Have you ever slipped and fallen on something at a grocery store? One New York City supermarket thinks it has a solution to the problem: carpet.
While the image of shoppers slipping on a banana peel might conjure up funny images from cartoons, to supermarket managers, it’s no laughing matter. When an item falls to the floor, a potential liability exists, and the clock is ticking. That’s because the longer the grape, tomato, kumquat or … banana remains on the floor, the stronger the evidence of negligence. The grocery store isn’t necessarily liable for an item dropped by a customer, but they can be liable for failing to clean it up in a timely manner if it poses a risk.
Even better, since D’Agostino installed carpet in McCalla, NY stores, broken items have been reduced by 95% and the stores have had zero slip-and-fall accidents. Store employees seem to love the carpet too. The NY grocer finds that it makes their jobs more comfortable on their joints.
So will we see a wave of carpet installations at grocery stores? Will tile flooring go the way of the dodo bird? Maybe, but it probably couldn’t hurt.
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