Van Driver Gets Fired For Purposely Driving Through Puddles And Soaking People

CBC- The driver of a van who was filmed splashing pedestrians near the University of Ottawa has been fired, according to both Ottawa police and the company the driver worked for. Dash cam video emerged online late last week of a white Black & McDonald van that appeared to be intentionally veering toward large puddles on King Edward Avenue and soaking people on the sidewalk. The 45-second clip, uploaded to YouTube with a July 27 time stamp, showed the driver splashing three sets of pedestrians.

On the one hand, fuck this guy. Fuck him for ruining people’s day for sport. That’s not nice at all. It’s completely unnecessary to mess with people just cause you can. When it rains and there’s giant puddles all over the place, the people driving cars are handed the power to splash people if they want. With great power comes great responsibility. Just because you can soak people doesn’t mean you should soak people. You definitely shouldn’t. Again, fuck this guy for doing it to entertain himself.

On the other hand, every person who works a bullshit job has their breaking point. If you’ve ever worked a shitty job (you might be working that shitty job as you read this) you know you get to a point where you do stupid shit just to keep it interesting. You come up with little games to play while on the job so you don’t go fucking crazy. That van driver clearly had reached the point and decided he was going to soak people when it rains. Is he an asshole? Kind maybe I guess but you gotta put yourself in his shoes. He’s driving that stupid van around every stupid day of the week for a stupid company he probably hates. Might as well have some fun while his soul is hanging on by a thread.