$8,000 for being forced to listen to ‘It’s A Small World” for 30 minutes

A man who got stuck inside Disney's It's A Small World ride for 30 minutes when it broke down, and had to listen to the song for a half hour straight, has been awarded $8,000 in damages.

While I might want money too if I was forced to listen to it for 30 minutes, there's actually a lot more to the story:

Disneyland paid disabled Jose Martinez $8,000 damages for failing to evacuate him when the ride broke down a day after Thanksgiving in 2009.

Martinez, of San Pedro in Los Angeles County, is in his 50s and paralyzed, needing a wheelchair. He was reportedly stuck in the "Goodbye Room" when the ride broke down.

However, he also suffers from panic attacks and high blood pressure, both of which became an issue as he sat in the boat with the "Small World" song playing over and over, his attorney, David Geffen said, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

The condition was aggravated by Martinez's need to urinate, Geffen said, adding that his client could not medically stabilize for three hours after the ride broke down.