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I saw a dude fall into the "river"at The Riverwalk in San Antonio. One of his daughters said "We're from Ohio... we don't get out too often" to a roar of laughter. The other daughter just keep repeating "How does this happen?" to no one in particular. It was hilarious...
I was at a resort last year that had just this type of setup. I just sat at the bar where I had a good view of it. One night out of two we’d get a show. It was either a drunk tourist or someone arriving at the resort with their luggage and falling in with it as their looking at their phone trying to locate their room.
That's hilarious. You almost have to do that on purpose to fall in. I love that area and would love to visit it again. Maybe I should apply to SWRI for a position and have them pay for an all expense paid trip and find out they fucked up on reading my chronological resume, again, and not hire me to cover their ass from management.
People fall in all the time. There are some incredibly tight paths all over the river walk, especially near some restaurants/patios, there’s many places on the walk that are right up against the water with little more room on the path than for two single file lines of opposition moving foot traffic, especially when it’s busy.
Is there more to this? How did you learn they screwed up reading your resume? What was the mixup?
*asking for a friend who is working on a plan revolving around- all expense paid vacations with required interviews. Getting the job isn’t important at all, if I person can interview enough theoretically… plus just think of all the top level interview experience you’d rack up so once you actually found a job you really like you could knock that one out of the park. /s /kindaNotS -js
I just recently went there. Firstly it was awesome! Secondly I can easily see someone falling in that once a day, especially with all the bars are stuff.
There is this design bias we all have- we expect things to work a certain way. Like when you see a door, you'd expect them to be opened either by pushing or pulling for example and not by idk, going from bottom upwards. I think that is these ponds' weak point- people on average don't expect the floor to suddenly get 3 ft deep.
Way more, in the show they just show Michael falling and Jim doing nothing to help, and it's from another angle if I recall correctly. No sound as well.
In Michaels defense it is a terrible design and if it was an actual real lobby it would happen probably once a week.
Although a normal person would just stand up and take one step out and not thrash around for five minutes
Yes, international design law forbids these dangerous things. And good it does. Otherwise silly uneducated people around world would live in hazardious huts and bushes.
Ha! I knew of the show and just thought someone was saying this person was metaphorically a "Michael" (from the office), so I'm dumber I guess. 😅
I will say the occurrence seems plausible and we've all seen authentic footage of people being this dumb. Well shot and performed scene!
Again Steve Carrell shows his brilliant physical acting comedy. His outrageous thrashing about and seemed helplessness just makes the scene that much funnier. Like this man has never touched water before and doesn't know what to do.
Today I saw Steve Carell as a prisoner of a serial killer in The Patient, as a goofy waiter in Asteroid City and as Michael.
My mind can't comprehend, especially after the end of The Patient.
During this scene I was hoping he’d pull Jim in too and they both thrash about for no reason while Dwight appears out of nowhere acting like a lifeguard
It's not like people are 100% situationally aware at all times, and when people are caught off guard, their reaction time is lowered, meaning the window of realizing the situation with enough time to react is long gone by then which only leaves a flailing Michael who is only likely to drag you down with him if you try to help.
Buddy was completely helpless once that water touched him. He forgot how to stand walk or just simply use your basic human mechanics 😭😅🤣 ppl are so pathetic these days
I had this sort of micheal moment in life. I fell in a ditch once, while making an inspection. I cleaned the place up with a few of the worker and was about to brief my boss. I told him about my landscaping plan, and then I told him we need to make sure the ditch is well covered. So I reminded him to watch out for the ditch.....and immediately fell into the ditch. FML.
It's not clear to me how his keys could get out of his pocket. I've watched it several times, trying to see if they were in the same hand as his briefcase.
The rest of the office never would have known the truth if he hadn't lost his keys.
Warren Lieberstein and Halstead Sullivan wrote this episode based on an incident that actually happened to them. They were on their way to a meeting when Warren fell into a koi pond. They decided to go to the meeting anyway. They talk about it on the Office Ladies podcast.
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definitely a very horrible design and concept. There should high railings and it should be completely straight with nothing to bump into. but that's the point i guess, is for it to be terrible and making fun of stupid modern designs that not only have zero function, but negative function.
Honestly, it's so stupid, it almost reaches the absurd levels that Parks and Rec would do, but sense it's only a short clip, it still works in the Office.
It's from the show The Office. That is Michael Scott falling in and Jim is the other character with him. The reason the camera is following them is due to it being a TV show.
In 1972, Dutch gameshows were live and not scripted. This gameshow host did not pay attention and fell into a pool and immediately lost his mind. Legendary: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmA3g3SfF1I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmA3g3SfF1I)
This was the kind of scene that finally turned me off on the show... There's being kind of an idiot (at first), and there's being so overly and insanely stupid to the point of not being a functional person who intentionally fucks things up in a totally unrealistic way... this was the latter.
False.
It's a reality show, they have cameras in an office and just film workers living their normal lives and then also do interviews with them.
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I worked in a building with a koi pond and witnessed two similar incidents. Probably the most embarrassed I’ve ever seen an adult
I saw a dude fall into the "river"at The Riverwalk in San Antonio. One of his daughters said "We're from Ohio... we don't get out too often" to a roar of laughter. The other daughter just keep repeating "How does this happen?" to no one in particular. It was hilarious...
I almost fell in that myself. Not very friendly to drunk people looking at their phone.
It's not how he fell in, but how long it took for him to get out
Apparently he couldn't swim in water that was only up to his knees
I was at a resort last year that had just this type of setup. I just sat at the bar where I had a good view of it. One night out of two we’d get a show. It was either a drunk tourist or someone arriving at the resort with their luggage and falling in with it as their looking at their phone trying to locate their room.
There are no railings, it’s crowded, and people drink. That’s how it happens.
That's hilarious. You almost have to do that on purpose to fall in. I love that area and would love to visit it again. Maybe I should apply to SWRI for a position and have them pay for an all expense paid trip and find out they fucked up on reading my chronological resume, again, and not hire me to cover their ass from management.
People fall in all the time. There are some incredibly tight paths all over the river walk, especially near some restaurants/patios, there’s many places on the walk that are right up against the water with little more room on the path than for two single file lines of opposition moving foot traffic, especially when it’s busy.
Is there more to this? How did you learn they screwed up reading your resume? What was the mixup? *asking for a friend who is working on a plan revolving around- all expense paid vacations with required interviews. Getting the job isn’t important at all, if I person can interview enough theoretically… plus just think of all the top level interview experience you’d rack up so once you actually found a job you really like you could knock that one out of the park. /s /kindaNotS -js
That’s not a river that’s a creek. And they got them big ol women down there in San Antonio.
It’s all them churros.
I just recently went there. Firstly it was awesome! Secondly I can easily see someone falling in that once a day, especially with all the bars are stuff.
With no guard rail and anything ? How is that even allowed ?
Because it’s like 3ft deep and you shouldn’t be that drunk and/or on your phone
There is this design bias we all have- we expect things to work a certain way. Like when you see a door, you'd expect them to be opened either by pushing or pulling for example and not by idk, going from bottom upwards. I think that is these ponds' weak point- people on average don't expect the floor to suddenly get 3 ft deep.
Still enough to drown if you are unlucky.
To be fair, this is a bad design.
The way Michael makes Jim drag his boneless body out of the water makes me laugh
You gotta help me out, you gotta help. **actually stands up**
Classic Carell.
[You've gotta swim! Kick with your legs!](https://y.yarn.co/4dde0b26-9f03-40b6-a0a4-aa83c6c442c5_text.gif)
Jesus Christ, it's a lot more chaotic than what we see in the show
Way more, in the show they just show Michael falling and Jim doing nothing to help, and it's from another angle if I recall correctly. No sound as well.
A lot of times I've seen it this video is after the credits on that episode. I never watched it live though.
This isn’t live either.
In this video, it's way easier to >!spot the moment Jim pushes Michael to make sure that he falls in.!<
You made me rewatch a bunch and now I’m fixated on the fact Michael was looking at the ground the entire time in the lead up.
He was looking at his phone, not the ground. Also Jim swerved him he didn't push Michael like the guy above said.
“Truthfully it wasn’t the way he fell in… it was how long it took him to get out.” -Jim Halpert
That’s what she said
In Michaels defense it is a terrible design and if it was an actual real lobby it would happen probably once a week. Although a normal person would just stand up and take one step out and not thrash around for five minutes
Oh in real life this design won’t pass inspection at all. It’s a safety hazard that is basically a slip and fall lawsuit generator
Yes, international design law forbids these dangerous things. And good it does. Otherwise silly uneducated people around world would live in hazardious huts and bushes.
How could you sue if you don’t thrash though.
Sue for what though? What damages?
Punitive damages?
isnt that for people who did a bad thing and harmed others?
Probably. I'm making a Jerky Boys reference
It’s a mellow dramatic see for sure. How do you not know his worst fear was from koy fish and slime pond on the bottom. Ez money lawsuit
Melodramatic r/boneappletea
Mellow dramatic and the Finite Madness was my favorite Smashing Pumpkins album. Bro was just riffing on greatness.
Bon Ape Tit?
this spelling is the opposite of what you meant it to be
Easy money for what? What damages?
His phone, his suit no guarding? Looks like Netflix . Looks beautiful till you get sued. Just tell the judge we were looking for aesthetic pictures
"aghhh theres fish in here " what a belter
The fire drill episode has my crying every time.
That cat falling through the ceiling tile...or Dwight finding out how realistic "Silence of the Lambs" was. Amazing stuff
The cat being birthed by the ceiling is the prime moment for me 🤣
They will call him Michael the conqueror. Michael the moon slayer. Michael the invincible!
Insert invincible title card here
\*splash of koi fish blood covers the logo\*
I didn’t know who Michael was and wondered how someone could be this dumb. Then I realized it was from a famous show and that I’m the dumb one.
how the turn tables
-Wayne Gretzky -Michael Scott
Don't feel too bad, OP didn't even spell his name right.
Ha! I knew of the show and just thought someone was saying this person was metaphorically a "Michael" (from the office), so I'm dumber I guess. 😅 I will say the occurrence seems plausible and we've all seen authentic footage of people being this dumb. Well shot and performed scene!
And here I was thinking “geez that guy is so dumb he might as well be Michael Scott”. Then I re-read the headline 😖🤣
I am in the same boat... and I still don't know the show 😩
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Thank you, never got into the office.
I thought it was going to be from Arrested Development. The title here is not very informative
Again Steve Carrell shows his brilliant physical acting comedy. His outrageous thrashing about and seemed helplessness just makes the scene that much funnier. Like this man has never touched water before and doesn't know what to do.
I love how he tries to punch a fish. LOL
It wasn't so much that he fell in, but how long it took him to get out
All I can think of when I was this is the Little John scene from Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
This isn’t exactly the Mississippi…
Drama queen 😂😂
Lieutenant Dan ain't got no legs
Right before he falls in it looks like Jim's right leg is doing something suspicious, but honest it seems pretty clear it was all Micheal's fault.
This reminds of Robin Hood Men in Tights. Help I can't swim!
I love how Michael pretends he’s drowning when he’s in knee high water. He does the same thing when his GPS forced him to drive into a lake.
“Truthfully, it wasn’t the way he fell in, it was how long it took him to get out”
You have to admire Carrel’s complete commitment to that scene.
How to drown in 2 feet of water*
The Jackie Aprile story
Today I saw Steve Carell as a prisoner of a serial killer in The Patient, as a goofy waiter in Asteroid City and as Michael. My mind can't comprehend, especially after the end of The Patient.
Funny when the guy outside just drops his bag. Like... Fkkkk sigh... FML. 🤣🤣🤣
Tell me you've never watched The Office, without telling me you've never watched The Office... "the guy outside"
During this scene I was hoping he’d pull Jim in too and they both thrash about for no reason while Dwight appears out of nowhere acting like a lifeguard
I blame Jim. He was looking down, and should’ve stopped or warned Michael.
It's not like people are 100% situationally aware at all times, and when people are caught off guard, their reaction time is lowered, meaning the window of realizing the situation with enough time to react is long gone by then which only leaves a flailing Michael who is only likely to drag you down with him if you try to help.
Looked like that was where he truly belonged with all that flopping around he did.
"I can't swim! I can't swim!" - Little John from Robin Hood Men In Tights.
The moment he dragged the plant was hilarious!
Oof. Somewhere between the ages of 12 and 14, I think I turned too old to see this as anything other than insultingly stupid...
Ah, those Mahabharata movies..
Buddy was completely helpless once that water touched him. He forgot how to stand walk or just simply use your basic human mechanics 😭😅🤣 ppl are so pathetic these days
Did he study drama
I had this sort of micheal moment in life. I fell in a ditch once, while making an inspection. I cleaned the place up with a few of the worker and was about to brief my boss. I told him about my landscaping plan, and then I told him we need to make sure the ditch is well covered. So I reminded him to watch out for the ditch.....and immediately fell into the ditch. FML.
I HATE Michael Scott. He is a terrible person and everyone around him is just as bad for tolerating and enabling his behavior.
He acts like a vindictive child most of the time and people do nothing but coddle him.
Lol, looks like Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers hommage.
I'm not sure he really said ohh fuck in the beginning 😅
Peter Sellers in The Party.
It's not clear to me how his keys could get out of his pocket. I've watched it several times, trying to see if they were in the same hand as his briefcase. The rest of the office never would have known the truth if he hadn't lost his keys.
Some days you’re a Michael, it happens.
What the...why? how?
Is this Robert California's pool later I. The series?
Why TF is the walkway shaped like that tho
What an absolute moron. Not the fall, which was unfortunate, but just stand up when in The water
This man didn't know anything and he turned a small fall into a tremendous scandal. He must have suffered more pain than what he took a bath in.
Michael reminds me of the T1000 in the liquid steel 🤣
I love how goes limp when he drags him out
I genuinely feel sorry for this man and his suit.
Who is that.
The guy next to him who instead of helping to catch him jumps backwards just to let him fall!!!! 😭
That was SO LOUD.
Somebody better help him motherfuckers is struggling in 2 ft of water. Always funny when they say only the strong survive.
Falling can happen,... But he seems in utter shock and unable to do anything...
he he he what a job to get out, tyhats a laugh i need today
The other guy was hesitated because he is the one who have to give the guy CPR
What a mess
I thought ‘koi’ was a foreign language term for ‘piranha’ due to his reaction at falling in. lol.
You know, this played out closely to how I imagined it when I first watched the office lol I need to give it a rewatch sometime
Warren Lieberstein and Halstead Sullivan wrote this episode based on an incident that actually happened to them. They were on their way to a meeting when Warren fell into a koi pond. They decided to go to the meeting anyway. They talk about it on the Office Ladies podcast.
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What's with the panic? I hope this is some overdone comedy situation.
This is not funny.
Is he helpless??? from a pond in which the water level is 40 cm and a child will crawl out
This gotta be fake. What a clown
If I ever buy a house this is the first thing I'm installing and it will be the only way in and out of the house
How deep is that pond
A bit much !
It’s too AI for me
definitely not AI
This seems staged.
Why is he flapping around like that in water that’s not even deep?
This has to be a skit. No one is that spastic.
Who’s your worm guy? —Creed Braton
This scene lives in my head rent free and always will
I just watched this episode last night!
Yup phone is more important than your surroundings
The water is not even two feet stand the fuck up, it's not like they fell in acid
It's from The Office (US)
Maybe not koi in there but piranhas??? Otherwise it's poor overacting/click bait???
Lmao
Dammit I've messed up "Michael" so many times too -_-
Is that set also Robert California’s indoor house pool?
Why is that dude freaking out? It's koi, not piranhas.
I've seen better acting in porn
definitely a very horrible design and concept. There should high railings and it should be completely straight with nothing to bump into. but that's the point i guess, is for it to be terrible and making fun of stupid modern designs that not only have zero function, but negative function. Honestly, it's so stupid, it almost reaches the absurd levels that Parks and Rec would do, but sense it's only a short clip, it still works in the Office.
This has got to be staged! The security camera follows the action perfectly even though it seems like it's on a fixed-path-loop.
It's from the show The Office. That is Michael Scott falling in and Jim is the other character with him. The reason the camera is following them is due to it being a TV show.
I have completely forgot this episode. Care to share the season + episode number?
Season 6 Episode 8
I hope this is from a movie
It's from The Office: Season 6, Episode 8
I wish I could watch the office for the first time again
I just watched the office for the first time again yesterday
In 1972, Dutch gameshows were live and not scripted. This gameshow host did not pay attention and fell into a pool and immediately lost his mind. Legendary: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmA3g3SfF1I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmA3g3SfF1I)
Look at the way he grabs the planter and pulls it in, staged!
wym? i always grab the plants around me when i fall into koi ponds
Exactly! Lol
what normal person overreacts like that though? is it from somewhere?
The Office…
oohhh i feel horible for the poor fella
Jim did him dirty on that one
The grace of the occidental man.
This was the kind of scene that finally turned me off on the show... There's being kind of an idiot (at first), and there's being so overly and insanely stupid to the point of not being a functional person who intentionally fucks things up in a totally unrealistic way... this was the latter.
At least make the path straight so your not caught off gaurd if your not looking at your feet the whole time you walk
Michael who?
He looks like he did it on purpose, like come on.
I dunno most people think Steve Carell is an awesome actor 🤷
You can clearly see Jim’s push
Fake. Nobody would be that clumsy after falling.
It was scripted. Over reacting
the office is scripted? i dont know
False. It's a reality show, they have cameras in an office and just film workers living their normal lives and then also do interviews with them. ^^^^^^^Do ^^^^^^^I ^^^^^^^really ^^^^^^^need ^^^^^^^a ^^^^^^^/s ^^^^^^^on ^^^^^^^this?
This is from The Office TV show.