Pine Sol served to preschoolers oahu

[Guest]

Cousin of the button pusher?

https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2018...ple-juice/

[EightFingers]

I remember Pine Sol having a very distinctive odor, not at all like apple juice.

[Guest]

Yea .. lol the comment section on this pretty much says it all

[ElysianWort]

There is absolutely no excuse for this. Parents deserve to be irate and then some. Conveniently for the school the employee no longer works there, so no questions can be answered as to why or how such a terrible (can't call it a mistake), thing, could happen. I can't fathom how this could even be a mistake unless a seriously "brain-dead" person did the serving. In which case a person with said mental status should not have even been there employed in the first place.

[snorkle]

Well, they also serve the fatty glandular secretions of a hormone/antibiotic saturated field Bovine (with 28 grams of sugar).

[kalakoa]

Not to excuse the ineptitude, but what child would want to drink Pine-Sol?

Maybe there's a secondary lesson in "not drinking whatever an adult hands you"?

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

a classroom assistant preparing morning snacks for children at Kilohana United Methodist Church Preschool served the cleaning fluid

There are many people on Oahu who may not be able to read English, or if they can, they read at a basic level. This incident occurred at a private preschool, with an assistant so there was probably less oversight than at a public school. One would hope so anyway, with all of the public school administrators on the job, successfully keeping our keiki from drinking Pine-Sol over the years.

Take a look at a bottle of Pine-Sol and a bottle of apple juice and imagine you can't read English. The color is not much different. If you have time and want to take this experiment one step father, go to the Kilauea Market near the intersection of Kileauea Ave and Kekuanaoa St (HELCO intersection). See if you can figure out whats in some of the bottles or cans if they're written in Chinese without an illustration on the label. Here's an example (unfortunately most are in English, but you can get the idea):
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kilauea-market-hilo

We can't always assume somebody knows what we're saying (teacher to assistant) or writing, even if you think they can probably figure it out. Without clear instructions, or complete sentences with clear meaning, misinterpretations can occur.


Now, this is also a good example applicable for some of our other threads at the moment. Let's say someone believes they have a bottle of apple juice. Maybe the label fell off. They write a topic on Punaweb, "Apple Juice Tastes Funny." They ask if anyone else ever had apple juice that tasted like pine trees, and kinda extra tangy? Some reply with questions about the label (it's gone) or the shape of the bottle, and even suggest that maybe, perhaps, it's not apple juice but something else?

The fur flies, people become emotional and upset because some are asking too many questions. They're accused of not treating the poster with respect since they don't accept the poster's comments at face value, because the poster is entitled to his/her opinion, perhaps even their BELIEFS, religious or health-wise. Maybe someone went over the line and even asked for a commentator's background knowledge on the subject.

Without asking questions, will we ever find out it's not apple juice, but Pine-Sol? Unless we don't accept the original premise at face value, can we help the person who posted the topic? Or will we out of excess caution and politeness be reduced to saying things like, hey, well, try another sip, is it more like a Eastern White pine, Douglas fir, or perhaps a cedar? Was the bottle ever near a Christmas Tree? What if you boil it, or dilute it, would it be drinkable then? Would these respectful questions help the person who started the thread, or poison him/her?

Sometimes the best approach is to throw out the original premise or belief so you can reach a point where you realize it's in your own best interest to throw out the Pine-Sol, or else scrub your floors with it.

"I want great climate, we’re going to have that.” President Donald J. Trump, while viewing the massive wildfire devastation 11/17/18. (The J stands for Jenius)

[kalakoa]

Without clear instructions, or complete sentences with clear meaning, misinterpretations can occur.

Does Pine-Sol smell like something you should drink?

Would you believe it's "for your health" if your doctor handed you a cup of it?

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Does Pine-Sol smell like something you should drink?

The assistant didn’t drink it or taste it as she poured it into cups.
Three children took small sips but didn’t drink it.
Fortunately, no one drank the Pine-Sol.

Edited to add:
Three children at an East Honolulu preschool were served Pine-Sol instead of apple juice earlier this week, and took several sips of the cleaning fluid before child care workers realized the mistake.
Three young girls... were treated at the preschool. They were not taken to a hospital.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2018/11/30...preschool/

[My 2 cents]

This is the part that gets me:

[i]"The assistant reportedly “saw the yellow/brown colored liquid container on a clean-up cart in the kitchen and returned to the classroom,” despite it being properly labeled — and on a cart that exclusively held cleaning supplies.