WITH an arctic storm and freezing rain set to hit the UK, it looks like we’ll all be dealing with the ice very soon.
And if you’re someone who struggles not to slip over when it’s snowed, there’s a new hack doing the rounds that promises to work like a dream.
Lisa took to TikTok to share the clever trick, as she showed herself with socks worn over the top of her shoes.
“No slipping for me today!” she wrote over the top of the video.
“Top tip, put socks over your shoes if you don’t have suitable footwear!”
“What a hack,” she captioned the video.
“I was sliding all over yesterday, not today!”
Lisa added in response to one comment: “I’ve not slipped at all – practically ran to work this morning!”
The comments section was almost immediately filled with people weighing in on the hack, with one questioning? “How does this work, wouldn’t socks give you less grip?”
“It’s the friction of the sock on the ice or something!” Lisa replied.
“Any socks or do they have to be certain type ie wool?” another asked.
With Lisa responding: “No, I just put normal black socks on but used 2 pairs!”
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“Oh my, I love this!” Lisa said.
“I work in an animal hospital and the dog walk part was slippy yesterday!
“I will tell the nurses to try it.”
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“I was very puzzled! this makes sense!!”
“Ha ha honestly it’s worked like a dream!” Lisa insisted.
“Luckily it was dark this morning and tonight when I’ve finished work!”
“Works a treat. Kept me on my feet today,” another added.
“I do it my kids laugh at me,” someone else wrote.
“But I’m not the one slipping!”
“I’m a carer and I used the ice grippers from work but I went back to the socks over shoes – much better,” another commented.
“My late dad used to swear by this,” someone else wrote.
“He never slipped once.
“Everyone used to joke around about it but they were the ones slipping not him lol.”
“My late aunt always did this,” another agreed.
“Everyone used to take the mick out of her.”
