4th March 2010, 02:24 PM
I don't really care what people get up to in their free time. If they want to blast their brain cells with booze and drugs that's up to them. What I do care about is them risking the health and safety of themselves and those around them. the rules are (or should be) clear and common sense: don't turn up for work under the influence or still hung-over. if you do, you are: 1) a danger to yourself and others; 2) a ***t!
I am sick and tired of the old argument that 'elf and safety is just there to make money for beaurocrats and that it either does not or should not apply to archaeology. It applies to EVERYONE working in construction and other hazardous workplaces. It's to prevent people like us from being maimed, killed or otherwise bashed about at the convenience of our employers. If you want to go back to the good old days of the 1960s and 70s when site practices claimed the life of Jeffrey Radley, then that's fine but don't come bleating to me about it when you're unable to work because you've suffered an avoidable injury.
I am sick and tired of the old argument that 'elf and safety is just there to make money for beaurocrats and that it either does not or should not apply to archaeology. It applies to EVERYONE working in construction and other hazardous workplaces. It's to prevent people like us from being maimed, killed or otherwise bashed about at the convenience of our employers. If you want to go back to the good old days of the 1960s and 70s when site practices claimed the life of Jeffrey Radley, then that's fine but don't come bleating to me about it when you're unable to work because you've suffered an avoidable injury.
D. Vader
Senior Consultant
Vader Maull & Palpatine
Archaeological Consultants
A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of Tony Robinson.
Senior Consultant
Vader Maull & Palpatine
Archaeological Consultants
A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of Tony Robinson.