Kids safety May be some merit in this
Subject: Dangers of ball pits
McDonalds, Chuck E Cheese, Discovery Zone, Etc...
All places with ball pits 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 urge each and every one of you to pass this on to as many people as you can. I cannot stress how important this is!
Hi. My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in Midland , TN.
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 couldn't find anything wrong with him at that time. I bathed him when we got home, and it was at that at point when I found a welt on his left buttock.
Upon investigating, it seemed as if there was something like a splinter 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 that night. It turned out that the welt on his buttock was the tip of a hypodermic needle that had broken off inside.
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.)
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 & 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 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 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?
Koren Bullard
Sales and Title Administrator
Campbell Supply Co. LLC.
Campbell Freightliner LLC.
145 Talmadge Rd, Suite 8
Edison, NJ 08818
(732) 907-6116 fax (732) 287-2545
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Margarette F. Waide
580 Kinser Park Lane
Greeneville, Th 37743
Phone Home 423-639-6809
Cell 423-972-6151 Margie
E-Mail margie.waide@yahoo.com
mikeysgma@yahoo.com
McDonalds, Chuck E Cheese, Discovery Zone, Etc...
All places with ball pits 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 urge each and every one of you to pass this on to as many people as you can. I cannot stress how important this is!
Hi. My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in Midland , TN.
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 couldn't find anything wrong with him at that time. I bathed him when we got home, and it was at that at point when I found a welt on his left buttock.
Upon investigating, it seemed as if there was something like a splinter 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 that night. It turned out that the welt on his buttock was the tip of a hypodermic needle that had broken off inside.
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.)
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 & 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 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 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?
Koren Bullard
Sales and Title Administrator
Campbell Supply Co. LLC.
Campbell Freightliner LLC.
145 Talmadge Rd, Suite 8
Edison, NJ 08818
(732) 907-6116 fax (732) 287-2545
This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm
Margarette F. Waide
580 Kinser Park Lane
Greeneville, Th 37743
Phone Home 423-639-6809
Cell 423-972-6151 Margie
E-Mail margie.waide@yahoo.com
mikeysgma@yahoo.com
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I think that most of these are hoaxes,
checking snopes,
be right back
EDIT:
yup fake-ola
here's some juicy ball pit tales:
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/archer.asp
http://www.snopes.com/critters/snakes/ballpit.asp
Rumors are probably prepetrated by some azzhole who just doesn't want any kids to have fun anywhere, must have had a crappy childhood...0 -
As you might expect, a fabrication:
http://www.snopes.com/critters/snakes/ballpit.asp
Somewhere in some basement there is a guy who cranks this stuff out day after day and then e-mails it all over the world.0 -
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/gaspump.asp
False on the needle on gas pump also.0 -
I would be more inclined to believe the part about food,poop,puke and other items that could be in it. Just posted for caution sake, we are living in a sick world and you never know.[:(][xx(][V][:(!] 0
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