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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsturn off the treadmill when you are done. for the safety of the next user
http://m.Hopefully the guy is OK. I figure the woman he greets left the treadmill on at high speed. Who does that?
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turn off the treadmill when you are done. for the safety of the next user (Original Post)
Liberal_in_LA
Jun 2014
OP
yeah, but i put more responsibility on the person who cranked it up to high speed
Liberal_in_LA
Jun 2014
#5
Maybe, but the one who is gonna get hurt needs to learn that other people are unreliable
CBGLuthier
Jun 2014
#7
liberal N proud
(61,203 posts)1. Moral of the story, check the treadmill before you get on it
You can't count on anyone doing the right thing so you have to protect yourself.
Arkansas Granny
(32,265 posts)3. +1
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)5. yeah, but i put more responsibility on the person who cranked it up to high speed
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)7. Maybe, but the one who is gonna get hurt needs to learn that other people are unreliable
Trusting in others to do the right thing is a guarantee of disappointment.
Orrex
(67,396 posts)2. Hit the ground running!

pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)4. Well-played, treadmill. Well-played.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)6. no sympathy for the victim?
Orrex
(67,396 posts)10. ^Excellent.
Logical
(22,457 posts)9. Lounge! n-t
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