Sunday, November 05, 2006
Why oh why oh why...
I feel like a rant. I don't usually post opinion and other guff on here...usually something catches my eye as stoopid and Bob's-your-uncle, there's me post. Stuff it. It's my site....I'm not a journo...I'm going to rant and post it as it comes out. Still with me? Good....
Now yesterday, old-soldiers aged 70-90 had a chink in the rope of their flag-pole which meant they couldn't raise the Union Flag on Rememberence Day. The local 'grunts' at the firestation offered to come over with a ladder and sort it out....until one of their senior officers cited H&FB (Health & F***ing Safety) as a reason to not help....what if a fireman fell off the ladder. FFS. An old 84yo sergeant offered to shin up and get stuck so they'd rescue him and as your here lads...
In a well known supermarket by me, okay Tescos, some poor punter managed to drop a bottle of wine by the till. Luckily he hadn't paid for it, but it landed in it's base and so wine was spilt and glass was over the floor. Now you and me at home? We'd delicately collect the glass, we may put on gloves to do this - cos being safe is different to H&FS - pop it in a dust-pan the mop up the wine with a cloth and then clean the floor.
What did the Stripey Ninja's do? Close the till (fair enough)...the till to the left, the till to the right and moved on about 80 people trying to pay to other overcrowded tills and fenced off all three tills and had about 12 people keeping punters out of the area.
They then sent some bloke with what looked like a baby-roadsweeper down. This think is motorised but he pushes it (or does it pull him?) and it basically is supposed to Hoover the floor. A tannoy went out that due for reasons of H&FS tills 9, 10 & 11 were closed for essential maintenance. Oh and Hooverman? He went and got a dustpan, squeegy and mop & bucket. By the look on his face, he felt fencing off 100 sq feet of store for a small spillage was overkill too...
Aaaaaaaaaah!
Now yesterday, old-soldiers aged 70-90 had a chink in the rope of their flag-pole which meant they couldn't raise the Union Flag on Rememberence Day. The local 'grunts' at the firestation offered to come over with a ladder and sort it out....until one of their senior officers cited H&FB (Health & F***ing Safety) as a reason to not help....what if a fireman fell off the ladder. FFS. An old 84yo sergeant offered to shin up and get stuck so they'd rescue him and as your here lads...
In a well known supermarket by me, okay Tescos, some poor punter managed to drop a bottle of wine by the till. Luckily he hadn't paid for it, but it landed in it's base and so wine was spilt and glass was over the floor. Now you and me at home? We'd delicately collect the glass, we may put on gloves to do this - cos being safe is different to H&FS - pop it in a dust-pan the mop up the wine with a cloth and then clean the floor.
What did the Stripey Ninja's do? Close the till (fair enough)...the till to the left, the till to the right and moved on about 80 people trying to pay to other overcrowded tills and fenced off all three tills and had about 12 people keeping punters out of the area.
They then sent some bloke with what looked like a baby-roadsweeper down. This think is motorised but he pushes it (or does it pull him?) and it basically is supposed to Hoover the floor. A tannoy went out that due for reasons of H&FS tills 9, 10 & 11 were closed for essential maintenance. Oh and Hooverman? He went and got a dustpan, squeegy and mop & bucket. By the look on his face, he felt fencing off 100 sq feet of store for a small spillage was overkill too...
Aaaaaaaaaah!
