...we have a winner for the 2010 Darwin Awards.

A handicapped man in South Korea, obviously mad that the elevator went without him, proceeds to throw a fit and ram the elevator door with his wheelchair, plunging to his death at the end of things.

I could make a commentary on how moronic this guy is, but I think the video here does it justice.

How impatient are we these days that when we don't get instant gratification or get our way, we're willing to die to show how pissed we are? Maybe it would be understandable if this was a kid, but this is a grown-ass adult. There's no excuse. I hate to sound callous (no I don't), but this guy deserved it. Natural selection at its finest.

The Darwin Awards site said:

The authorities traced the "problem" to elevator doors that cannot withstand a large impact. Safety regulations were strengthened three years after the elevator was installed, to prevent accidents "such as might happen to children and drunks."

I'm pretty sure the problem was this guy ramming it. Yeah, the door looks like its made from material that makes Lindsay Lohan's willpower look mighty, but I don't think that its the elevator's fault. Were this to happen in America, the man's family would sue the place this occurred at, the elevator company, and the wheelchair manufacturer. They'd probably win too.

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