"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 07:03:38 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
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>> It's a stupid idea. If you had slipped and fallen you could have sued
>> them. John and I ate in a place like that once and I did slip and fall.
>> They hastily sent a manager to the table who took down all my info.
>> About a week later I got a call to make sure I was okay. They were in
>> CYA mode, making sure I wasn't planning to sue their asses off. I
>> probably should have sued, mostly because the food wasn't all that great.
>
> Loose peanut shells provide a lot of traction. Must have been the
> wine doing the walking.

These did not provide traction. They were indeed slippery and I was trying
to walk around them which made me walk a very odd path. They didn't bother
to sweep them up once while I was there and the floor was uneven to begin
with.