"alan_m" wrote in message
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On 14/08/2019 19:38, Brian Reay wrote:
On 14/08/2019 19:28, R D S wrote:
B'bye!

Our local B&Q have binned them off, took a long time for them to admit it, but they
have, they aren't helping anybody!

The ones in our local B&Q work quite well.


So you haven't been asked to put the 4 bags of sand (variable weight depending on
wetness) on the scales and found that the position of the scales gives an non ideal
position for lifting them off again?

The reason for their demise may not be entirely unconnected with B&Q's
potential liability for damages, should anyone injure themselves when
lifting stuff on and off such scales.*

When employees of a company are required to lift similar weights, mere
exhortation isn't considered sufficient. They need to be actuallly drilled
in the correct method - bend the knees blah blah blah.**


michael adams

*More especially as back pain and back injuries are supposedly easy to
feign.

*According to the training episode in "the Office" at least. Unless of course
Gareth Keenan was simply making it all up, with the connivance of David
Brent, simply so as impress the new bit of totty.

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