spinoff: ball pits yay or nay

i have a really hard time with this one..i would love to say definitly nay but the older kids always find their way into one..i actually try to avoid going to places with one for that reason.

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No way... those things are disgusting!

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A big NAY!! Heard to many nasty stories about them.

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no way - huge germ fest!!!!

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Not a big fan

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I avoid going anywhere where ballpits exist... they are way too gross for my taste...

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Nay. I've heard what's been found in the bottom of them.

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I think they are disgusting. Germ playground

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Nope, we have one at my house so we don't need to go play in them elsewhere

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I let Jacob go in the one at My gym because the place is immaculate.. They also don't put it out every week and when he goes in it all the balls have just been washed..

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G-ross...no way.

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Depends on where it is. If I know the place and it is clean, I love them.

Otherwise, say for example, McDonald's no way!!

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Big Nay! I never even liked them as a kid

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i JUST received this in an email:

McDonalds, Chuck E Cheese, Discovery Zone... some of you may take your children to these places, this is very disturbing news. In addition to the following true story...
One son lost his watch, and was very upset. We dug and dug in those balls, trying to find the watch.

Instead, we found vomit, food, feces, and other stuff I do not want to discuss. I went to the manager and raised hell. Come to find out, the ball pit is only cleaned out ONCE a month. I have doubts that it is even done that often. My kids will never play in another ball pit. Now read this:

PRETTY SCARY!!

Hi. My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in Midland,TN. On October 2nd, 1999 I took my only son to McDonald's for his 3rd birthday.

After he finished lunch, I allowed him to play in the ball pit. When he started whining later on, I asked him what was wrong, he pointed to the back of his pull-up and simply said "Mommy, it hurts." I couldn't find anything wrong with him at that time. I bathed him when we got home, and it was at that point when I found a welt on his left buttock. Upon investigating, it seemed as if there was something like a splinter under the welt. I made an appointment to see the doctor the next day, but soon
he started vomiting and shaking, then his eyes rolled back into his head.

From there, we went to the emergency room. He died later that night. It turned out that the welt on his buttock was the tip of a hypodermic needle that had broken off inside. The autopsy revealed that Kevin had died from a heroine overdose. The next week, the police removed the balls from the ball pit. There was rotten food, several hypodermic needles: some full, some used; knives, half-eaten candy, diapers, feces, and the stench of urine.

If a child is not safe in a child's play area then where? You can find the article on Kevin Archer in the October 10,1999 issue of the Midland Chronicle.


Don't think it's just McDonald's either or that this is something that just started. When my oldest son who is now 9 was small the area Burger King closed their play area for awhile for "remodeling" because in another town there had been an incident similar to the one described above that happen @ a Burger King.

A little boy had been playing in a ball pit & started complaining of his legs hurting. He later died too. He was found to have snake bites all over his legs & buttocks. When they cleaned the ball pit they found that there was a copperhead nest in the ball pit. He had suffered numerous bites from a very poisonous snake.


Repost this if it scares the crap out of you! Repost this if you care about our kids!!!

AND FYI:


In Florida and other places on the East Coast a group of people are putting HIV/AIDS infected and filled needles underneath gas pump handles, so when someone reaches to pick it up and put gas in their car, they get stabbed with it. 16 people have been a victim of this crime so far and 10 tested HIV positive. Instead of posting that stupid crap about how your love life will suck for years to come if you don't re-post, POST THIS!!!!!! It's important to inform people, even if you don't drive, a family member might, and what if they were next? CHECK UNDER THE HANDLE BEFORE YOU GRAB IT!!! IT MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE! Tell as many people as you can about this serious issue!!

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ok i just check on snopes.com and thank G*d this story isnt true....but still

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The story about the heroin overdose is false.

Ball Pits - Snopes

But I don't disagree that they are gross.