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Risk Taking
September 07 2011
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RHP User
14 years ago
I'm surrounded by it at work, they're safety nazis and there are too many examples to list! I call it "insulating against stupidity". However in saying that, these days society tends to be more safety conscious as a result of this new age of mindless litigation, where safety and commen sense appear to have adopted a monetary value.
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RHP User
14 years ago
Thankyou favourite Mod!! *big grin*
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RHP User
14 years ago
At my ex husbands work there is a sign at the stairs that tells you to mind the stairs. The first time I saw it I tripped because I was reading it and not looking at where I was going :PMy Uncle is an paramedic and he was called to a workplace once for a paper cut. The staff were following their work place procedures...Back to the warnings though. In the case of a warning on your yoghurt, the company that produced and packaged that yoghurt have just admitted to you that there is a potential risk to opening the tub. Isn't that like admitting there is a problem that they have not attempted to rectify? Based on that, if you do open the yoghurt, a little bit sploshes out and stains your shirt, maybe you have grounds to sue for the dry cleaning!xx Salina
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RHP User
14 years ago
I don't see him wasting a drop! That stuff is like a creamy, fruity mouth orgasm! Maybe that's what the warning is about - open with care because there's no turning back once you've discovered it and every other yoghurt will pale in comparison after you eat it. Just like 'smoking is addictive' perhaps it's more a community / health service announcement? Yep, leave it in the fridge for a couple of weeks I reckon! ;-) By the way, my last workplace took the stairs sign one step further and told you to 'Beware of the Stairs' LOL
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RHP User
14 years ago
Facial tissues. Seriously, like I would use them for anything else!HugsStalky
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RHP User
14 years ago
No Frills... facial tissues.. no less.
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RHP User
14 years ago
No Frills... facial tissues.. no less.
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RHP User
14 years ago
Quoting 'flirty_bi_fem' By the way, my last workplace took the stairs sign one step further and told you to 'Beware of the Stair' LOL Maybe the signwriter was a poet deep down.
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RHP User
14 years ago
Quoting 'Salsa_McCans'Back to the warnings though. In the case of a warning on your yoghurt, the company that produced and packaged that yoghurt have just admitted to you that there is a potential risk to opening the tub. Isn't that like admitting there is a problem that they have not attempted to rectify? Based on that, if you do open the yoghurt, a little bit sploshes out and stains your shirt, maybe you have grounds to sue for the dry cleaning!xx SalinaWho opens yoghurt fully dressed?? Seriously
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RHP User
14 years ago
I love the little silica packets in bottles of pills with "not for consumption" written on them :) and the myriad of medications and lotions that feel it's necessary to specify "external use only". I'm still most amused by the bit of marshland near my house having large signs with "Warning: snakes. If sighted do not approach, may be poisonous". Well thanks for that, I was thinking they were cute and wanted to pet them?!? Best work-related? "warning: blades sharp" on a food processor. *sigh*
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RHP User
14 years ago
What about the warning label on Childrens Medicine that warn them not to opperate heavy machinery !!!!
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RHP User
14 years ago
we would never be able to use a camera.....*Do not use in bright light*Do not use near water*Do not use in sand*Do not use in hot weatherWhat tha!I do think Victoria is becoming a Nanny State.....I saw a red goat on tele the other night, it name was Julia Greene
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RHP User
14 years ago
Actually this is my area I have experience in Liability issues especially as they relate to insurance. The warning labels are as a result of the Civil Liability Act and amendments to the Trade Practices Act along with developing taut law. . Australia is one of the most litigious nations in the world. We will sue for almost any reason. Contingent fees by lawyers make the process much easier and accessible for people to take actions. . Now here is the cruncher the law basically states that a set of knives should carry a warning that they can cut you. Likewise the yoghurt lid can cut you hence the warning…coffee is hot it can burn you. . Winnebago had to do a global recall of it Driver manual because…wait for this A guy pulled on to the freeway engaged cruise control and then got up and went and made a coffee…He was awarded over $ 800,000. When we need to be protected from our stupidity something is wrong. The manual was amended to explain how cruise control actually works. . LC
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RHP User
14 years ago
Road signs...who in the hell writes those things? A few years ago I was traveling in Arizona and of course wanted to head up to the Grand Canyon. Sure there are mountains and cliffs everywhere and I was taking the route through Sedona....every few miles as you are driving on the edge of the cliffs are these damn signs saying "Watch for Falling Rocks". | Have you ever tried to drive, not fly over a cliff and look up hoping you weren't about to be smashed by a huge freaking rock? I was so totally freaked when I heard this weird *thud* and drove right over something on the road...I did not even see what it was until it was too late. It was only then that I understood what the signs really meant. | I had just driven over the Chief of the entire Apache nation. | | I did apologize to his daughter, Slippery When Wet....then found out her brother, Deer Crossing had died in a similar accident before they took down the stupid signs. | We need less not more....Dangerous Curves Ahead.
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RHP User
14 years ago
"Slow Hump Ahead" - that one always cracks me up. Outside our local post office we have "press bell for attention" - one day I might just do that and see what happens!! But its all the terrorist proof packaging that gets me - I can never get into my packages etc these days. Its all just too hard! Sigh!!! Pusscat xxx
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RHP User
14 years ago
Quoting 'LoveCurvie'What about the warning label on Childrens Medicine that warn them not to opperate heavy machinery !!!! That is the one. I love it when measuring out a dose for a two year old. Dont drink alcohol or operate heavy machinery. (As if) this medication may cause drowsiness (we can only hope)
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RHP User
14 years ago
We used to call it common sense. Now it's called OH&S. Sadly common sense just isn't so common any more. It seems we are trying to idiot proof the world but I honestly don't think that is possible because there are just too many of them out there!!By the way, snakes are my specialty so if anyone has problems just give me a call! Always willing to suck that venom out of those nasty bites! It's those one eyed trouser ones that are the most dangerous though. One spit and you swell for nine months!! Nasty buggers!On a more serious note I did actually work with deadly snakes and crocs for several years and was an animal rescuer specializing in reptiles. My friends still call me if they have a snake in their yard they want relocated. Jean_Girard you were lucky the box with the snake was actually marked. Came to my door one day to find a small cardboard box and opened it up to find a 6 foot brown snake curled up inside! Scared the living bejesus out of me!! Luckily for me and not so luckily for the snake he had been run over by a car and his spine was damaged so he was unable to move. There are occasions when signage is definitely a preferred option! Kisses all,L
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RHP User
14 years ago
Quoting 'LoveCurvie'What about the warning label on Childrens Medicine that warn them not to opperate heavy machinery !!!! Well we know those Tonka trucks can be hard to handle
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RHP User
14 years ago
Quoting 'LoveCurvie' . Now here is the cruncher the law basically states that a set of knives should carry a warning that they can cut you. Likewise the yoghurt lid can cut you hence the warning…coffee is hot it can burn you. LCOK... so are you saying there isn't anything nasty likely to be hiding in that yoghurt tub and I just need to be careful about cutting myself when I take the lid off? Should I wear gloves? Or maybe there is somewhere I can go to get the tub opened safely...
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RHP User
14 years ago
Quoting 'Jean_Girard' OK... so are you saying there isn't anything nasty likely to be hiding in that yoghurt tub and I just need to be careful about cutting myself when I take the lid off? Should I wear gloves? Or maybe there is somewhere I can go to get the tub opened safely... I would suggest you convene an OH&S meeting before you open the Dangerous Item: Establish a best practice precodure...now there is alway the possability of splash back as well so can I suggest you add goggles to the protection equipment !!
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RHP User
14 years ago
Quoting 'Jean_Girard' Quoting 'LoveCurvie' . Now here is the cruncher the law basically states that a set of knives should carry a warning that they can cut you. Likewise the yoghurt lid can cut you hence the warning…coffee is hot it can burn you. LCOK... so are you saying there isn't anything nasty likely to be hiding in that yoghurt tub and I just need to be careful about cutting myself when I take the lid off? Should I wear gloves? Or maybe there is somewhere I can go to get the tub opened safely... I think it means that once you have the lid safely off the tub and have cleaned up the resultant mess with facial tissues, that you should proceed to lick the lid really carefully from the center outwards rather than from the edge inwards...
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erotictouch4u
14 years ago
CAUTION ROAD PLANT AHEAD . I mean, really, why put a tree in the middle of the road ? ET xox
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RHP User
14 years ago
Quoting 'irresponsibility' I think it means that once you have the lid safely off the tub and have cleaned up the resultant mess with facial tissues, that you should proceed to lick the lid really carefully from the center outwards rather than from the edge inwards...Oh that is how I always lick when I am trying to clean up a spill, whether it be a yoghurt lid or something else that requires attention... :-)
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RHP User
14 years ago
Once when our son was teething many moons ago and we had bugger all sleep for a few days we went to the chemist to see if we could get anything for him and got given polarimine ,after being given this the chemist asked if we minded that it might make him drowsy and sleep alot . After a few nights with a screeming baby and no sleep ourselves we decided that we didnt mind at all
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