In the most horrifying pole dancing incident since the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, a woman is suing a New York fitness center for injuries she said she incurred while taking a pole dancing class. Sue Ann Wee says that she slid down the pole and hurt her shoulders, and wants unspecified cash. Evidently she thought she was on her way to a fire. How many times do we have to explain this? Pole dancing should only be attempted by professionals; and then only while stripping. Amateur pole dancing usually ends in litigation and shame.
Sue Ann Wee filed a lawsuit last week against the companies that run the Crunch fitness center chain. Lawyer Nicholas Warywoda says Wee seriously hurt both her shoulders when she slid down a pole and fell onto the floor while taking a Crunch pole-dancing class in June.
Warywoda says Wee told an instructor she couldn’t hold herself up during an upside-down maneuver, but the instructor didn’t help her.
Wee is seeking unspecified damages. She says the gym chain didn’t supervise the pole-dancing class properly.
Pardon my shock, but I come from a simpler time, when women were nurturing caregivers, and had no time for pole dancing or leaving their children in the car for tanning sessions. The stripper pole, she is a cruel mistress. It is not a toy.
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Woman sues NYC gym over pole-dancing class injury [The Buffalo News]
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- Kadee Felion - Jan 7, 2010 at 10:39 PM
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There are pole-dancing classes? WTF? really? What does one do with the knowledge of completing such a class? is there a certificate that is issued ..suitable for framing? her parents must be so proud.
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- OKN - Jan 8, 2010 at 10:22 AM
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Hey, can I sue the gym for being an idiot and workout of equipment I’m not trained on or qualified to use? Darn, that would beat working for a living. One could just go around getting injured. Oh, wait, people do that, it’s called scamming, or fraud, or something like that. Pole dancing injury? Please. She’ll get a pole alright and it won’t be her shoulder that’s hurting.
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- Is this a start of a revolution? - Jan 8, 2010 at 11:46 AM
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You know what? I went to the gym and the stuff was too heavy! I think I’ll sue because i didn’t realize how heavy the stuff was. My body aches because of lifting it. THEY’RE DONE!
