Alarming studies and recent news has demonstrated that
traditional shopping is detrimental to the health and
wellbeing of both children and adults and could result in
injuries and even death.
Recently, a South African mom sued a major retailer and the
owners of a shopping centre for damages in the amount of
R126 828 after her toddler was injured after falling out of
a shopping trolley. Every year, thousands of children are
treated in hospital emergency rooms for falls from shopping
trolleys. Injuries associated with shopping trolleys are an
important cause of severe head injuries and can even lead
to death.
Shopping trauma and injuries can happen anywhere. There are
all too many common situations in which shopping injuries
occur when visiting the local store; slipping in a puddle
of water, cutting your arm in the appliance section, having
your Achilles tendon ripped off by the trolley driver
behind you, getting stuck under the escalator or a paper
cut in the stationery department. What about trauma? We all
dread the thought of being stuck in an elevator resulting
in dehydration, frustration and distress. Imagine how
miserable your day will turn out when you realise you have
just had a pick pocket snatch up your wallet? Consider how
many children are being abducted from shopping malls these
days. And armed robbery, it's not a fallacy, it really
happens - daily in fact, in shopping centers around the
world. Unfortunately, every year hundreds of shoppers are
badly hurt or traumatised by these very situations.
When a shopping injury causes a customer to be hurt in a
store, medical bills usually grow and dealing with the
store and its insurance company can be a large headache. To
make matters worse, they argue that the misfortune or
injury that you have just experienced was your fault! If
you are without an attorney, getting relief can seem
impossible.
To add insult to injury, studies have found that not only
does shopping cause injuries it causes health problems too.
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) experts
have found that excessive shopping brings in earnest with
its stress, pressure and even increased risk of injury.
Shoppers experience an increase in back, shoulder and neck
pain due to rushing around and carrying too many things at
once placing added stress on bodies and causing an increase
in chance of injury. The bottom line is that a store can be
a very dangerous place for its customers.
Increased prevention of shopping related trauma or injuries
can be achieved by taking some simple precautions, such as
adult supervision where children are involved, avoid
carrying too many parcels, by taking care not to place
unbalanced weight on your body from shopping bags, leave
large sums of money at home, wear steel combat boots, or
just don't go shopping at all!
Ridiculous you may say. One needs to shop to survive! So
what's the alternative? Shop Online. It's the safest, most
secure, least traumatic solution to mortal shopping combat
survival. There are just so many online shopping malls to
step into these days that it's almost a sin to plead
ignorance to their existence. It really is just so simple
to go online and to sit back and let your fingers (not your
legs) do the walking across an array of catalogues,
products and items available in almost every imaginable
category. So you want to travel? Go online. You want to
plan a romantic dinner with wine, candles and beautiful
lingerie. Go online. Your kids need some back to school
goodies. Go online. You want to buy a new outfit with some
lovely jewellery to accessorise with. Go online. You have
to buy a birthday present, mother's day present, father's
day present......go online.
With all the online tools available to you today, you can
compare prices of products against one another, research
your product in its entirety in order to avoid a later
buyer's remorse, pay online and even have it delivered to
your door. Not only is it convenient and available to you
24 hours a day, it's also safe, secure and fun.
What's the worst that can happen now? You can get a cramp
in your clicking finger from possibly becoming an online
shop-aholic. A small price to pay to avoid all that other
trauma and risk don't you think?
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information.
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