Beware of hanging televisions in restaurants and coffee shops

The cage, as can be seen on the right hand corner of this picture, holds an old-fashioned television outside this coffee shop in Batu Gajah. Those who walk along the corridor are likely to walk past it. Some like me, will make an effort to avoid walking under it. Why?

A few days ago, I advised a friend who has a stall selling Economy Rice in Lung Fatt coffee shop. I said, 'Your good friend's restaurant should not place a table and chairs under the television set, it looks dangerous. Once I saw my brother's ex-classmate and his wife sitting right under it and I was tempted to say it out but didn't. There were at least 10 empty tables and I do not see why they chose that one. If he did not place a table under it, nobody would sit there.'

Two nights ago, I went to the restaurant and the owner in a gesture to hit me, jokingly said, 'You said it will fall down, it fell!' One of his workers was about to adjust something and the television set fell onto the table, breaking it and he was slightly hurt.

Let this be a warning to owners of restaurants and coffee shops with such hanging television sets that they are not 100% safe. The least they could do is to avoid having a table and chairs underneath it. Customers should avoid sitting under heavy objects regardless of what people assure you.