Health and Safety Madness

[vetran]

Do you work in Jamestown by any chance? Don't accept any drinks they hand you out

carry drinks? what kind of homicidal maniac are you?

Drinks may only be consumed in approved receptacles and areas once they have been formally checked for temperature. Carrying drinks on stairs is considered an offence puinihable by dismissal.

[mudskipper]

carry drinks? what kind of homicidal maniac are you?

Drinks may only be consumed in approved receptacles and areas once they have been formally checked for temperature. Carrying drinks on stairs is considered an offence puinihable by dismissal.

Too bloody right.

At client-co, you're picking your way through puddles of coffee as you climb the stairs. I always spill mine in the lift instead.

[Bunk]

when the challenger offers their hand to shake, grab their finger and shake it limply.

FTFY

That's the CUK clique handshake. Also has the added bonus that the person will never shake your hand again

[Bunk]

Oil & Gas Co?

I worked at one where all the H&S stuff seemed way over the top until I attended a short presentation that explained why.

As you can imagine H&S is pretty important on a rig or refinery and a large percentage of their staff would visit these environments on a regular basis so they decided to introduce the same rules across all sites to maintain standards, it was proven to reduce accidents dramatically.

Did they bother to measure the dramatic decline in staff morale?

[gingerjedi]

Did they bother to measure the dramatic decline in staff morale?

It was fine, not being scalded, knocked over or falling down a gantry was seen as a benefit by most.

[d000hg]

Did you forget to login to the gricerboy account for this?

[doodab]

I had an O&G client where someone told me off for walking up the stairs with my hands full (I was on the way to a meeting, with laptop etc).

The same ****ers were happy to have me sit on a filing cabinet when there wasn't a desk available.

[NickFitz]

Carry a pack of disposable latex gloves and insist on putting them on before shaking hands, while hectoring them about transmission of germs.

Bonus points for managing to grab the hand before they have a chance to explain they're allergic to latex

[zoco]

This handrail thing seems to be their flagship health and safety policy.

They also encourage staff to come up with their own initiatives.

I'm tempted to suggest not holding the handrail since I'd rather break my neck than succumb to one of those nasty winter stomach viruses picked up from touching surfaces that have been contaminated by filthy individuals who don't wash their hands after taking a dump.

[d000hg]

Move for wall-mounted anti-bacteria gell dispensers at the top/botto of each staircase, and on each side of every door, so you can clean yourself after having to touch any public surface.

It's what the NHS do now after all (which I pointedly ignore whenever possible on principle).