Wow, there really isn't much to say about this one. A woman, believed to be a tourist, was so busy checking out her latest updates on Facebook while walking along St Kilda Pier in Melbourne that she didn't notice that she had run out of pier.
She plunged into the water about 11.30 at night when the none too warm waters were probably at their chilliest and had to be rescued by police about 20 metres from shore.
It is implied that she could not swim, but I personally think the fact she was still clinging to her phone may have impacted on her swimming abilities.
The police force themselves obviously thought it was particularly serious with the headline STATUS UPDATE: OMG ONE STEP TOO FAR featuring prominently on the official Victorian Police news site.
So, for so blatantly ignoring your surroundings while checking updates on your phone that you managed to walk off the end of a 6km long pier in such a way that even the police are poking fun at you I hereby award this anonymous tourist with this week's Clever Geek Of The Week award.
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