SLIPPERY CUSTOMERS

Is my memory playing tricks, or was it not once the custom for Brigg shopkeepers to deal with snow and ice outside their premises (car parks included)?
Negotiating a shopping trolley out of Lidl and along the adjoining car park this morning was no joke, given the icy conditions. Not that we wish to single out Lidl, by any means. Their area was no worse than others.
Brigg's footpaths - and there are miles of them - have also been very slippery, although finding the resources to salt and sand the lot would be very difficult for North Lincolnshire Council. If not impossible.
Unfortunately, given today's litigation culture, if the council did commit to doing some footpaths, and a resident suffered injury after slipping on one they had not been salted or sanded, the authority might, in theory, face a compensation claim.
Unfortunately, more freezing weather is forecast. Infact, sod's law will probably apply once again, with cold conditions up to December 24, with mild, wet weather the following day to rob us of that rare dream, A White Christmas, just like the ones we used to know.
Put away the film clip of B-B-B-Bing Crosby crooning by the tree for another year!