ROFL Bill! what an interesting picture that makes! :) You use it going to the shopping mall, like from the parking lot, right? I mean, you don't use it in a mall, do you? Back in my foolish youth, me and another guy decided to see how far we could get around on our roller skates -- they were outdoor skates -- and we used them to travel about 2 miles to the center of town. Once there, we went into a grocery store, and that linoleum flooring beneath our metals wheels was slick -- slippery, that is, very slippery. My friend knocked down a small display of coffee jars, so we quickly left that store and went to another. Before further damage occured, the second store asked us to leave. Wise move on their part! :)