Blame who?

Blame who?

I could not hold myself back as I let fly a few colourful expletives when I heard the following news aired on television.

3-year-old lost her toe due to escalator accident

SINGAPORE: A 3-year-old had her right big toe and skin from her sole ripped off, after her foot got stuck in an escalator on Saturday night.

The accident took place at 8:40pm, Admiralty Place, a neighbourhood shopping centre located at Block 678 Woodlands Avenue 6.

The ambulance arrived in twenty minutes and brought her to the National University Hospital where she is still being treated.

The girl's mother said her toe was only found three hours after the accident so doctors are not able reattach it.

Her mother had asked why there were no emergency numbers displayed for escalator repair, unlike lifts.

She said if help had arrived earlier to dismantle the escalator, there could have been a better chance of saving her daughter's toe. - CNA/so


The mother had the cheek to blame EVERYONE ELSE!

WHAT THE HELL ARE PARENTS LETTING A 3-YEAR OLD CHILD TAKE AN ESCALATOR BY HERSELF?

I simply cannot believe my ears to hear that woman speak with all righteousness that her daughter lost her toe because the maintenance team took longer than expected to come.

In the first instance, why is the child allowed to take the escalator by herself? Where are the parents? What kind of supervision was there?

Anyone who cannot reach the hand rest of an escalator should be carried while riding an escalator! Or should NOT even take the escalator.

I only grieve because the escalator took away the wrong thing - the child's toe - instead of the parents' commonsense.

But I forgot - the escalator probably cannot find any.