The HSE... Bloody killjoys.
Let's start on a light note. Did you know Edward VII was known as Edward the Caresser? He had numerous bisexual dalliances yet he only had enough seam for a minute! One caress and that was all you had. Premature ejaculation... Not the best thing if you like sex and dalliances!
The bulk of the message now. As a cleaner, I find that the profession is under scrutiny from the Health and Safety Executive. The HSE for short. But when the inspector comes, they have this nasty nasty habit of arriving when you are in mid clean. Oh and when you've covered one area and more mess gets generated there. So, the assumption? You aren't doing your job. And that needs cleaning. Do the mopping again. Why are there marks there?
My point is that they do that because they can't abide it if everywhere is neat, neat, neat. You can be in the middle of a task when they come and wave a pencil at a spot on the floor. They carry these forms they tick off periodically and stare down at you while scowling if you get it right. Oh how they love ruining your fun! But seriously, it hacks me off. No one likes the HSE inspectors in any place I've cleaned and a visit is a cause horribilis for the managers. If you get it wrong, you get your ass handed to you in a bucket. KIcking the cat, I believe this is called.
AS to the banning of events we previously enjoyed like conkers and the cheese rolling thingy, they banned them due to possibility of accidents. Right.. What are they going to ban next. Hmm? The Olympics because ZOMG, you can trip up in the races? The Great North Run? The London Marathon? Maybe even fell walking. FFS, these people should get a grip. You CANNOT swaddle children in the playground. You CANNOT stop people from doing things they like, if it includes risk and danger. The human race did not get this far by being staying in the cave and moaning about the conditions outside. We'd have died! The risk takers were the hunters, the gatherers.
The HSE then is the equivalent of the whiny man at the back opening his mouth to say 'Excuse me, but has anyone assessed this risk properly? I mean, we could die, you know...' They are so red tape-obsessed that they take an activity, even cleaning, and make rules on doing it properly. That are as clear as an Ikea guide. Or as illogical. Cleaning is cleaning. As long as its thorough and the employers are happy, then there's no fuss. I half expect a guide to be isued called 'The Right Way To Clean'. Written in part by Kim and Aggie.
Well enough about the HSE. Birthday greetings to
red_fox_gt the most awesome foxy out there and one of my fans. ;) Seriously, awesome guy and a roomshare buddy at Confuzzled this year. I couldn't hope for a better guy to roomshare with and that's a fact.
The bulk of the message now. As a cleaner, I find that the profession is under scrutiny from the Health and Safety Executive. The HSE for short. But when the inspector comes, they have this nasty nasty habit of arriving when you are in mid clean. Oh and when you've covered one area and more mess gets generated there. So, the assumption? You aren't doing your job. And that needs cleaning. Do the mopping again. Why are there marks there?
My point is that they do that because they can't abide it if everywhere is neat, neat, neat. You can be in the middle of a task when they come and wave a pencil at a spot on the floor. They carry these forms they tick off periodically and stare down at you while scowling if you get it right. Oh how they love ruining your fun! But seriously, it hacks me off. No one likes the HSE inspectors in any place I've cleaned and a visit is a cause horribilis for the managers. If you get it wrong, you get your ass handed to you in a bucket. KIcking the cat, I believe this is called.
AS to the banning of events we previously enjoyed like conkers and the cheese rolling thingy, they banned them due to possibility of accidents. Right.. What are they going to ban next. Hmm? The Olympics because ZOMG, you can trip up in the races? The Great North Run? The London Marathon? Maybe even fell walking. FFS, these people should get a grip. You CANNOT swaddle children in the playground. You CANNOT stop people from doing things they like, if it includes risk and danger. The human race did not get this far by being staying in the cave and moaning about the conditions outside. We'd have died! The risk takers were the hunters, the gatherers.
The HSE then is the equivalent of the whiny man at the back opening his mouth to say 'Excuse me, but has anyone assessed this risk properly? I mean, we could die, you know...' They are so red tape-obsessed that they take an activity, even cleaning, and make rules on doing it properly. That are as clear as an Ikea guide. Or as illogical. Cleaning is cleaning. As long as its thorough and the employers are happy, then there's no fuss. I half expect a guide to be isued called 'The Right Way To Clean'. Written in part by Kim and Aggie.
Well enough about the HSE. Birthday greetings to
red_fox_gt the most awesome foxy out there and one of my fans. ;) Seriously, awesome guy and a roomshare buddy at Confuzzled this year. I couldn't hope for a better guy to roomshare with and that's a fact.