carole
07-24-2003, 08:53 PM
I guess this is my week for raving and ranting about things that really bother me in this world today, so folk's bear with me.
Today I had a lucky escape from serious injury.
Let me explain, we had a frost here this morning, so everything was kinda white and crisp.
I decided to visit our large warehouse shop just up the road, I was walking across the car park, and not visible to me was Ice on the tarseal, you know how ice can sometimes not be visible, and I nearly fell, I was extremely lucky to not have, sure gave me a scare though.
I thought I would do the decent thing, and tell the shop, so they could put a warning sign up and prevent some person having a serious, painful injury.
On leaving the shop, I noticed nothing had been done about it, I thought to myself why did I even bother.
Now I know in America, one could probably sue, if you were injured in these circumstances, but not here in NZ.
The shop owner's do have to have public liability insurance, but I wonder, as this was outside the shop, would anyone pay If I had been injured.
We do have ACC which cover's so much, but not everything.
Has this happened to you, and what do you think?
Today I had a lucky escape from serious injury.
Let me explain, we had a frost here this morning, so everything was kinda white and crisp.
I decided to visit our large warehouse shop just up the road, I was walking across the car park, and not visible to me was Ice on the tarseal, you know how ice can sometimes not be visible, and I nearly fell, I was extremely lucky to not have, sure gave me a scare though.
I thought I would do the decent thing, and tell the shop, so they could put a warning sign up and prevent some person having a serious, painful injury.
On leaving the shop, I noticed nothing had been done about it, I thought to myself why did I even bother.
Now I know in America, one could probably sue, if you were injured in these circumstances, but not here in NZ.
The shop owner's do have to have public liability insurance, but I wonder, as this was outside the shop, would anyone pay If I had been injured.
We do have ACC which cover's so much, but not everything.
Has this happened to you, and what do you think?