Storms on Monday

[arnold cheshire]

Put your stormproof coat on.....

nothing else but a stormproof ?

[k979aaa]

In The great storm of 1987 I was nearly decapitated by a flying 'For Sale' sign that had uprooted in the wind and came flying down the
road whilst I was cycling out to my delivery, had a couple of near misses later when roof tiles came sliding off and landing where, seconds
before I had been stood. I used up a couple of my nine life's that day

Brightened up what would have been a otherwise dull day.

My fear is that you have to be injured before anyone in management takes the matter seriously.

NO if YOU deem your health and safety is at risk you can terminate the delivery you need to tell them but the phone lines may be down or the mobile masts if you feel it is not safe DON'T DO IT! It's your life at the end of the day.

you could do that every day then

Yes you could but it would be localised a dangerous dog, slippery path a storm warning on the met offices site is good enough for me!

[postypie]

Never Mind about the storms outside our office....it's the wind inside our place that bugs me every day....

[postypie]

Never Mind about the storms outside our office....it's the wind inside our place that bugs me every day....

[arnold cheshire]

Never Mind about the storms outside our office....it's the wind inside our place that bugs me every day....

close the windows then

[k979aaa]

Never Mind about the storms outside our office....it's the wind inside our place that bugs me every day....

Too many old fart's piping up?

[ragsie76]

What if you are made to go out and get injured

[arnold cheshire]

What if you are made to go out and get injured

incident on delivery

[SF]

Guys, as you all know there is a hurricane outside today with winds of 80mph. Please be careful when out on delivery.. Drive carefully around the fallen trees and upside down cars currently blocking the roads from the DO to your delivery. Remember to wear your hi viz vest as this will repel the heavy objects flying through the air at 80mph towards your skull. We want to avoid all decapitations this time.

Thank you guys and good luck. Any questions please come and see me or any of the other buffoons in my office before 10am. After that we will be playing a game of Monopoly.

[arnold cheshire]

Guys, as you all know there is a hurricane outside today with winds of 80mph. Please be careful when out on delivery.. Drive carefully around the fallen trees and upside down cars currently blocking the roads from the DO to your delivery. Remember to wear your hi viz vest as this will repel the heavy objects flying through the air at 80mph towards your skull. We want to avoid all decapitations this time.

Thank you guys and good luck. Any questions please come and see me or any of the other buffoons in my office before 10am. After that we will be playing a game of Monopoly.

upside down cars really

[Lazycarton]

Put your stormproof coat on.....

Mmmm.....and a tree proof RM Cap?

[clashcityrocker]

What if you are made to go out and get injured

How old are you?
You cannot be made to do anything.

[krussel]

What if you are made to go out and get injured

You need to get together and see your H&S rep. If its clearly that bad then call a meeting on the floor with your rep and refuse to go out.

If trees are coming down don't take any risks.

[DB1100]

What if you are made to go out and get injured

Just as the tree hits you,take out a copy of the courier so you can win a prize the following week

[theargyspy]

In The great storm of 1987 I was nearly decapitated by a flying 'For Sale' sign that had uprooted in the wind and came flying down the
road whilst I was cycling out to my delivery, had a couple of near misses later when roof tiles came sliding off and landing where, seconds
before I had been stood. I used up a couple of my nine life's that day

Brightened up what would have been a otherwise dull day.

My fear is that you have to be injured before anyone in management takes the matter seriously.

NO if YOU deem your health and safety is at risk you can terminate the delivery you need to tell them but the phone lines may be down or the mobile masts if you feel it is not safe DON'T DO IT! It's your life at the end of the day.

What I was trying to get across in my ham-fisted way in my post was at that at the time of the great storm in 1987, there wasn't the same emphasis on H&S as there is today. As for mobile masts being down the only mobile phones available at the time would have been the Motorola 'brick phone' costing £3000+, well out of the price range of a postman, in those day's you got on with it.

On Monday if the weather is blowing a real gail and my DOM decides it's too dodgy to go out I guess I will stay in the office but in my experience whenever we get a severe
weather warning, it usually turns into a damp squib and grossly exaggerated. The ones that usually catch you out are the ones the forecasters don't predict

On Monday I will use my common sense