My kids love going to Walmart because it's so much fun for them. They like going to the other stores we shop at too, but Walmart is their absolute favorite. What with all the toys, a fun room to keep little ones occupied (never without supervision of course!), and to actually get a chance to play the latest game on the game consoles they have in the music/game area.....that place is heaven to them!
So there we are at our regular Super Walmart shopping for our weekly groceries. Finally after spending an hour, yes an hour, and it can be longer if I have to buy any kind of non-grocery products! So this visit was one hour and half tops. I rounded up the gang and off we go to the cash register. I have to keep an eye on each item that is checked to make sure the correct prices are being charged (they love to advertise one price and charge you another).
My little one was with us standing in line and looking around at the same time. You know they keep those candy and little gadgets at the front just so the kids will bother mommy and daddy into buying them. The next thing I know I turned away for a second from her and she's on the floor face down! She hit herself really hard because she was on the floor belly down and couldn't move. I took her up and comforted her then I realized there was something on the floor that she slipped on. Apparently someone made a mess on the floor , I couldn't tell what it was, it was yucky looking and pretty slimey so anyone having the misfortune to step on it would meet the floor! I didn't see it at the time because it was a little off away from us near the candy area.
While I comforted her because she was screaming like crazy I got someone's attention and asked them to clean up the mess on the floor before someone else had an accident. Then another employee brought some tissue over for me to wipe my daughter's face which was a mess. Of course my first concern for her was that she hadn't damage her mouth, which is still tender and that she had no cuts. She didnt' want to come out of my arms for me to check her body for bruises. So I comforted her until they finished ringing me up. Then I asked her to stand up so mommy could make sure she could walk, she did gingerly and I saw that she was ok. Then she told me her tummy hurt. So I carried her out to the car.
I didn't demand to see the manager. I didn't make a scene, nor did I take her to customer service to make a report. If she was really seriously hurt and bleeding I would have made a report, but since she wasn't I didn't see the need to. However if I really wanted to I guess I could have made a federal case out of this incident. But not all of us are money-hungry and waiting for a quick run to "lawsuit" land!
She was ok and playing around at home half hour later. Smiling and happily eating ice-cream while watching her Dora! Thank God for that!