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Elfin safety at B&Q
With regret, I visited the big B&Q barn in Hartcliffe, Bristol yesterday and expressed interest in a Table Saw on the 'Tools' sales floor that had been lifted down from display. It had an 'Ex-Display Reduced' price sticker attached. The storeperson told me she 'couldn't under any circumstances' sell the device to me, for 'Health and Safety' reasons. When I asked what those reasons were, she told me that some of the packaging seemed to missing. I persisted. She insisted that "You might not have all the instructions, and cut your finger off. Then you could sue us. It's for your own good......" I pointed out that, in the more than 50-odd years I'd been using tools, powered and unpowered, I'd somehow managed to hang on to my original ten fingers.... but she was adamant. It would not be sold. So I left without the table saw - and the trolley-full of other stuff I'd selected. Would someone please tell me how we can rid ourselves of these creatures? |
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