Elf N Safety gone mad
12 January 2011, 05:04 PM
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12 January 2011, 05:10 PM
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I created this how?
My son fell at school on the last day before the christmas break and broke his arm! I havent sued the school, i havent called for everyone to be sacked, i havent claimed compo!
If you read my posts it said i agreed its mad
12 January 2011, 05:12 PM
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I'm regretting that flippant post already - I came to remove it (or at least add a smiley or two
) but I see people have quoted it already.
I think the point I was trying to get across was that Darwin is alive & well..... it breeds out muppets!
) but I see people have quoted it already.I think the point I was trying to get across was that Darwin is alive & well..... it breeds out muppets!
12 January 2011, 05:34 PM
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We are animals and animals die, hurt themselves and get injured.
By far and away the biggest human weakness is our constant attempts to fully control the chaotic environment that we live in. It can never be controlled.
12 January 2011, 05:42 PM
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Not sure what you've subsequently said but your first post very much suggests you favour the approach.
And to answer the question you posed I'd take them to hospital and get them patched up. I'd only ever take 'action' against someone if I felt they had been severely negligent, which directly led to an injury.
What blew my mind is that I was talking to the wife about this at lunch time and I recalled that in 4th year at school we got to do what every Tech Studies class got to do in 4th year. The teacher would dig an old scooter out of the shed at the back of technical block and we'd take turns to ride it around the playing field. No helmet, no pads, no parental permission and, for most of us, no experience of riding a powered vehicle before. The thing was probably good for 20-30mph and, being kids, we'd open it up on the straights.
It was a great laugh and probably quite dangerous. I doubt very much that happens these days and, tbh, I feel sorry for the kids of today. Risk management means that they will miss out on a lot of experiences in life.
Anyway, you know the really scary thing? I left school in 1996, meaning I was in fourth year in 1994. We are only taking 16 years ago here
Actually, I'm off to create a thread with a poll, I'm curious about something.
12 January 2011, 06:03 PM
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12 January 2011, 06:11 PM
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Oh don't get me wrong - I agree with you both.
But it's precidents or incidents like that where you can see why the H&S Executive gets involved.
To be fair, they were teen girls - they obviosuly froze (pardon the pun) when they realised they were out of control (rather than bailing out off the side of the tobaggan, etc).
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12 January 2011, 07:09 PM
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'and he took them sledging on the snow-covered school grounds.'
12 January 2011, 07:18 PM
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