Comments on: Man Falls to Death into Vat of Chocolate

29-year-old Hit by Mixing Blade Falls into 8-Foot Vat of Boiling Chocolate

[Morton_U_Kanandel]

While this is obviously a tragedy and I don't mean to demean it, it also was the premise of a comedy sketch at The Second City in Chicago over 40 years ago. Mourners at a funeral tried to keep a straight face while hearing the details of the death of a man who fell into a vat of chocolate. The idea was later recycled on the Mary Tyler Moore show in an episode about Chuckles the Clown. "A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants." Truth stranger than fiction?

[darthcheney345]

My sympathies go out to the family and friends
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Really? Then make sure you put on enough postage to mail your sympathies to Mexico, Guatemala, Taiwan, or Vietnam.

Because probably that's where he got into the shipping container he was smuggled into the country in.

[darthcheney345]

He was a lousy temp worker who took a job away from someone who used to have a full-time job with benefits. What about THAT guy's family? He's the one I feel sorry for.

At least half the people in the factory are illegal workers or they're there on H1b visas, and they don't speak English.

The whole idea of a totally untrained temp worker getting hit in the head by a chocolate mixer and falling into the vat is just so typical of what's wrong with our fouled up economy today. They'd rather see somebody die in a vat of chocolate than pay a permanent full-time worker a decent wage and benefits.

Why is that funny? Because there's not a d@*n thing we can do about it, and until evey single temp worker, illegal worker, and H1b visa worker falls into a vat and dies, our economy is going down the toilet because nobody has a decent job anymore.

And then along comes Madoff and steals everybody's money, and neither Democrat nor Republican administration can catch him.

[darthcheney345]

Yup...when I see "temporary worker", I immediately think high turnover, inexperienced, under-trained, unmotivated, and at risk.
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Me, too. You pick right up on that temp worker thing. They save a lot of money on training by not doing any.

And did you notice, they outsourced the mixing to another company. Another layer to deny liability.

I'm surprised the story didn't mention that the workers who pulled the guy out of the vat entered the country illegally.

And the factory owner is an Asian guy who doesn't speak English. He came to this country on an H1b visa.

The vat was made in China.

The chocolate was being mixed with lard and brown artificial coloring to "stretch" it.

The guy got hit in the head because he dropped the toilet plunger he was using to push the chocolate into the vat, and he was reaching in to try to get it back. The toilet was clogged again, so the janitor needed it back.

The factory was purchased with a subprime loan, and it is getting foreclosed next week.

[darthcheney345]

The same thing would happen today if they are afraid the employee might talk
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Then they'll make sure the empolyee doesn't talk.

Then they'll sell the batch.

Remember the contaminated peanut butter?

It failed the salmonella test twice, but the factory owner had it re-tested again until it passed, so he could sell it.

He didn't seem afraid of any consequences at the time.

[Thalia-9]

LOLOL! me too cs4466! first thing i thought about was the fat german kid..."Agustus! Agustus!" sorry!!! very bad form...sorry! dang weird assocaiation of the mind!

[eurekaresident]

As sad as and industrial death is, I couldn't beleive the headline and the first thing I thought of was the famous Smother's Brother's song which I know by heart! I loved those guys.

Condolences to the family

[lovethenews]

You people are stupid. This man was somebody's son, father, brother or husband. Have a little respect. My sympathies go out to the family and friends, I am sorry for your loss.

[darthcheney345]

My sympathies go out to the family and friends
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Really? Then make sure you put on enough postage to mail your sympathies to Mexico, Guatemala, Taiwan, or Vietnam.

Because probably that's where he got into the shipping container he was smuggled into the country in.

[southofyou]

Have we become so desynthesized to death that we find this funny? This young man was someone?s son. Dying on earth is different than it is in a video game or on TV. People who are left behind grieve. Please be respectful of his family.

[darthcheney345]

He was a lousy temp worker who took a job away from someone who used to have a full-time job with benefits. What about THAT guy's family? He's the one I feel sorry for.

At least half the people in the factory are illegal workers or they're there on H1b visas, and they don't speak English.

The whole idea of a totally untrained temp worker getting hit in the head by a chocolate mixer and falling into the vat is just so typical of what's wrong with our fouled up economy today. They'd rather see somebody die in a vat of chocolate than pay a permanent full-time worker a decent wage and benefits.

Why is that funny? Because there's not a d@*n thing we can do about it, and until evey single temp worker, illegal worker, and H1b visa worker falls into a vat and dies, our economy is going down the toilet because nobody has a decent job anymore.

And then along comes Madoff and steals everybody's money, and neither Democrat nor Republican administration can catch him.

[stickdog3]

Lighten up darthcheney345 southofyou has a point. I don't much care for illegals myself, but, I wouldn't want anyone taken out like this guy. History has shown all those workers that were displaced will find their way, and their calling.
To you other bloggers, show a little class.

[summarex]

The same thing would happen today if they are afraid the employee might talk. A company can be shut down instantly if they cover something like this up.