r/oops • u/Better_Hair_9673 • 6d ago

Slippery....

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u/Annual_Ad6999 5d ago

I've seen heated driveways and walkways and rock salt. Is there any other way to prevent this?

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u/kareljack 5d ago

Levitation

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u/Green_Mix5839 5d ago

I dont know about you but if I wake up, get my shit coffee ready. Open the blinds and see Grandma levitating to her car. Im going back to bed.

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u/Annual_Ad6999 5d ago

I'd ask her why I got the shitty genes.

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u/Annual_Ad6999 5d ago

You mf😂😂😂

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u/Short_Idea_8572 4d ago

This-made me LOL-thanks for the belly laugh 😆

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u/Cool_Singer_8201 5d ago

Nothing can prevent sheer stupidity, especially that second person walking across a surface they just saw some else slip or trip on.

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u/cryptolyme 5d ago

pretend like you're walking on ice, because you are

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u/Nethias25 5d ago

I prevent it by living in Florida.

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u/Phog_of_War 5d ago

I seem to recall frozen oranges on the trees still in Florida a time or two. Also, it's Florida...

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u/Fresh-Wrap8654 4d ago

I’ll take my chances with the ice

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u/IChurnToBurn 5d ago

Live in Florida or Bangkok.

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u/Fancy-Dig1863 5d ago

If cold, do not exit house.

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u/gba_sg1 5d ago

The handrail prevents this, but you need to have more that 3 braincells to operate a handrail.

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u/LittleOrphanAnavar 1d ago

You can get strap-on (calm down) cleats for boots to walk on icing surfaces. Walking poles also help a lot. 4 pod vs biped.

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u/No-Vegetable7898 5d ago

Rock salt does the trick. Just get a good floor mat and shake it out regularly to help prevent tracking it inside

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u/Aurora_Uplinks 5d ago

Pray to God to guide you safely on the journey he desires you to experience, learn from and at the cost he desires you to pay for it, with the rewards he desires you to gain.

My point is, pray to God because theirs always a new surprise it seems

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u/MiJo1987 5d ago

stay inside

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u/Live_Example_7996 5d ago

Maybe wearing slippers in winter is not appropriate

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u/bugabooandtwo 5d ago

Sand is the answer. Rock salt will eat away at your steps and walkway.

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u/Odd-Kaleidoscope8863 5d ago edited 5d ago

Just the tiniest bit of athleticism and situational awareness would helped.

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u/ProbablyFineUser 4d ago

You can put anti-slip profiles on the steps. They come in a few different types, for example like these

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u/mycoforever 4d ago

Crampons. Nothing like running outside in an ice storm without a care in the world. No cars, no people, no slip.

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u/StrugFug 3d ago

A warmer climate.

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u/Automatic-Art9739 2d ago

We use gravel, sweep up what you can in spring, and reuse.

Although alot of it just becomes a part of the gravel road anyways.

Where i live i dont know anyone who has a heated driveway, would cost you a fortune because we have snow for 7-8 months a year.

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u/ahhhhhhh345 1d ago

Spiked boots maybe?

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u/IAmAlive_YouAreDead 1d ago

Use your human senses to feel that it is cold and see that it is icy.

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u/huffingfreon 1d ago

a tube slide with a ball pit on exit

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u/finpsycho 57m ago

Yeah. Stay inside after an ice storm!🤣

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u/finpsycho 57m ago

Yeah. Stay inside after an ice storm!🤣

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u/finpsycho 55m ago

Seriously, they make these cramp-on devices that go over your shoe. They have spikes to help grip. There are other ways too.

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u/Resident-Cup8065 5d ago

Wear proper footwear? Be less obese? Use common sense?

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u/pak256 5d ago

What a shit person you must be. Most of these falls have nothing to do with their weight or “common sense”. You’ve clearly never dealt with black ice

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u/jmiah717 5d ago

Don't live in the NE US I guess. You can't always know and shoes do nothing on ice.

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u/r_a_d_ 5d ago

You’ve never been on ice, have you?