Walkway accident<\/p>\n
On April 11, two of my friends and I went early in the morning
\nto Carrefour on Jl. Sudirman. We used the moving walkway to go
\ninto the store and I even held the arm of my friend because I was
\nafraid I would fall. When we finished shopping, we used the
\nmoving walkway to leave the store. Each of us had a trolley
\ncontaining our purchases. While we were on the walkway I was
\ntelling my friends that I felt this time that I was not going to
\nfall because my trolley seemed to be secure on the walkway.<\/p>\n
To my surprise, when I was pushing the trolley off the end of
\nthe walkway, it got stuck and no matter how hard I tried it would
\nnot move until it reached a point whereby my friend's trolley was
\nhitting me in the back, and another trolley was also hitting her
\nin the back. You can just imagine the agony we went through while
\nthe walkway kept on moving and the three of us were being
\nsqueezed and crushed by each other's trolleys.<\/p>\n
Since I was being pushed by the weight of two loaded trolleys,
\nplus the weight that of my two friends, my trolley began to fall
\non its side. We asked for help, but it took some time before a
\nCarrefour employee helped pull my trolley off the walkway. We
\nwere shocked by what had happened.<\/p>\n
My friends were fine but the front and back of my legs were
\nbruised and scratched, and my right leg was injured. When we got
\nhold of ourselves, I told a Carrefour employee that I'd like to
\nsee the manager. They paged him three to five times, but no
\nmanager came. I saw a foreigner with a Carrefour ID and told him
\nwhat had happened. With his mobile phone he called the manager.
\nIt took a while before he arrived, and all the while my right leg
\nwas unattended to. The manager arrived and when he saw my legs,
\nhe had the sense to get some disinfectant, saying that applying
\nit would be painful. I told him that what was more painful was
\nnot being helped and not being attended to immediately.<\/p>\n
The manager claimed that the trolleys were locally made, but I
\ntold him that even so they must make sure that they worked
\nproperly and ensure the safety of their customers. They claimed
\nthis was the first time anything like this had happened.<\/p>\n
But when I picked up my children from school and other parents
\nwere asking what had happened to me, I told them the story and
\none parent said that she had witnessed a similar accident at the
\nsame store on April 2.<\/p>\n
Carrefour management, please take safety measures if you want
\nyour shoppers to continue to shop at your store. The safety of
\ncustomers should be a priority.<\/p>\n
MARIA TERESA A. ANATALIO<\/p>\n
Lippo Karawaci, West Java<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/walkway-accident-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }