Blame Who? (Part 2)

Blame Who? (Part 2)

In today's The Straits Times (emphases mine):

"As the family got on the escalator to go down, Shiyr shouted 'Ouch, ouch'. Her right rubber clog was stuck in the teeth of the escalator step.

"Mr Chong, a teacher, said: 'When I lifer her, I saw the jagged bone of the toe protruding out, where her toe used to be. It's not something any parent could bear to see.'

"Skin from the ball of her foot was also ripped off.

"At about 11.20 pm, the girl's rubber clog and toe were found separately in pits under the escalator and the toe was taken to the National Uiversity Hospital.

"This is not the first time an accident involving children, escalators and rubber clogs has happened.

"In August, a two-year-old girl got her shoe caught in the escalator steps, while she was with her parents in Toa Payoh Central." - ST, 6 Nov 06

MY GOD! RUBBER CLOGS! They are so soft and flexible they offer ABSOLUTELY NO PROTECTION whatsoever to any impact or crush.

What were the parents NOT thinking?

And why is the girl allowed to stand on the RIGHT of the escalator?

All signs point to poor parenting.

Adults who want to be vain and wear rubber clogs with gaping holes, carry on. But this is a poor child who needs to be protected. And instead of proper shoes, she got a pair of rubber clogs?

All I want for Christmas, this year, is for people to grow some brains.