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Gordon Booth · 26-02-2011, 20:13

I asked a local charity who sell furniture to take a cane suite from our conservatory and sell it. Two men came, took the cushions off and picked up the settee. I picked up the cushions and followed. One turned round and saw me. 'Please sir, put them down,you can't do that!' 'Why not?' 'Health and Safety, sir. If you hurt yourself it's my fault!'. 'But I'm carrying MY cushions on MY drive!'. 'Doesn't matter, more than my job's worth!'. I gave up.
Ordered some new fence panels, wagon arrived, man starts unloading them at bottom of drive. It's a long drive so I asked him to stack them near the house. 'Can't do that,sir, not really allowed on private property. I should really leave them on the road.Health and safety, you know'. Nearly killed me moving them. So much for MY health and Safety.
Is it the fools in Europe who write the rules, the fools in UK who enforce them, or ordinary people who don't understand them and daren't risk breaking them?

26-02-2011, 20:13	#18
Gordon Booth Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,402 Liked: 715 times Rep Power: 46614	Re: Health and Safety I asked a local charity who sell furniture to take a cane suite from our conservatory and sell it. Two men came, took the cushions off and picked up the settee. I picked up the cushions and followed. One turned round and saw me. 'Please sir, put them down,you can't do that!' 'Why not?' 'Health and Safety, sir. If you hurt yourself it's my fault!'. 'But I'm carrying MY cushions on MY drive!'. 'Doesn't matter, more than my job's worth!'. I gave up. Ordered some new fence panels, wagon arrived, man starts unloading them at bottom of drive. It's a long drive so I asked him to stack them near the house. 'Can't do that,sir, not really allowed on private property. I should really leave them on the road.Health and safety, you know'. Nearly killed me moving them. So much for MY health and Safety. Is it the fools in Europe who write the rules, the fools in UK who enforce them, or ordinary people who don't understand them and daren't risk breaking them?