Health and safety in UK

flowerfairy · Post by **flowerfairy** » Mon 23 Apr 2012 6:24 pm

On a visit to Uk, I went with my sister, who had ordered a pair of boots.
As she was taking her shoes off to try the boots on, she asked for a ''pop sock''.
The salesman said that they could no longer provide them for health and safety
reasons. We sat and tried to guess why....
After about three wrong guesses, he laughed and told us the real reason..........

They are not allowed to provide them ........in case a child puts one in it's mouth
and chokes

Can you believe it???????

Marions · Post by **Marions** » Mon 23 Apr 2012 6:30 pm

Another reason for being grateful for being here. This morning I went to one of the school's celebrations and they had an egg and spoon race with spoon held in moutyh! and a blow up the balloon until it bursts in hyour face! Great fun and laughter. But in U.K?????????Never.
So, it doesn't matter in U.K if you pass on some terrible foot disease by trying on a shoe with no sock or stocking, but it does matter that an uncontorlled child might shove it in their mouth. Surely that would be blame apportioned on the mother - who might be the one trying on the shoe.
Cor blimey. How my own country has changed. Or come to tha,t it isn't 'my country' any more!
and owuld you believe in Australia it is no longer 'health and safety' but 'Safety and health' as they now reckon if safety comes first then health follows. And that is all a bit barmy over there too. Take a risk for oneself? never!

andrew4232 · Post by **andrew4232** » Tue 24 Apr 2012 6:09 am

its all gone to far, i like the health & safety here every year all the building workers get a new pair of safety flip flops

flowerfairy · Post by **flowerfairy** » Tue 24 Apr 2012 6:58 am

Hey, Andrew, I love it
The shop owner also told us that officially he isn't allowed to change a light bulb, he should call an
electritian. Yeah, 99p light bulb.....£30 call out charge, and we wonder why prices are going up.

Post by **Soner** » Tue 24 Apr 2012 7:24 am

When I had worked as a Civil Servant, I was not allowed to carry boxes of files or move anything heavy due to Health & Saftey, I had to book someone who was employed and trained to move heavy items. I paid no attention to the rules although many did.

woodspeckie · Post by **woodspeckie** » Tue 24 Apr 2012 9:32 am

I wouldn't put a sock on if someone else had used it either, if I go out to buy shoes I put a pair of pop socks in my handbag.