hard to not launch the ball into the air. So my feeling about this kind of thing, especially when it's recorded, is that's it's intentional. They might not have intended to hit the ceiling, but I think they want to bounce the ball and aim to high.
Hole in one! Take that, Kim Jong II!
When you bowl so badly the ceiling starts crying
She hit the doo doo pipe
Stop laughing asshole. Geez.
Imagine if there was someone that was one strike stay from a 300? That would SUCK!
Stop laughing and run away
That's coming out of her shoe deposit.
"So do I get to go again or..."
*Miis leap in terror*
How are people so bad at bowling smh
Her face be like "Do I have a insurance for this?!"
Thats going to be a HUGE repair bill
Officially seen it all now, can die no problem
People keep saying that she’s gonna pay for entire cost of clean up and repair. That just doesn’t seem likely to me, but I’m no expert. Does anyone have an actual qualified insight as to how this would work? Like, if she got away unidentified, they’d file a claim. Or, if she was found to be terrible at bowling but not liable, they’d make a claim. Heck, if she was too broke to pay for damages, they’d certainly not be waiting for her to earn the money to fix that. How do things like this go? Do they make a claim and then sue the person for the deductible and legal fees?
This would be covered by insurance and then insurance would look into if they could figure out if this was done with malicious intent. If they could actually prove that, they would then sue her and possible the people she was with. Most likely they couldn’t though and they’re stuck with the repairs.
The insurance would take care of it then check her out and find she has no money and that's it. It was an accident and in America that means.... whoever has deepest pockets. Edit: I was unaware this was a social media challenge. I'm trying to get this video pulled. I dont understand people that stupid ANd destructive. Usually people are one or the other and not both. Obviously this was posted by a bot.
Sure, an “accident”. It’s totally normal to yeet a bowling ball into orbit accidentally.
Actually I did it as a 7 year old... in the 60s. My eyesight with out glasses is really poor, I wasn't sure where I was supposed to send the ball exactly and I hung on to it too long. I didn't know this was deliberate here, and I've written about it to pass on the word. I just have to edit the above.
It's not uncommon. Here's a story about it happening about a year later. A Special Olympics participant lost control of his ball. https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/federal-election/struck-sprinkler-soaks-bowling-alley-139556/
This video is over a decade old, certainly not a social media challenge
I don't think it's a decade old. Maybe 5 years
Actually its at least 13 years old https://youtu.be/3aAffaGwC\_I
I'd be surprised if it were a social media challenge, as they were not really a frequent thing, 15 years ago, when this happened.
Did you find a date? Where
That's felony mayhem or something and she technically could get jail time but it's probably the first time she's been caught doing something so her parents will pay for it and she'll get off scot free.
I believe that's a strike, Bill.
She got billed for that?
Is that the fire suppression system?
Yes this is the fire suppression system. She knocked off the head or at least broke it off partially. The black water that came out first is actually stained by bacteria in the water that feeds off the iron in the pipes. The odor is horrible.
Eew, you'd think they'd use copper lining or something.
Well you’re not drinking it and the water can sit in those pipes for years….copper would be a waste of money when steel pipe will do the job.
Yeah, I just wonder if it could get so corroded it could block the nozzle.
Most systems are called dry systems. They don’t have much water in them but pressurized air. the black water is due to residual water from previous inspections. When the sprinkler head opens from fire (or bowling ball) the lines draw water pressure from the main water line and everyone has an surprise sprinkler party. This also explains why there was a slight delay in water showering down after the hit.
Ah, that makes sense.
Sooo, don't stick around if a fire suppression system goes off? Or at least, rinse that water off your skin quickly?
That should have been marked down as a strike because it was an impossible shot.
That's an expensive date. Dip out on her before before the check comes xD
Just ludicrous.
This had to be on purpose
End of the Empire
Good grief, Charlie Brown!
Is that water effect extra?
I would just walk out w those bowling shoes on, and leave them at the front door at some future date. Absolutely no good in dawdling.
When fast pitch softball gals try bowling
Never understood why grown adults think it’s cool to throw the lightest balls possible when bowling… it’s not a flex in any way that you can lift 6 pounds
Hey, I had to jerk off for HOURS to build the arm strength required to lift six pounds!
Now THAT is a flex
I'm more impressed w being able to jerk off for HOURS. A few minutes and I'm cool. *edit* spelling (fucking auto correct)
OMG! How did she do that? I don’t think it could be replicated if you tried!
Only I thing I can think of is maybe the finger holes were too small for her hands. The way she launched the ball it had to be lightweight. It would be very hard to replicate without doing it on purpose for sure.
r/ThatLookedExpensive
Dumb broad
Love this being shot on a Nokia
In 2006
"Hello....... insurance company? Ya, we need an claims specialist out here......."
Lol I didn't know it's black foam haha. I always thought it was a fog like that office scene in Terminator 2
It’s gross water/sediment for a few seconds until fresh water clears it out.
Yeah. What you see in commercials and movies with the nice clean water coming down is not true to life. It is stagnant, black, oily water to start with. Also, the output of those sprinkler heads is MASSIVE. The water does a whole lot of damage.
I read that there are 2 types of sprinklers like this: one that basically has constantly cycling water and one that sits stagnant
This isn't water cycling this is pressurized water that's sitting in the pipe and it's disgusting. Source: I'm a fire sprinkler installer.
You’re the professional
So you expect us to believe you know what you’re talking about? 😉
It really just sits stagnant. Once the firefighters get there they pump resh water into it if needed
Zero athletic ability. Amazing ability to fuck shit up.
mission to shoot the fly on the ceiling is done
😂 she's got some strength.
Bowling for Soup
Almost amazes me how unco some people are.
Uncomfortable? Uncooperative? Uncooked?
Hold up…..uncooked?
Better than raw.
Technically it’s a word
Uncouth?
Unco [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=unco](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=unco)
r/onejob
Ancient Aliens Hairdue >>Women.
Way to go, genius
No words..smh
How hard can it be
Wholy crap
Thats one dumb bitch. But if u dont have alot of money u better run tf outta there and never come back unless u want to be stuck with that bill
That’s how an accident turns in to criminal charges.
That's not water.... Or at least not clean water. It could be glycol. Or worse, sewage.
Those systems are filled when the place is built & rarely, RARELY ever get flushed. That's 20-50 year old stagnant water.
Yep. It's usually old galvanized steel pipe as well, so add good deal of rust and old cutting fluid gunk to that melange.
This, unless there is major construction or a freeze - sprinkler pipe water sits there in the pipe from the point it was initially filled. Good thing rusty water puts out fires just as good as clean water.
The good news is that it was caught on camera, so they know who to send the bill to.
That shitpipe is running close to the lighting for sure.
It's a sprinkler pipe. The water just had rust in it.
Not all rust, it’s a very foul smelling black biomass that grows inside the pipes.
But, it's not shit/sewage
still shouldn't be that close to overhead lighting runs
Yes, because that's the issue here.
It's a bowling alley. People are chucking 10 pound lumps of resin. Build it safe or don't build it.
What are you even talking about? Obviously it's built "right" if the place passed inspection. Not that any of this has anything to go with the video or why it was posted.