We were talking a little while ago about stuff breaking
on hard floors in front of the fridge, about tile floors
cracking in front of the fridge, and about vinyl floors
(mine) gouged by ham-fisted movers installing the fridge.

Well, I just did something by accident that I guess I've
never done before. I opened the fridge in a darkened
kitchen and just happened to look at the floor and actually
see what the reflected refrigerator light was revealing.

Dents. Dozens of them. Almost all shaped like a curved
almond, as though made by a can or jar or bottle falling
on its edge, which is almost certainly the case.

Even though that floor has had 14.5 years to accrue this
medical history, there are easily ten times as many
bruises as I'd have guessed.

So it seems a rug or some sort of mat would be a necessity,
if the vinyl weren't so forgiving...

--Blair
"I see an untapped market."