The basement steps in our home are treacherous.
There isn’t a step that is the same width or distance apart.
Two steps are only six inches deep and others are almost a foot deep. They made the steps of stone, and they can get slippery when it is humid in the house. When the HVAC technician showed up to check out our furnace, I cautioned him to watch his step, and he told me he would be fine. The stairway lighting wasn’t the best, and I told him to use his flashlight. Half an hour later, I was sitting next to him on the steps as we waited for an ambulance. I didn’t think he had broken any bones, but he was complaining about his neck and his ankle was swelling. I called the HVAC company, and the owner was at my house before the ambulance. I explained I had cautioned him about the steps and told him to use his flashlight, but he ignored me. I heard the owner of the HVAC company questioning his technician and the guy admitted I had told him about the steps. We had a railing, but he didn’t think he needed to use it. The HVAC company owner stuck around after the ambulance left and took down some information. He apologized for the incident and said he would have another HVAC technician there by the end of the day. I hoped he would tell me how the technician was doing, but I was afraid to ask, until he said not to worry about being sued. It wasn’t the first time the tech had played a macho man in front of a pretty woman.