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Fuming over accident

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  • Bantex_2
    Bantex_2 Posts: 3,317 Forumite
    People could just look where they are going. A small puddle is not generally considered a threat to life and limb.
  • wiogs
    wiogs Posts: 2,744 Forumite
    Bantex wrote: »
    People could just look where they are going. A small puddle is not generally considered a threat to life and limb.

    In this case it was a "threat" inasmuch as it appears that the child did not see it and suffered injuries.
  • hollydays
    hollydays Posts: 19,812 Forumite
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    Bantex wrote: »
    People could just look where they are going. A small puddle is not generally considered a threat to life and limb.
    As already stated by wiogs it was a child.
    Actually a slip hazard is a risk that could end up with someone falling heavily and doing damage. Hence why supermarkets have teams who will respond instantly to spillages and why shops like m & s sometimes use rubber floor mats around fruit counters.
  • Bantex_2
    Bantex_2 Posts: 3,317 Forumite
    Maybe we should just lock ourselves in our houses and never come out. The world appears to be too dangerous.
  • hollydays
    hollydays Posts: 19,812 Forumite
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    edited 28 September 2014 at 6:06PM
    Bantex wrote: »
    Maybe we should just lock ourselves in our houses and never come out. The world appears to be too dangerous.


    Typical response when you know you've lost the argument...change the subject..
    A child couldn't reasonably be expected to have spotted a pool of water yet still you fail to admit your error.. Lol.. And you in theory are an adult..
  • hollydays
    hollydays Posts: 19,812 Forumite
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    Bantex wrote: »
    Maybe we should just lock ourselves in our houses and never come out. The world appears to be too dangerous.

    It seems to be that's exactly what some keyboard warriors do..:rotfl:
  • wiogs
    wiogs Posts: 2,744 Forumite
    Bantex wrote: »
    Maybe we should just lock ourselves in our houses and never come out. The world appears to be too dangerous.

    If you feel that is indeed the case I suggest you seek medical assistance for your irrational anxiety ;)
  • DevCoder
    DevCoder Posts: 3,362 Forumite
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    Well the child will know to look out for pools of water now, thats part of the learning process, either education or learning through things happening.

    In response to the OP

    1. You could ask for the pool area R.A. They are not obligated to show you but they should definitely have one
    2. What do you actually want out of this, if it is to increase the safety of the pool area so it doesn't happen again (this won't happen, but it should help minimise the chances), the a letter or meeting with the site manager would go a long way to achieving this.
    3. This should have been entered in the sites accident book, asking them if this happened may make them review their procedures if this did not happen
    4. You have no "right" to see the CCTV for the other person in question. CCTV imagery is controlled by strict regulation.
    5. Staff can only be reactive, whilst certain pro-active measures can be put in place (non slip mats in certain pool side areas), they can't just do this in every area possible. Thats why there is a R.A.
  • DevCoder
    DevCoder Posts: 3,362 Forumite
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    edited 28 September 2014 at 7:18PM
    No, You do *not* have the right to see CCTV where the imagery is of a third party and not of yourself (which is what the OP was alluding to, to see if the person who was dripping water everywhere had been there for length of time).

    But put totally wrong in uppercase if it helps you feel you are right.

    I prefer to stick to legalities.

    https://www.gov.uk/request-cctv-footage-of-yourself

    Note :

    They can refuse your request if:

    the footage has other people in it
    it would put a criminal investigation at risk
  • hollydays
    hollydays Posts: 19,812 Forumite
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    wiogs wrote: »
    What "right" do you think the OP has to see any CCTV recording of another person?
    They recordings may no longer exist anyway.
    Recordings of her child if you mean another person?
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