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*Ring ring*Bob: Yello?Me: Hey, Bob.Bob: Oh hey Liam. What’s up?Me: Not much, Bob, not much. Hey, I know it’s late but I need to ask a favor. As the President of the Communal Arsenal, you’re the only person I could think to call.Bob: Sure thing, Liam, but make it quick.Me: Well, I’m fairly sure someone is trying to break into my house. My children were awoken by the sound of shattering glass and are freaking out.Bob: Are you sure?Me: Yes. Pretty sure.Bob: Huh. Interesting. Did you call the police?Me: Yeah, but they said they wouldn’t arrive for 15 minutes. So I’m going to need to check out a firearm.Bob: Er… I don’t know.Me: Listen Bob, he just unbolted the door.Bob: Liam, I feel for you. I do. It is just that we’ve had some problems — people not returning guns, saying they lost them in a boating accident. This one guy, Jeff, shot a mugger with an overdue firearm the other day. Big, big mess. I was up until 4 AM doing paperwork. We’ve decided to withhold all firearms until further notice.Me: He’s walking up the stairs…Bob: Okay, okay, but you know I need to cover my own a*s. I’m going to fax you over a release of liability form. I’m also going to need you to send back a photo of your driver’s license and a picture of the intruder to prove you are actually faced with a threat.Me: Bob, I’m not sure I have the time.Bob: Then there’s really nothing I can do. Sorry. Although you can use your kitchen cutlery — the ban doesn’t go into effect until Thursday.*Line cuts out*

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Many places that provide physical activity as a service, such as trampoline parks, indoor rock climbing gyms, skating rinks, and others actually have some pretty shady fine print if you actually bother to read and the understand the liability release forms you’re signing in order to enjoy the service.Of course, there is text in those agreements that states that you understand that there is an inherent risk to participating, and the service provider is not liable for injury you sustain due to misuse of equipment, attempting maneuvers that are beyond your skill level, or the improper activity of other patrons. Those are reasonable.There is often also additional text that states that you absolve the service provider of liability for injure that you sustain as a result of happenstance, such as a piece of equipment malfunctioning or breaking. This is starting to get hazy, but I suppose there is still a case to be made that equipment does wear out, and catastrophic failure could feasibly be chalked up to very unfortunate timing.But if you look closely enough, you can even find fine print that states that you absolve the service provider of injury that you sustain due to negligence. Indeed, some places are getting you to sign waivers that basically state that they will flip you the bird when you are injured by equipment that is rusted or has other obvious signs of degradation or another customer whose dangerous activity has been known to staff but staff has not asked that person to leave.Here is a waiver for a popular trampoline park called Quantum Leap. The dirty print in question is contained in the sections titled “Release of Liability” and “Indemnification”.