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

[James Moran]

J&D-
  In terms of Mr. Ogborne's comment, I read it and (hopefully correctly  assumed) a "smiling face".  In the realm of cyberspace exchanges  (that is to say where one party is not "looking" into the face of the  other) I have found it better to (using the word again) "assume" things  are good-natured as opposed to mean spirited.
  I am probably off base more than half the time but, then again, I don't have any ulcers of which I am aware. :-)
  JM

Jim and Diane <jd.kirkes at verizon.net> wrote:  I bought a couple of pieces of steel about a month ago.  Walked into the 
yard and thrashed around through some of the remnants until I found some the 
right diameter.  The next step was to attract an employee to cut some of it 
off which finally happened.  I then carried this over to the scale and paid 
for it. No hard hats, vests or glasses.  What leads you to think that YOUR 
safety regulations are the fault of the US?

Jim

 and Diane Kirkes
Hemet, CA , U.S.A.
jd.kirkes at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter ogborne" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 8:43 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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