Careful of the Crocs

Just when you thought it was safe to go back ... on the escalator, there's news of various reports from around the world of a new hazard ... Crocs! Not the living, breathing, chase you up the beach kind but the other variety - the plastic, soft-soled clogs that have taken the world by storm (and which are sometimes referred to as "farm shoes", especially if they're yellow, and intended to be a Christmas present <sniff> but don't get me started on that now ...). According to a report on Yahoo US News, numerous reports are being received from rail stations and shopping malls about people, especially young ones, getting their toes caught in escalators ... and the element they have in common appears to be Crocs (or other non-original versions of them). According to one woman's report, her son's Croc was "sucked up by the sidewall of the escalator and his Croc was mangled". Luckily he escaped injury, toes intact. Crocs have begun putting a warning tag on their shoes.