Went down earlier to get some skirting board. Only wanted about 5 inch but they said that i had to buy a full 2 metre or so length. But we said that we couldn't get it in the car and asked if they could cut it down for us. Answer we got was they cant cos the cutting machine cant cut things that small. They then told us we couldn't borrow a saw and cut it in store but had to buy a saw and cut it outside the store (had to cut it on an unsafe bike park) to be able to fit into car Reason for all this is in another store a man borrowed a saw to cut it down and ended up cutting himself, and has put a claim in. HQ have then told all that under no circumstances must they do, or allow the same A company as big as B&Q should be able to have someone to do things like we asked. Smaller local DIY stores would have done it no problems. I blame the Yanks for starting of all this "where theres blaim, theres a claim" shi te
Compo Culture is to Blame Companies are scared shitless to do anything out of the ordinary. If I cut myself with a breadknife at home, it's my fault If one of my staff cuts him/herself with a breadknife at work, it's still my fault. How does that work?
....(Smaller local DIY stores would have done it no problems....) I take it that you went to one of them smaller stores then.... (seestars) .... Only wanted about 5 inch''? That's a novelty! them I've been to as always said 9ins is the norm.... ....
But, from Wikipedia "an employee acting in his or her own right rather than on the employer's business is undertaking a "frolic" and will not subject the employer to liability" Frolic - bloody dog food.
Again From wikipedia Said employee sues you for cut with bread knife, it appears you can counter sue them to recover these damages. All seems a bit odd
The solution is simple... ...cut the bread with blunt plastic kiddie knives and make the employees wear deep sea diving suits. Anything less would be negligent.
no cos it was 5ish and i needed it then 5 inch was big enough for me. Well r lass said she would be happy with 5 inch!!!!
Aren't you an engineer? What the **** are you doing issuing your staff with breadknives - make no wonder it'd be your fault!
Oooo what a pity!.... I'm flabbergasted! Bloke cuts himsef with a saw and immediately seeks out a compensation claim. Whoever the bloke is ought to hide his face in shame. What a ****! He cut himself cos he's inadequate with a saw.... end of! Yet another sorry state of affairs that reveals the society we live in where kids aren't allowed to play conkers etc cos of legal action etc blah blah blah. Thing is, all these molly coddled buntins in our present society are our future. The idiot that cut himself with the saw could well project his own inept outlook on to his offspring and so hey! there you go!.... another claim is foreboding somehwere! The brother-in-law's lad, aged 19, offered to make me a cup of coffee about a year ago. The dopey git really had to ask me how to make it because : "I've never made a cuppa in my life" GOD HELP US!!!!!