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glatt · 11-22-2010, 08:22 AM

I imagine that most furniture manufacturers got out of the step stool business for liability reasons. You can argue that when a dumbass falls off a stool and breaks their neck, they shouldn't have been standing on the stool in the first place. But if you incorporate steps leading up to the top of the stool, you can't make that argument any longer. Then you are in the position of having to make sure your step stool is idiot proof. And idiots are pretty clever at finding new ways to be idiots.

Like by clambering over the exposed machinery of an out of service escalator.

11-22-2010, 08:22 AM	#20
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I imagine that most furniture manufacturers got out of the step stool business for liability reasons. You can argue that when a dumbass falls off a stool and breaks their neck, they shouldn't have been standing on the stool in the first place. But if you incorporate steps leading up to the top of the stool, you can't make that argument any longer. Then you are in the position of having to make sure your step stool is idiot proof. And idiots are pretty clever at finding new ways to be idiots. Like by clambering over the exposed machinery of an out of service escalator.