When You Drop Your TV
This is probably the most unusual of posts, but stuff like this does happen sometimes. And this is especially so if you have kids. One day last week, Pia (three and a half) and Cate (turning two this January) were playing near the living room TV rack. All of a sudden we heard a loud thud, and the next thing I know I was looking in horror at how the TV had fallen face-front and landed on the floor on its top part.
What’s worse was that Cate was right in front. It seemed that either she pulled the TV towards her, or her sister pulled it from the side. It’s a good thing both kids were able to avoid the falling TV on time–otherwise, either could’ve been injured badly.
It was also a good thing that our TV set that time was an old 21-inch Samsung–not so heavy as to cause too much injury, and nothing to cry over in case it gets badly damaged. Fortunately, it’s still intact, with just a few scratches and a somewhat mis-aligned picture tube (though very slightly).
Lesson learned? Watch your kids and keep your equipment secured. Since then, we replaced our TV
rack with a sturdier one (which actually came with a 29-inch TV passed on to us by my parents). It would be a good idea to invest in such sturdy accessories, or even having flat-screen TV sets wall-mounted if you do have such equipment. Also, we try to calm down the kids when they’re going hyperactive in areas near possibly fragile electronics.
This just goes to show that accidents happen. If it were a 60-inch LCD set that had fallen off to the floor, I would’ve gone crazy. And that’s not just because of the potential damages and cost, but more especially the safety of my kids.
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