Serious advice please. Found shrapnel in our baby's nappies.
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M6L11 said:
We've been offered a tour of their factory in Manchester (erm, no thanks?!) and a donation to a charity. They have failed to release any statements or acknowledge the problem publicly to confirm the truth of our allegations. Not that surprising for a company looking to minimise bad PR from the outset, but we have in the interim received everything from hate mail (including a doctor who accused us of hurting our baby intentionally for 'compo') to death threats and a threat to blow up our house with us all inside. All of the nastiness on the stated grounds that we are clearly lying compo/sun-seeking chancers and child abusers. The general public are such lovely people.
That is shocking, but then going on some of the responses in this thread, perhaps not.Please keep us updated with the doctor-thing. What the f
k were they thinking?! 
Can't believe the state of the British public - the whole compo culture thing has gotten way out of hand if people are now just assuming that parents warning other parents about dangerous things is an attempt to extract some cash somewhere down the line.
I think you've handled this all with a degree of decorum that a lot of people could learn from.
I think you've handled this all with a degree of decorum that a lot of people could learn from.
G-Rich said:
Can't believe the state of the British public - the whole compo culture thing has gotten way out of hand if people are now just assuming that parents warning other parents about dangerous things is an attempt to extract some cash somewhere down the line.
My view would be that a lot of the reaction is a response to the almost hysterical tone set by the OP's OP - and that tone was carried through elsewhere.Having said that, Pampers response, bearing in mind they've identified the problem, is somewhat surprising. That's the kind of response you'd expect if they claimed to have found nothing wrong.
Sheepshanks said:
G-Rich said:
Can't believe the state of the British public - the whole compo culture thing has gotten way out of hand if people are now just assuming that parents warning other parents about dangerous things is an attempt to extract some cash somewhere down the line.
My view would be that a lot of the reaction is a response to the almost hysterical tone set by the OP's OP - and that tone was carried through elsewhere.Having said that, Pampers response, bearing in mind they've identified the problem, is somewhat surprising. That's the kind of response you'd expect if they claimed to have found nothing wrong.
k naked screaming it in Leicester Sq, I don't think anyone is deserving of that. I'm sure he and his partner would far rather none of this had happened!I did mean to mention earlier and it's just prompted me reading what you have said, from what I have seen on facebook, (a couple of days after you first came here), yours is not the only batch, someone else had posted pictures of nappies they had with shards in, but I am damned if I can find it now
Sheepshanks said:
My view would be that a lot of the reaction is a response to the almost hysterical tone set by the OP's OP - and that tone was carried through elsewhere.
Having said that, Pampers response, bearing in mind they've identified the problem, is somewhat surprising. That's the kind of response you'd expect if they claimed to have found nothing wrong.
Hardly hysterical. Angry, furious, concerned; yes. If you found out your baby was injured because of third party negligence you'd unwittingly been complicit in, you'd feel pretty bloody terrible as well. Having said that, Pampers response, bearing in mind they've identified the problem, is somewhat surprising. That's the kind of response you'd expect if they claimed to have found nothing wrong.
SpeedChick yes we're well aware of the other cases and have liaised with the parents involved. P&G insist they're all separate isolated incidents and only ours was caused by their factory.
M6L11 said:
Hardly hysterical. Angry, furious, concerned; yes. If you found out your baby was injured because of third party negligence you'd unwittingly been complicit in, you'd feel pretty bloody terrible as well.
Wonder what you will feel like when you are 100% responsible for your child getting hurt, because it will happen ...._dobbo_ said:
Not the same thing, and you know it.
Yes it is.Child gets a cut finger because the parent left a sharp knife accessible and nobody hears about it.
Child gets a cut bum because of some metal in a nappy and it's all over the net and the press.
Accidents happen, both in life and business.
PurpleMoonlight said:
Yes it is.
Child gets a cut finger because the parent left a sharp knife accessible and nobody hears about it.
Child gets a cut bum because of some metal in a nappy and it's all over the net and the press.
Accidents happen, both in life and business.
What strange things to say. If a parent leaves a knife out and a child is injured, there aren't another several million people potentially with the same knife unknowingly sitting on their table. Talk about a strawman. 'Accidents' (or indeed negligence) do happen, but if you can prevent further harm that's pretty much the sensible and decent thing to do. The manufacturer clearly weren't all that bothered, but we had several mails from people who had found metal in their nappies before use after seeing our story. That's potentially less injured babies so damn straight it was all over the net and the press. Child gets a cut finger because the parent left a sharp knife accessible and nobody hears about it.
Child gets a cut bum because of some metal in a nappy and it's all over the net and the press.
Accidents happen, both in life and business.
ETA: I love how a multi-billion dollar global corporation put out piss poor products, but I'm the one constantly defending myself and my actions one way or another. If half the energy was directed at P&G they might have actually pulled their fingers out.
Edited by M6L11 on Friday 28th August 16:15
M6L11 said:
What strange things to say. If a parent leaves a knife out and a child is injured, there aren't another several million people potentially with the same knife unknowingly sitting on their table. Talk about a strawman.
And yet your priority was not to protect those other children as your first phone call was not to alert the manufacturer.Strawman indeed.
You wanted your 15 minutes of fame, now you have to live with the consequences.
PurpleMoonlight said:
And yet your priority was not to protect those other children as your first phone call was not to alert the manufacturer.
Strawman indeed.
You wanted your 15 minutes of fame, now you have to live with the consequences.
No it was to Trading Standards. How irrelevant eh? Quit trolling. Ironically I hesitated posting here precisely because of the mentality of most of the replies. We turned down interviews with three newspapers, four magazines (four figure sums) and a TV interview. (ETA oh and a BBC radio 4 interview). Yes, 15 minutes of fame indeed. Perhaps your viewpoint says more about you than us. Thanks for your input.Strawman indeed.
You wanted your 15 minutes of fame, now you have to live with the consequences.
PurpleMoonlight said:
Yes it is.
Child gets a cut finger because the parent left a sharp knife accessible and nobody hears about it.
Child gets a cut bum because of some metal in a nappy and it's all over the net and the press.
Accidents happen, both in life and business.
RidiculousChild gets a cut finger because the parent left a sharp knife accessible and nobody hears about it.
Child gets a cut bum because of some metal in a nappy and it's all over the net and the press.
Accidents happen, both in life and business.
You're knife is nowhere near other peoples kids.
These nappies are sold all over the country so WILL be exposed to other folks kids arses.
PurpleMoonlight said:
And yet your priority was not to protect those other children as your first phone call was not to alert the manufacturer.
Strawman indeed.
You wanted your 15 minutes of fame, now you have to live with the consequences.
Seems like you might be after your own 15 mins of fame for being a completely obvious troll. Strawman indeed.
You wanted your 15 minutes of fame, now you have to live with the consequences.
To the OP, no one deserves death threats or doctors accusing you of things either over something like this which was not your doing. This is exactly why I wouldn't let the press anywhere near my family. All they want is headlines, its totally ridiculous.
spats said:
Seems like you might be after your own 15 mins of fame for being a completely obvious troll.
To the OP, no one deserves death threats or doctors accusing you of things either over something like this which was not your doing. This is exactly why I wouldn't let the press anywhere near my family. All they want is headlines, its totally ridiculous.
To be fair the press coverage was fairly unbiased and factual (Daily Star dramatic lulz aside). It reached most of Europe as far as Greece, the USA (New York) and Australia with nary a bad word. The only idiots came out on Facebook and, ironically, PH.To the OP, no one deserves death threats or doctors accusing you of things either over something like this which was not your doing. This is exactly why I wouldn't let the press anywhere near my family. All they want is headlines, its totally ridiculous.
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