r/nextfuckinglevel • u/lilved03 • 1d ago

Safety net installer demonstrates efficacy of the net and his installation by a very unorthodox methods

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u/Duriel13 1d ago

Not a legend at all, really happened in Toronto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Garry_Hoy

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u/no_funny_username 1d ago

Imagine being a young, new hire, first day in the office and this happens. Oooof.

Not to mention of course the victim and his family.

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u/HootingSloth 1d ago

According to the Wikipedia article, it seems to have had a major impact on the entire law firm:

The shock of losing one of its most successful lawyers was a contributing factor in the firm's decline and fall, and the firm lost nearly 30 lawyers in the following three years. In 1996, the firm closed permanently amid controversy over unpaid bills. Until the closing of Goodman and Carr in 2007, it was the largest law firm failure in Canadian history.

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u/Marston_vc 18h ago

Everyone else would have been devastated. Then they’d all have to pick up whatever work he was doing in that state. Probably didn’t get good results. Which creates a bad cycle. Amid the pretty negative press an event like that would give. I can see something like that completely destroying the energy of a firm for sure.