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[jonnycool]

Yesterday, in work, a first aider got called to one of our warehouse workers. It turns out that he had cut the tip of his little finger. Nothing serious, in fact nothing more than a paper cut which was bleeding a little bit. He insisted on an accident form being filled in.
   Next thing, his wife was on the phone asking to speak to her husband because if he had to go to the hospital, she wanted to go with him to make sure he was OK. He had obviously phoned her to tell her the devastating news.

I was just speechless - at times like these, I wonder:-

a) how we ever won a world war when our grandmothers and grandfathers produced showers of s**t like this
b) how we would ever win a world war again, when this is the calibre of soldier we are able to produce

Now I know that this isn't representative of most people out there, and we can still produce soldiers that are the envy of the world, and I have the utmost respect for them and their families, but as the compensation culture becomes the norm, I really fear for what we're heading for and how we'll cope if it ever happens 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Some blokes have their balls cut off (by the wife) ........and don't so much as flinch....

[Dishevelled Den]

I agree with you JC - I blame a lot of this on breakless parents, gutless (and even more breakless) government, digital television, such notable tomes of knowledge and learning such as GQ, Hello and so on, the internet, cellular telephones and associated services and, in relation to this particular incident, the duly appointed leeches to humanity otherwise referred to as claims advisors and their symbiotic legal representatives.

Ithangyew

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I agree with you JC - I blame a lot of this on breakless parents, gutless (and even more breakless) government, digital television, such notable tomes of knowledge and learning such as GQ, Hello and so on, the internet, cellular telephones and associated services and, in relation to this particular incident, the duly appointed leeches to humanity otherwise referred to as claims advisors and their symbiotic legal representatives.

Ithangyew

.........and breathe.

[TheBoy]

Now that's a proper rant, DD   

[Dishevelled Den]

Now that's a proper rant, DD   

Thank you TB, I'll be appearing here all week.

[Darth Loo-knee]

How you have been missed Den x x x  x

[Dishevelled Den]

How you have been missed Den x x x  x

Thanks love.

[CaptainZok]

Indeed, nice to see you back Den.
We need someone to keep Pinky in order.

[s7eve v6 24v]

by law any accident at work, how little it is, has to be put in the accident book/report.

[Dishevelled Den]

Indeed, nice to see you back Den.
We need someone to keep Pinky in order.

Thank you Captain.

[albitz]

by law any accident at work, how little it is, has to be put in the accident book/report.

True,and rightly so.It is a two sided coin.It also helps prevent people from later claiming they had multiple fractures to their arm when they had in fact chipped a fingernail - for example.

[Lazydocker]

No issues with the Accident form, but the wife insisting she goes to hospital?

[albitz]

Probably to meet one of the ambulance chasing solicitors hanging around at reception.

[Dishevelled Den]

by law any accident at work, how little it is, has to be put in the accident book/report.

I can see the sense in some legislation - especially where both health and safety are concerned but a lot of this has fallen short of good common sense and has permitted the myopic implementers of such legislation, who seem to be joined at the hip to the running dogs of the Arse Coverers Charter, to run wild with gay abandon.