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

[peter ogborne]

Correctly assumed James.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Moran" <jrmoraninc at yahoo.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 3:07 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] health and safety......gone mad.


> 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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