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0 pointsKylekramer6y ago0 comments

If I order a pizza and the stoned teenager from the local joint runs over a pedestrian, am I ethically responsible? I didn't tell them to not hit people when getting my meat lovers to me and did say I wanted it ASAP.

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CaptainZapp6y ago

The pizza joint hired the stoned teen, he's not contracted by you.

It's a pretty rotten analogy.

KylekramerOP6y ago

The pizza joint hired the teen, I contracted the pizza joint to get me a pizza. The teen did it a shitty way that is hard to be expected.

Randstad hired the people, Google contracted Randstad to do a job. Randstad's people did it in a shitty way that is hard to expected.

It's a pretty fresh analogy.

JohnFen6y ago

I think the analogy is a poor one, but let's run with it anyway.

No, you are not responsible because the teen was not operating within the terms of the contract. You did not authorize or ask him to get stoned or run someone over.

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ceejayoz6y ago

You are not liable. The pizza joint may be, and should either carry insurance or require their contractor to do so.

jasonlotito6y ago

Yes, if you order a pizza from a local pizza place that you know to go out of their way to hit pedestrians and break laws, you are ethically responsible.

kachnuv_ocasek6y ago

Why would you order pizza from a joint where stoned teenagers make the deliveries in the first place? If you knew that then yes, you're morally responsible.

iamtheworstdev6y ago

Because in some places the only pizza employees you can find are stoned. Your local Papa John's or Domino's is probably a great place to find info for a local weed hookup.

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