any leagal people out there?

jpwhittle

what so the majjority view is im a bad parent. mmmm wouldnt want to see how perfect most here seem to think they are. again lets hope your children never have an accident you couldnt have prevented

mountainchrisriver

jpwhittle... in fairness to the folk who have responded to you; your first post did not imply that you were after a simple apology (as you state in your post @ 9.20pm).

I am sure Comet will apologise if you ask to chat to the manager on duty that day, he/she will also no doubt be very thankful that nothing worse happened to your child... They may even give your child a freebie as a gesture of goodwill...

Unfortunately, we live in an increasingly risk averse and litigious society; accidents do happen, I am sure no-one meant to leave the cleaner lying around... equally, don't think anyone expects you to keep an eye on your child 24/7 and if you did how on earth would they ever learn to deal with risk themselves... thankfully your child suffered no long term damage and on a positive note may well have learnt something!

jpwhittle

thankyou misskj for the support.

yes today i am more angry than anything. io dont want to fight for compo im not n ambulance chaser i just wonder what the response would have been if he had been blinded. i just want an apology and reaurance this wont happen to someone elses child.

jpwhittle

i know what you mean about todays society just did not expect the judgement of my parenting from a simple post.

i hate the way we are becoming americanised in suing everyone but also expect to take my child shopping safley. like a few months ago he fell in mums and tots and split his chin open. he fell over his own feet but now we arent allowed to use the gym incase we sue. it was an accident he fell. today someone left hazadous stuff lying around without a child lock like most theses things have. that could have been prevented.

i just dont wan my parenting judging im a good mum and would never "let" my child hurt himself on purpose.

also people dont know anything about me im just getting over PND and these kind of posts dont help when you have already jugded yourself harshly. so please think before you criticise.

MissKJ

Being angry won't help you have clarity of thought. Go and look at your sleeping child and keep calm. Sleep really does help when considering such things. No great harm done eh?

paintpot

[I sent you a response a while ago (but it didn't work for some reason) offering you a word of support so I've had to write it again. I've never posted anything before but felt I needed to as I was quite shocked at some of the responses. I feel you have every right to be annoyed and I don't have children but can empathise with how you felt. Cleaning products are dangerous and I really can't believe anyone expects you to have anticipated cleaning fluid to be lying around in an electrical store and I can imagine it all happened in a split second. I am shocked that people have insinuated that you were not properly supervising your child or that he was some sort of little monster because he got a cleaning product in his eyes that was left lying around. I imagine you wrote your post in haste after a bad day and still suffering from shock and with the benefit of hindsight may have drafted it differently but I would have expected people to be a little more lenient under the circumstances. Small mistakes can have serious consequences. Had your little boy actually been blinded I am sure the responses would have been different, the fact is he wasnt fortunately but it doesn't mean the company should not be made aware of a problem otherwise next time it could have more serious consequences for someone else's child.

Tao81

jpwhittle wrote: »

what so the majjority view is im a bad parent. mmmm wouldnt want to see how perfect most here seem to think they are. again lets hope your children never have an accident you couldnt have prevented

Pauline, poor you :grouphug: , I understand just how upset you are and that you are worried for the health and safety of other children who are taken shopping in Comet where they could unwittingly be exposed to the same risk.

Please try not to let some of the previous cool/cold posts upset you, you are obviously an excellent very caring mother and Comet should have:

1) Been diligent enough to be on the look out for potential risks such as the one you encountered and as a matter of policy always place dangerous chemicals well away from areas where young children can reach them.

2) had an accident report book that they should have immediately completed once you formally complained about this incident to them.

Personally, I would let a day or two pass, take care of my son and nurse his allergic reaction and then write to Comet Head Office explaining in detail what happened to you and your son and voice your concerns for the safety of others. I'd ask for their firm assurance that staff are, or will be, adequately trained in preventing this type of incident from happening within their shops. If an accident report wasn't filled out to your knowledge then I would also raise this concern with them. That's the best you can do to try and prevent this happening to some other unfortunate (naturally inquisitive) child.

I do empathise with your angst, he could have so easily lost his sight due to this event and that would have been tragic, fortunately he has had a lucky escape. All you can do now is try to get Comet to assure you that they will review their H & S policies to ensure this type of incident will never happen again in any of their stores.
They may even be prepared to promise that hazardous chemicals will be kept locked away within all their stores, that would certainly be a great result, wouldn't it? and help you put this horrible accident behind you

Sleep well Hun xx

jpwhittle

thankyou tao kj and paintpot for your kind responses they really make a difference. its nice to know pople understand and empaphise with the situation. you have helped me to see things rationally and more calmly and also helped calm me down from the responses on here. thankyou so much for your help and advise

Iamthesmartestmanalive

jpwhittle wrote: »

thankyou tao kj and paintpot for your kind responses they really make a difference. its nice to know pople understand and empaphise with the situation. you have helped me to see things rationally and more calmly and also helped calm me down from the responses on here. thankyou so much for your help and advise

You really are something

You come on trying to blame someone for your neglience and because people quite rightly told you to behave you threw a hissy fit

You were in a shop with lots of electrical equipment etc, the fact your child managed to spray themself is concerning and its just luck they didnt electrocute themselves

Its common place for companies to combine cleaning with roles and they may regularly leave the materials behind whilst assisting someone

They shouldnt be liable for children who cant behave or are left to misbehave

Your child should never have a) done it or b) got the opportunity to do it

Im intrigued to know how old this child is too

jpwhittle

1 you are obviously not the smartest man alive

2 my child can and does behave

3 they were not cleaning this was a shop product that had been opened and left lying around

4 children do look at things and sometimes pick things up are you actually a parent or just a no it all ponce that thinks hes something special.

5 my child is 2 and is supervised to the best of my ability. i cant have eyes in the back of my head and sometimes need to look at something.

6 he couldnt have got electricuted as nothing was plugged in.

7 i did not throw a hissy fit i stood by what i ahd to say and im allowed to be annoyed at what happened.

seriously come back when you have a child that was nearly blinded and you have grown up a bit. you really need to ge of that high horse your not perfect yourself.

dont you dare judge me on something out of my controll and make out i have no controll over my child, im a bad mother or that my child is a monster.