Kids of today….

[ZedLeg]

I didn’t say the risk has to be removed, it should be mitigated as much as possible though.

I’m sure your employer is working to standard but if I was doing a H&S review and you said you tell people not to wear gloves when handling hazardous materials it would ring alarm bells.

[dinny_g]

I have to laugh at the office jockeys thinking their opinion on Dave’s world - which we know stretches from the first world to the third world and back again - have any merit

[ZedLeg]

Come on man, he literally just said folk in Bangladesh do wear the gloves

[ZedLeg]

I’ve done health and safety work for almost every company I’ve worked for and handling hazardous materials is like the most basic risk after trips and falls.

Fuck me for not wanting employees to get hurt though

[V8Granite]

Come on man, he literally just said folk in Bangladesh do wear the gloves

Yeah, they break a lot of engines aswell.

Dave!

[V8Granite]

I am not anti health and safety, they’ve made great strides in hearing protection and working hours we have to work etc but they go too far on a lot of aspects.

We had to put shields on a flywheel guard, the shields covered the step, 20 cm above the step was a ceiling, it was incase we climbed up it and fell off.

Dave!

[dinny_g]

I’ve done health and safety work for almost every company I’ve worked for and handling hazardous materials is like the most basic risk after trips and falls.

Fuck me for not wanting employees to get hurt though

I’d imagine that the health and safety required for the materials and manufacturing process to make the phone you’re replying on are non existent.

But hey, anything for a cheaper Samsung eh???

[ZedLeg]

What’s your point here mate?

If I’m supposed to feel bad for taking part in global capitalism, I do but I also have bills to pay.

Most people have bills to pay and have the right to work without undue risk of harm.

Ha ha, we offshored all our industrial process so we don’t have to worry about the harm it does isn’t the dunk you think it is.

[V8Granite]

I’ve done health and safety work for almost every company I’ve worked for and handling hazardous materials is like the most basic risk after trips and falls.

Fuck me for not wanting employees to get hurt though

I’d imagine that the health and safety required for the materials and manufacturing process to make the phone you’re replying on are non existent.

But hey, anything for a cheaper Samsung eh???

I’d say that’s a bit of a stretch, we are just talking about teenagers and weird job expectations.

I wore Nikes to work today so don’t want to feel guilty while typing on my iPhone

Dave!

[Simon]

What job precludes the use of nitrile gloves?

Stripper.

Depends on the establishment I guess...

[Beany]

What job precludes the use of nitrile gloves?

Stripper.

I'll put a fiver on there being a specialist niche for that on OnlyFans.

[V8Granite]

Hairy bear stripper mechanic, gloveless.

Dave!

[ZedLeg]

Hairy bear stripper mechanic, gloveless.

Dave!

I’ve been to that place

[Marv]

Oddly the Phillipino speaks excellent English but the 2 Norwegians not much at all. Which certainly isn’t common as most people I work with speak the queens English more accurately than I do.
Dave!

English is an equal first language in the Philippines. AFAIK all the kids grow up learning to speak English and Tagalog and if they're from a region that speaks another Filipino language, then they of course learn that too.

It seems now that pre-school generations of young Filpinos are actually starting to learn to speak English before Tagalog now, which surprised me as it never used to be that way when I was young.

I work with Norwegians alot, and generally find their grasp of English to be excellent. Maybe not quite as good as the Danes or Swedes, but from what I understand the Norwegians still start learning English from a young age.

[Beany]

Hairy bear stripper mechanic, gloveless.

Dave!

I’ve been to that place

...and that's why you drink.