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

[bill at antique-engines.com]

Thanks Reg - we sure don't have the market cornered on idiot politicians
or insurance companies who want to make a 15000% profit or scared business
people.  I guess it shows maybe the liberals ARE beginning to leave the US
and settle elsewhere.

However, this REALLY belongs on slick since it's a political
statement/complaint from word one, not engine related in any form of the
word.

Bill
Runnells, Iowa, USA and proud of it

> No. I blame it here on OUR govt.
> Reg & Marg Ingold.
> Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
> randmingold at hotkey.net.au
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "peter ogborne" <jopeter at omninet.net.au>
> To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 3:43 PM
> Subject: [SEL] health and safety......gone mad.
>
>
>> 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
>>
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