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Posted By Andrew W
What do you think are the downsides to being a member of this profession?
I'll start the ball rolling
1. Being asked questions outside of work which are nothing really to do with health and safety but you are expected to advise on ie. the neighbour is parking his car outside our house and blocking our drive. What can health and safety do about it.
2. Pretending I'm a plumber at parties to avoid getting into discussions about how I've banned kids playing conkers etc.etc.
3. The old chestnut "Have you done a risk assessment/wrote a procedure for that ha ha?" when making tea/coffee.
Light hearted replies within the AUG's only please. Miseries need not post lecturing how this posting is a waste of time on such a professional forum as this.
Andy
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Posted By David Bannister
I'll never get my yacht in the South of France
It's getting increasingly hard to find suitable leather patches.
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Posted By Steve Cartwright
In response to
Q1. Growl at them.
Q2 Growl at them.
Q3 Growl at them.
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Posted By Casanova
You get invited to parties?
Casanova
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Posted By SBH
I sometimes get told when bonkers issues are raised, "See what your lot have done now" Excuse Me !!!!!
Its not professional downsides thats the issue ... its professional idiots!
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Posted By Mark H
Couple of days ago was told by a lorry driver that my job shouldn't even exist as "elf & safety is common sense" and "people should be trusted to decide for themselves wots dangerous".
"So you think people should be left to their own devices where asbestos is concerned do you, and what about isocyanates or organic dusts what do you know about the risks of those"? said I.
"Ummm, err .... f**koff" was the reply.
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Posted By Philip Roche
1 year of good work on a project can be tainted by 1 incident however engineers , foremen etc mistakes are forgotten fairly quickly.
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Posted By Geoff W
I never tell people what I do for a living not just the H&S but also my main job it just saves me getting wound up
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Posted By Chris Packham
As someone who believes passionately that every worker has the right to go home at the end of the day in as good a state of health as when he came to work in the morning I never hide what I do.
I actually welcome the somewhat uninformed comment about elf 'n safety. At least it gives me a chance to put the record straight and, hopefully, to get at least one more person understanding what health and safety is really about.
Surely, if we hide what we do isn't this allowing those who perpetuate the myth to gain wider acceptance? Let's stand up for ourselves and wave the banner!
Or, at 68, am I still as naive about the human race as I was when only 18?
Chris
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Posted By Peter F
Chris,
you appear to be a very serious person. I don't hide what I do but if someone wants to discuss something when I am socialising I just mention my hourly rate.
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Posted By Ron Hunter
Not perhaps hiding what we do, but a bit of subtle camouflage can quickly get the conversation back on track should the need arise.....tell them you are a consultant in life assurance and risk management.If they show an interest, you can then describe what you do in the terms Chris P suggests.
Failing that, I can tell them I used to have a "real job" in engineering and airborne radar test equipment, etc. (ah.......TSR2!)
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Posted By Tony abc jprhdnMurphy
Like the day my mate asked me to write to a local farmer who allowed sheep onto his land. He said it was a serious breach in H&S Legislation.
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Posted By Bill01
There's a guy in my office who's been the reading the traffic signs regs on the tube but has been hiding them in a copy of 'Hello'so as not draw attention to himself.
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Posted By Andrew W
I hide my SHP in a copy of mayfair or feista when on public transport as I get fewer funny looks!!
Andy
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Posted By Scotty
Much like others postings, it is other peoples reactions or attitudes.
If I see eyes rolling backwards or someone about to start chuntering on about the nanny-state, then I'm quickly in to remind them, Chris P-style, about what H&S is actually about.
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Posted By Adam Worth
@ Geoff
http://www.iosh.co.uk/in...iew&forum=1&thread=26573
Made me think of a similar thread from the good old days :) ]
It includes a cracking reply from Merv as always :)
How about the downside of helping others do risk assessments or helping to persuade their employers what the law is, when you could be enjoying a relaxing weekend pint?
Oh no that's not a downside I love every minute of H&S; when drinking that pint I can never resist telling the bar keep what he needs to do to comply with the law too!
Once after a cider or two too many I was prevented from telling some police officers they should be wearing HI-VIS if they were going to stand / kneel around fighting in the centre of a busy roundabout!
:)
Why am i still typing?
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Posted By water67.
LA employed..hourly rate isn't worth mentioning!!!!!!!! try to avoid discussions but happy to stand my ground when the silly stuff starts..
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Posted By Raymond Rapp
I guess you have to be pretty thick skinned. I took a lot of stick when I was a train driver, nothing much has changed.
My only salvation is that those who scorn at the industry are usually the first in cue when it suits their purpose.
Is it 5pm yet?
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Posted By Richard Altoft
No none what so ever
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Posted By Tim Corbett
I always tell people that I am trying hard to make myself unemployed!! That I am often demanded to do my job badly? and I am viewed as a constant source of knowledge and should be fully available when they want me (best kept in a box under the desk) As for telling people I'm a CDM-C, I get angry and blame everyone else.
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Posted By James Malone
Ha ha some of these are classic....
I once had the entire Workforce anger directed at me because the Local Authority had shut the Local Cafe for health and safety reasons...
As far as they were concerned, being involved in "Health and Safety" meant I had some link to the decision and obviously was working in cahoots with the LA officer...
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Posted By Liz Skelton
When people ask what do you do? I tell them that I do a job that looks after people's wellbeing at work and then explain the types of things I have to do as part of my day job, once they have said "thats interesting" which invariably they do then I tell them I am a H&S Consultant - I love seeing their faces as the lightbulb goes on that we are not all bonkers conkers and that we do an important and useful job...
Liz :)
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Posted By D H
Tell them you are a guardian angel - looking out for all the foolish people and the foolish things they do.
Dave
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Posted By jervis
Casonova do you want to go to party!
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