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Originally Posted by Tim Hancock
If I tripped and fell because of that, I would blame no one but myself. If my mother or grandmother tripped and fell because of it, I would blame them for not paying attention. I hate what society has become..... Way too many laws on the books infringing on our freedom to do what we want on property we own.
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When I worked at the Grand Canyon, we had a set of steps leading to the kitchen of the El Tovar hotel that was fourteen steps high. The top step was four inchs higher than the rest of the steps, and the steps were painted black, with safety treads over them. People who used those steps every day were known to trip on that top step, and several people went down the steps face first. Guess who fixed that ?
As a carpenter for more than 35 years, I would NEVER build a set of stairs that were not perfect, and I happen to know that you would not either.
Rules are for the rest of the jerks who would not GAF if someone else's Grandmother took a header and broke her neck. Cops and ER people hate drunks because why ? Could it be for the same reason building inspectors hate hack carpenters ?
Nobody intends to trip on bad stairs, but sooner or later someone does.