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Used to work for that crowd, at a remote locality.
Took two guys from the regional office to come out and inspect the lawn mower. (clean, sharp blades, fuel etc)
BUT they did not want to know about the 170kva 6 cyc diesel generator .................:~
Perhaps its the OHS and blame game we now involve ourselves in that is the cause. Supervisors are in the sights now so do you blame them for protecting their families from get rich quick litigation?
OH&S is very important but when companies go overboard no doubt due to wimpy greedy lawyers and scaredy cat sheltered insurance brokers it becomes ridiculous.
The comedy like behaviour of supervisers is not entirely a reflection of the supervisors but it is certainly a reflection on the company.
I have pride and I am sorry for those who do not have any pride. I suggest to anyone who has any self pride and is ordered to follow stupid procedures for them to raise the issue with management. If management does not respond then take action like resigning especially if you hold a key position.
If you are a customer of such an organisation then take your business elsewhere. Do you want to be associated with fools?
I do not like to see adults treated like fools by these large companies where adults responsible for their families and community are threatened with the sack if they don't act like moronic idiots. How demoralising it must be for them.
This stupidity has to stop. The dangerous part of it is that people could possibly classify all OH&S procedures as ridiculous based on some iof the idiotic procedures.
Safety and OH&S is vitally important but not when it is implemented to the point of being ridiculous under the guise of being a litigation risk.
Yeah ... "safety" ... "privacy" ... they're all a cop out for the lazy and stupid.
Time we rebelled.
My idea: Let's have a day of national disobedience where every service club in Australia holds a barbecue on the steps of its local council office WITHOUT A FOOD SAFETY PLAN!!
The worst (best??) that could happen is that we kill a few councillors with crook sausages ... hahaahahaha
where can we get some crook sausages?
Had the same problem here when they put the Ambulance levy onto your electricity bill.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...6-3102,00.html
Telstra rang me today to try and sell me their stinking nextg wireless broadband.
Me: What does it cost
Testra chick :$34 for 500mb
I pay $47 for isdn with unlimited downloads and I use 3 gig
Testra chick : We are closing the isdn network.
Testra chick : 3 Gig will cost you $117 per month sir.
Me (changing direction): Would you deal with someone who practises deceptive & misleading methods
Testra chick : Oh no I certainly wouldn't
Me: Well telstra has been found guilty in a court of law of indulging in decepitive and misleading practices
End of discussion.
(I forgot to tell her that nextg only works here occaisionally)
Guys,
There are plenty of people making plenty of money on the back of these OH&S crazes. Its also worse in some states than others and yes, Vic is the worst. But its been that way for at least 10 years.
A story doing the rounds concerns an incident on a farm where he lost his life in a tractor accident. As the structure was a trust and there were two trustees WorkCover decided to go the other for having an unsafe workplace, ipso facto. You can guess what comes next, she gets charged and summoned for the death of her husband by Workcover.
Never heard an ending, but its a good story.
Sebastiaan