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Announcements Mar 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM

No warning on the bath tub.

Posted by BROTHERBEARMASTER

Has anyone else noticed there is a warning on just about everything these days, except bath tubs? Bath tubs? One of the most dangerous places on earth. I can not tell you how many times I have almost dislocated my leg by twisting it in a horrible, unnatural direction when I have slipped and fallen while stepping in the bath tub. Sometimes even while it is dry! When you fall, there is also absolutely nothing to grab onto either. So dangerous! And no warning label on this? I am not saying we need a warning label on bath tubs. It is common knowledge that tubs are slippery. I am just saying it is silly that there are warnings on most things now, sadly most of which do not need them… But no warning on one of the most dangerous places ever?? Does anyone else find this odd? Blind OP.
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Signal_Fox8743 Mar 30, 2026 +19
I feel like you shouldn’t speak of this to anyone. Before you know it, there a law requiring a big red warning label on bathtubs and it’ll be a crime to remove it.
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BROTHERBEARMASTER Mar 30, 2026 +3
So true. 😹
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wivsta Mar 30, 2026 +6
I can make you a nice, laminated sign to place in the bathroom. Because it’s pretty basic stuff, honestly. But the points you have raised are definitely valid.
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Acceptable_Tea3608 Mar 30, 2026 +4
You can install a grab bar for something to hold. They usually go on the wall. Maybe look into some bar that be installed next to the tub.
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BROTHERBEARMASTER Mar 30, 2026 +3
I wish. My land lord will not let me. 😿 Thank you though. 😺
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alleecmo Mar 30, 2026 +7
I have mobility issues so when we travel, I have in my Shower Bag: a small shower stool that spins & comes apart to pack, a rubbery no slip shower mat w/ suction cups, and a pair of levered *suction cup grab bars*. Those bars hold VERY well and have saved me many times. I never knew such things existed until I stayed in a historic cottage AirBnB. I have another set in my own bathroom at home. We need to gut redo our bathroom, so then we'll install permanently mounted ones at home, but those suction cup ones *with the levers & colored safety indicators* (green for good, red for redo it) are fantastic! Am I allowed to post an Amazon link in this sub? EDIT: I take the 12 inch ones on trips & use the 16 inch ones at home. A pair is around $30 US
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BROTHERBEARMASTER Mar 30, 2026 +1
Thanks 😺
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mew5175_TheSecond Mar 30, 2026 +4
They have [suction cup versions of the grab bar](https://belroshop.com/products/sturdy-bathroom-shower-suction-cup-grab-bar-handle?currency=USD&variant=40359961362502&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&stkn=247f16242035&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=23214614832_pmax&utm_content={assetgroupname}&utm_term=pmax&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23214614832&gbraid=0AAAAABLC25gOiQ5-_cxpBkDwwCx3mIoVS&gclid=Cj0KCQjwm6POBhCrARIsAIG58CK0pkuAUhGiQr0CVZpKrxiYBGNDd0LpiKRvm7Tuspphh7QxGY18Am4aAnjrEALw_wcB) that your landlord shouldn't care about (or even have to know was installed… when you move you can remove it).
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BROTHERBEARMASTER Mar 30, 2026 +1
Thank you. 😺
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clockworkedpiece Mar 30, 2026 +2
inform the city perhaps? I didn't think grab bars were optional anymore.
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pc81rd Mar 30, 2026 +1
My house came with a grab bar installed in the master bath (previous owner was in her 90s when she sold it). I thought it was silly for a middle aged guy like me at first. I've since changed my opinion: it's genius! Highly recommended!
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Hot_Needleworker8289 Mar 30, 2026 +2
How would you read it? This is genuine curiosity, by the way, not attempting to be sarcastic or rude
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BROTHERBEARMASTER Mar 30, 2026
I would not sadly. I always just noticed this missing warning in what is an overly safety patted world now.
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Jaydamic Mar 30, 2026 +2
A former colleague fall in the tub while showering. There was a built in soap dish made of ceramic, like the tiles. She smashed it on the way down and wound up slicing herself right to the bone. Worst shower story I know.
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BROTHERBEARMASTER Mar 30, 2026 +1
🙀
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foopaints Mar 30, 2026 +1
My uncle slipped while stepping out of the bathtub, grabbed the sink, ripped it out of the wall, it shattered and sliced his hand and arm open. He's lucky he didn't lose his thumb.
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cigr Mar 30, 2026 +2
If you buy a new tub or shower, there are the usual warnings in the manual. You just don't normally see these.
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Call_Me_Chewie Mar 30, 2026 +4
Do you need a warning label for breathing? Buy a shower floor mat for the tub or those stickers that help to prevent slipping.
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BROTHERBEARMASTER Mar 30, 2026 +5
Edited to take out my no need to be rude part as it was a misunderstood mistake on my part. I have a mat, but I am blind and slip sometimes. Sorry, I forgot to put I am blind in the post. I edited the post. Sorry about that.😺
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asyrvv Mar 30, 2026 +3
A warning would help you if you're blind? How would you see it? I've never seen a braille warning label.
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BROTHERBEARMASTER Mar 30, 2026 +3
Honestly, there should be braille on most things now. I mean, it is 2026.
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Call_Me_Chewie Mar 30, 2026 +2
Wasn’t trying to be rude, was being sarcastic. Another option to help you would be to install a safety railing on the shower wall. If you can’t drill holes into the wall, I think there are some available with heavy duty suction cups to attach to the wall.
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BROTHERBEARMASTER Mar 30, 2026 +1
Oh sorry. My mistake. I will look for a suction cup bar as my land lord will not install a safety bar. Thank you, and sorry again.
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cKype Mar 30, 2026 +2
Warning labels are just to avoid responsibility against dumb people, if you fall in your bathtub that's on you. Nobody can think that plastic bag manufacturers in Vietnam would care if you were stupid enough to end yourself with their product.
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BROTHERBEARMASTER Mar 30, 2026 +1
I am blind and slip sometimes. Sorry, I forgot to put I am blind in the post. I edited the post. Sorry about that. 😺
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cKype Mar 30, 2026 +1
Now I have even more questions. Like.. audio warnings? Or do some warning labels actually have the touchy touchy blind reading?
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withyellowthread Mar 30, 2026 +2
Braille.
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cKype Mar 30, 2026
Sorry my queen, didn't see you here. Won't happen again.
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BROTHERBEARMASTER Mar 30, 2026
I wish braille was on mor things. 😿
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cKype Mar 30, 2026 +2
I never see it anywhere other than some books, but now you also have audio books these days.
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Extreme_Barracuda658 Mar 30, 2026 +1
They have them in California. I don't live there
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Dram1us Mar 30, 2026 +1
Hey man, the people who created these products also thought those warnings weren't necessary until Karen made the obvious mistake and had to cover their entitled arse somehow.
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MastusAR Mar 30, 2026 +1
Kind of offtopic, but how many of you actually have a bathtub instead of just a shower? In this neck of the woods they are quite rare nowadays. About 15 years ago I used to live in a apartment built in 1974, and there was pretty much nothing done to the place after that (some wallpaper and the kitchen cabinets were painted). That apartment still had a bathtub, most of the other apartments of the building were renovated and the bathtub was removed from all of them.
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cKype Mar 30, 2026 +1
I'm from Finland and you don't really see them anywhere else other than hotels. We have saunas in every apartment and house almost though so I guess that takes up the space
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kennhavoc Mar 30, 2026 +1
Behind every warning sign, was a safety briefing with a power point presentation on what happened and usually showing some guy royally f****** up.
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sweet_fiction Mar 30, 2026 +1
I agree, lowkey I’m glad I have a shower but I’ve used bathtubs plenty of times and they’re so scary and uncomfortable to use. I never even was a fan of taking bubble baths away because I just feel like a starfish motionless doing nothing.
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shortercrust Mar 30, 2026 +1
In the UK there are warnings on bathtubs in hotels and presumably other public places. I guess they figure you don’t need them in your own home any more then you need a knife to have a ‘warning - this item is sharp’ sticker.
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WoodSteelStone Mar 30, 2026 +1
And stairs! Stairs are the second highest cause of deaths in the home in my country (UK). Are there signs at the top and the bottom? No, there are not!! 🤨
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Psych0PompOs Mar 30, 2026 +1
This reads like a bot attempting to relate to humans using what it thinks would be a universal problem but isn't and when it is has many accessibility solutions.  "So dangerous!" amirite fellow humans?
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Competitive-Gold-464 Mar 30, 2026
Stop bathing. 👀
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