Falling at Wal Mart

OUT OF THE HOUSE for the first time in five days. I parked at Wal Mart, got out of my car, and was horrified to see a shimmering sheet of solid ice all the way from me to the front door of the world's largest retailer. When you're pushing sixty you don't need to fall on ice. Nor do you at any age, for that matter. You can die doing that. Hit your head, and you're gone. I took baby steps for fifty yards, breathing a sigh of relief once safely inside the door. At the check out register, I mentioned the iced parking lot to several employees, who showed absolutely no concern. I even pointed out to them that if some fancy hot shot trial lawyer slips and falls on Wal AMart property, Wal Mart could be in for a nasty lawsuit. They assured me that Wal Mart is already involved in any number of very nasty law suits, and that they felt confident that Wal Mart, under any circumstances, could handle one more. I could see that I was getting nowhere with them. It almost made me want to walk out, slip, and bust my ass. But no, that would be too stupid, even for me. Who knows? When I was there it was still ealry in the day. It may well be that some little old lady did indeed slip and fall on the Wal Mar parking lot that day, and that because of it, the world's largest retailer is in a heap of trouble. Surely this has happened before. Most probably, in most cases, there is an out of court settlement, with the slippee getting enough Wal Amrt money to go away happy, having promised to take no further action. Still, as ruch as Wal Mart is, you'd think they'd just go ahead and go to the trouble of clearing their parking lots of ice.