Poseidon’s Seafood Delivery Debacle: A Divine Fender Bender in Dalian

 

In the bustling city of Dalian, there’s a seafood restaurant that’s the talk of the town, and not just because the shrimp cocktails come with actual tales. The secret to their success? None other than Poseidon himself, moonlighting as their seafood sommelier! That’s right, the god of the sea decided to dabble in the mortal realm of gastronomy, swapping his trident for a delivery truck to bring in the catch of the day, each and every dawn.

 

Now, this wasn’t your run-of-the-mill fish joint with a menu as long as the queue at the DMV. Nope. Here, customers played a high-stakes game of “I Spy” with their dinner, peering into glass tanks to pick their prey, which was then weighed, flambéed, and served faster than you could say “sushi.”

 

But even gods have their off days, and on Poseidon’s birthday, after a night of celestial celebration that would make Dionysus blush, he didn’t catch z’s but instead went straight to the market. Laden with the ocean’s bounty, his plan was simple: deliver the goods, then dream of the deep blue sea.

 

Alas, it seems Poseidon took the whole “sleep with the fishes” idiom a tad literally, dozing off at the wheel and introducing his truck to a car as fancy as a peacock’s tail feathers. The police, unamused by this mythical mishap, slapped him with a repair bill hefty enough to sink a ship—100,000 big ones!

 

When the coppers came calling at the restaurant, the boss man balked, declaring that Poseidon’s snooze-fest on wheels was a solo voyage. As the tides of blame crashed back and forth, the question remains: who foots the bill when a deity dents a Bentley?

 

Do we pass the hat around Olympus, or does Poseidon shell out, proving that even when you rule the waves, it’s hard to navigate the asphalt sea?

 

 

Law In A Minute

 

The seafood restaurant ought to bear the financial responsibility for the accident.

 

Given that Poseidon is an employee of the seafood establishment and was engaged in his work-related duties of delivering seafood at the time, the Civil Code mandates that the employer is liable for damages.

 

The incident, resulting from Poseidon falling asleep at the wheel after a night of revelry, constitutes negligence on his part. Nevertheless, following the settlement with the affected driver, the restaurant owner has the right to seek reimbursement from Poseidon, as the accident was ultimately due to his personal lapse in judgment.

 

Legal Basis

 

Civil Code

Article 1191, paragraph 1

In the event that an employee of the employing entity causes harm to others in the course of performing their work duties, the employing entity shall assume tort liability. After the employing entity has fulfilled its tort liability, it may seek indemnification from the employee if the harm was caused by the employee’s intentional act or gross negligence.