One of our department stores had a very good special on 20 inch chainsaws
recently, and being a
sucker for chainsaws, I went along to buy one.
The nasty little jumped-up salesman wouldn't sell me one unless I was prepared
to sign a waiver to
the effect that if injured, I would not sue them. I had no worry about signing
such a document, but
it was a clear case of discrimination for anyone can injure themselves with a
chainsaw, and do those
others have to sign a waiver? no they don't!
Now, this is a store that sold me, without hesitation, a rotary garden hoe that
didn't have a
clutch, even though, for reasons of safety, I had, distinctly, said that a
clutch it must have.
I did not find that it had no clutch until I got it home and was attempting to
find the safety
feature I had demanded it * MUST have!
When I say a * clutch, I mean that the machine can be put out of gear, so that
the hoe tines stops
spinning, but the motor is still running.
Jewel
