Tea distribution on stairs - a place for slips and falls

A friend of mine went to the fourth floor of a building for some work and while coming down, he decide to walkdown as he did not get the lift in time. When he approached first floor, he stepped on to a step down and the next thing he noticed was that he is on the floor with pain in the toe. All the packets in his hand were found lying here and there. He was taken to the hospital and a hairline crack was detected in his toe.

The reason for the fall is: spilled tea on the steps. Tea is sold to the needy at 1000 hrs and 1500 hrs. Tea drum will be kept on the first step of the floor and served to the customers. This proces also lead to spillage of some tea on the floor. After serving the tea, the person will take the tea drum back to his canteen without bothering to clean the spill.

A tea distribution point at one corner would have avoid the injury. The point is that even though the incident is known to those who take tea from the distributor, still they did not bother to find a suitable place for tea distribution. Today, they may not be victims, but the continuing situation will one-day cause these persons also to fall.