Keep your Children Safe!(NF)

[trophyfish]

>>Subject: MUST READ! I am still in shock. Children's play zones

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>>McDonalds, Chuck E. Cheese, Discovery Zone... All places with ball

>>pits

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>>in the children's play area. One of my sons lost his watch, and was

>>very upset. We dug and dug in those balls, trying to find his

>>watch.

>>Instead, we found vomit, food, feces, and other stuff I do not want

>>to

>>discuss.

>>

>>I went to the manager and raised hell. Come to find out, the ball

>>pit

>>is only cleaned out once a month. I have doubts that it is even

>>done

>>that often.. My kids will never play in another ball pit.

>>

>>Some of you might not be parents, but you may have nieces, nephews,

>>grandchildren, or friends with children.

>>

>>This will pertain to you too. As I read the following, my heart

>>sank. I

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>>urge each and every one of you to pass this on to as many people as

>>you

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>>can. I cannot stress how important this is!

>>

>>Hi. My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in Midland ,

>>TN.

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>>On October 2nd, 1999 I took my only son to McDonald's for his 3rd

>>birthday.

>>

>>After he finished lunch, I allowed him to play in the ball pit.

>>When he started whining later on, I asked him what was wrong, he

>>pointed to the back of his pull-up and simply said 'Mommy, it

>>hurts.' I

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>>couldn't find anything wrong with him at that time. I bathed him

>>when

>>we got home, and it was at that point when I found a welt on his

>>left

>buttock.

>>

>>Upon investigating, it seemed as if there was something like a

>>splinter

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>>under the welt. I made an appointment to see the doctor the next

>>day,

>>but soon he started vomiting and shaking, then his eyes rolled back

>>into his head. From there, we went to the emergency room. He died

>>later

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>>that night. It turned out that the welt on his buttock was the tip

>>of a

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>>hypodermic needle that had broken off inside.

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>>The autopsy revealed that Kevin had died from a heroine overdose.

>>The

>>next week, the police removed the balls from the ball pit. There

>>was

>>rotten food, several hypodermic needles: some full, some used;

>>knives,

>>half-eaten candy, diapers, feces, and the stench of urine.

>>

>>(You can find the article on Kevin Archer in the October 10,1999

>>issue

>>of the Midland Chronicle.)

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>>Don't think it's just McDonald's either. A little boy had been

>>playing

>>in a ball pit @ a Burger King & started complaining of his legs

>>hurting.

>>

>>He later died too. He was found to have snake bites all over his

>>legs &

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>>buttocks. When they cleaned the ball pit they found that there was

>>a

>>copperhead's nest in the ball pit. He had suffered numerous bites

>>from

>>a very poisonous snake.

>>

>>Repost this if it scares the crap out of you!! Repost this if you

>>care

>>about kids!! Please forward this to all loving mothers, fathers and

>>anyone who loves and cares for children!! What has this world come

>>to??

>>If a child is not safe in a child's play area then where??

>>

>>AND FYI:

>>

>>In Florida and other places on the East Coast a group of people are

>>putting HIV/AIDS infected and filled needles underneath gas pump

>>handles, so when someone reaches to pick it up and put gas in their

>>car, they get stabbed with it. 16 people have been a victim of this

>>crime so far and 10 tested HIV positive. Instead of posting that

>>stupid

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>>crap about how your love life will suck for years to come of you

>>don't

>>re-post, post this. It's important to inform people, even if you

>>don't

>>drive, a family member might, and what if they were next?

>>

[douG]

Nope.

 

Hooey and More Hooey.

Edited September 19, 2007 by douG

[wuchikubo]

Read this somewhere else.

 

Definitely, what DouG said.

[tonyb]

"vomit, food, feces, and other stuff I do not want to discuss."

 

Welcome to parenthood

[smokinall4s]

I would like to put my two cents worth in. I feel bad for these parents of the children that died but not all fast food places are the same. My wife works for a fast food restraunt and she has a play area also, but without a ball pit. She has also been at one that has a ball bit. Now, she ran both of these places and I know for a fact that she had her ball pit cleaned out every week, meaning totally emptied out and cleaned. She also has her play area at current place thourghly cleaned every week but also regular cleaning daily.

 

But, like I said, not all fast food playgrounds are managed the same. My wife takes care of hers mainly because we too have kids and she wants them and other kids to be safe when playing in the playgrounds.

 

That's my 2 cents worth, thanks

[Roy]

Smokinall4s, I'd like to nominate your post as as post of the year. I still have tears in my eyes.

[MJL]

While those cases may purely be myth and legend, the truth is there are indeed sick and twisted people who live amongst us. On more than several occasions, I've heard of reported cases (on the news) where razor blades, needles and glass were strategically buried in sand at local playgrounds and beaches and/or glued on playground equipment like slides. Who's to really say what limits these people put on themselves to do other things.

 

Kind of makes you think what can happen to your own kid or someone that you may know and love.

[John]

I clean my ball pit daily......

[ccmtcanada]

I clean my ball pit daily......

 

Too much info!!!!

[blaque]

I clean my ball pit daily......

 

Cleaning a double double off my keyboard

[BITEME]

I cant go there

[rana]

Thats really gross

[Rizzo]

you guys are truly sick (funny, but sick). I know stuff LIKE this has happened though. Where I played beach volleyball in Toronto we found boards buried in the courts with exposed nails pointing upwards. It was fortunate they were discovered before somebody got seriously hurt.