[SEL] health and safety......gone mad.

[peter ogborne]

Today I went to my local Smorgon Steel supply to buy a piece of 100 x6 MS 
flat bar ,an off cut would be OK.To enter the premises it is now required to 
wear a safety helmet, a fluro coloured vest and a pair of questionable 
safety glasses.

The points I made to the management were....
The safety hat , only three were available none of which were the correct 
size and sat on my head like a bloody pimple on a pumpkin.
The glasses were old and not sterilised.
The fluro vest ....apart from making me look like a bloody idiot I could 
not see as to what purpose it served.

I was told by management in no uncertain manner that unless I clad myself in 
this ridiculous attire I could not enter.
Consequently as I wanted the material I obliged.
To cap it all off ......the item cost me $2 but the bloody paperwork cost 
the firm $15 ,computer entry's etc etc.
I must say that the staff member after an interminable time on the keyboard 
seemed to grab this figure from out of thin air ,I am sure it bore no 
relevance to what was on the screen
I lay the blame for this madness solely at the foot of the United States of 
America.
Peter Ogborne
Little Grove ,Albany
West Australia
''Heart of the Rainbow Coast ''
jopeter at omninet.net.au