Irresponsibility Bordering on the Criminal...

[JoLin]

Wife and I occasionally watch a show called "Selling Yachts", where uber-rich people buy multi-million dollar boats because it's cool to own one.

So, a guy who's never owned a boat before is trying to decide between a 60' yacht and an 87' yacht. He's torn because he wants to be able to "drive it myself" and the big one makes him a little nervous. :facepalm:

Broker explains that the 60' has pods and joystick control, so "it'll go wherever you point it."

Buyer: "So I can drive this one myself?"
Broker: "Absolutely. You might still hit something in the beginning, but hey- that's what insurance is for, right?"
Buyer (laughing); "Right!"

The buyer is a moron, and the broker oughta be shot. I was livid.

My .02

 

[GA_Boater]

Insurance will pay until it's canceled.

I hope what he hits isn't a young family on the dock. Speed II:Cruise Control.

 

[dingbat]

Hummm....how is this different than any Tom, **** or Harry walking in off the street and buying a “cheap” 45 mph boat with no experiance or possibly no insurance?

It doesn’t take a yacht to kill someone. Ask the 8 people in Maryland that have died to date. Not one “yacht” involved in any of the accidents.

Things be ok if the guy took an online boating before buying the boat?

 

[JoLin]

Hummm....how is this different than any Tom, **** or Harry walking in off the street and buying a “cheap” 45 mph boat with no experiance or possibly no insurance?

It's no different. Just the first time I've actually seen something like this first-hand. I found it shocking and disgusting.

 

[dingbat]

It's no different. Just the first time I've actually seen something like this first-hand. I found it shocking and disgusting.

Take a lounge chair and a cooler and go site by a public dock or launch area on any summer weekend. You'll see things a lot scarier unfold right before your eyes...lol

 

[four winns 214]

Wife and I occasionally watch a show called "Selling Yachts"

Broker explains that the 60' has pods a
Buyer: "So I can drive this one myself?"
Broker: "Absolutely. You might still hit something in the beginning, but hey- that's what insurance is for, right?"
Buyer (laughing); "Right!"

The buyer is a moron, and the broker oughta be shot. I was livid.

Remember, “reality” TV is entertainment not reality. Exchanges like the one that got you spooled up are scripted precisely to elicit that reaction.

My daughter’s college roommate was in a restaurant where a scene for a “reality” TV show was being taped. The character’s entrance into the restaurant was taped repeatedly.

 

[ajgraz]

Eh, from what I've seen, boats bigger than 27' almost never leave the dock.

 

[jimmbo]

But when you have lots of Money, you feel Laws are not applicable to you, only to minions

 

[AlabamaNewbie]

I stumbled on this the other day....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxg30c6z00E

 

[MTboatguy]

I learned a long time ago, the biggest thing about reality TV shows, is nothing is real on them.

:lol:

 

[Old Ironmaker]

I got sucked into the "reality TV' when they 1st came out. Then my wife burst my bubble when she said it is fake. No way. But then again I lost 100 bucks when I bet on Andre the Giant to beat Hulk Hogan in the 80's.

Cops and Live PD can't be fake, you can't make up that stuff. "That's not my crack because these aren't my pants." Make that up I dare you.

 

[boatman37]

lol...Jeremiah from Breaking Amish has been to my house, my daughter and her friend went to the mall with him, etc. Seen him quite a few times and we talked about the show. He actually left the amish in 2004. The show makes you believe he left right when the first episode aired about 6 or 7 years ago. The one episode he said he was going back to the amish and they show him removing his piercings. I saw him about 2 or 3 days later and he looked the same as he did 6 months earlier when he was at my house.
The show made you believe he had never driven a car before. He crashed his Mustang a few years before the show ever started. My daughter had to drive when they went to the mall because he had lost his license.