Health and Safety
Where I work, the office managers are obssessed with health and safety. We frequently have to attend lectures on it and things like Xmas decorations are vetted for suitability - ie. fairy lights are a definite fire risk so they are off limits - and emails frequently circulate telling us how to do things like switching off appliances or not using certain appliances in certain plugs etc.
It's ludicrous, grown adults are being treated like retarded children. Don't do this, do do that, don't do that like that, it is ridiculous and frankly a little pathetic.
It is also one of Blair's legacies to Britain. Nanny state Britain. Let's suckle on Britannia's bosom before she reinserts you into her womb! Yes, that's right, you are a child, you can't make decisions for yourself. You are a fool so let us guide you and make it right.
In fact, if you want to know how ridiculous it is then get this. My grandfather was an electrician for over forty years, the man knows his shit. Yet, he is not allowed to wire up his own bathroom or kitchen because he doesn't have a recognised qualification! The fuck-knuckles who are hired to do jobs on his kitchen have less experience and less knowledge but, because they have qualifications, they can wire up his kitchen... badly. He can do the job very well, but if there was a fire he wouldn't get any insurance because he isn't qualified. But if an incompetent monkey causes a fire because of incompetent wiring then that's okay the insurance company will pay up because the man has qualifications. Where is the fucking logic in that?
It's no wonder that proper DIY is now a dying artform in this country.
Bureaucracy... right up the jacksy.
That's the Britain we live in.
It's ludicrous, grown adults are being treated like retarded children. Don't do this, do do that, don't do that like that, it is ridiculous and frankly a little pathetic.
It is also one of Blair's legacies to Britain. Nanny state Britain. Let's suckle on Britannia's bosom before she reinserts you into her womb! Yes, that's right, you are a child, you can't make decisions for yourself. You are a fool so let us guide you and make it right.
In fact, if you want to know how ridiculous it is then get this. My grandfather was an electrician for over forty years, the man knows his shit. Yet, he is not allowed to wire up his own bathroom or kitchen because he doesn't have a recognised qualification! The fuck-knuckles who are hired to do jobs on his kitchen have less experience and less knowledge but, because they have qualifications, they can wire up his kitchen... badly. He can do the job very well, but if there was a fire he wouldn't get any insurance because he isn't qualified. But if an incompetent monkey causes a fire because of incompetent wiring then that's okay the insurance company will pay up because the man has qualifications. Where is the fucking logic in that?
It's no wonder that proper DIY is now a dying artform in this country.
Bureaucracy... right up the jacksy.
That's the Britain we live in.
posted by The Nothing Man at 12.12.06
2 Comments:
Fuck-knuckles... fuckleberries. Please explain the difference. I love them both (the words, not the fuck-knuckles / fuckleberries), but I want to make sure I'm using them correctly, NN.
I'm imagining the scenario... my boss sneaks up behind me, catches me reading this very angry blog when I should be working, and tells me to unplug the many appliances (rechargeable vibrators, electric fondue pots, small but powerful vacuum cleaners) plugged in around the perimeter of my desk. I want to make my feelings about his condescending interference very clear. Is he a fuckleberry or a fuck-knuckle?
A fuckleberry is somebody who is particularly incompetent and lacking in intelligence. A fuck-knuckle is somebody who isn't too good with their hands (butterfingers is another way to describe it). Although fuck-knuckle and fuckleberry can be interchangeable. But, for instance, if your boss tells you to turn off the vibe he is a fuckleberry, if he drops the vibe in the process of telling you to move it he is a fuck-knuckle.
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