lol so today this bookstore is having what could be its first health & safety inspection in about 258 years and reader I am crying with laughter
they sent a very helpful man who started off super cheery but 1 hour later is acting like he's trapped in a SAW movie
they sent a very helpful man who started off super cheery but 1 hour later is acting like he's trapped in a SAW movie
INSPECTOR: "so how do you lift boxes"
US: "oh, well we just...sort of...yank like th-"
INSPECTOR: "NO NO DEFINITELY NOT STEP AWAY FROM THE BOX"
US: "oh, well we just...sort of...yank like th-"
INSPECTOR: "NO NO DEFINITELY NOT STEP AWAY FROM THE BOX"
INSPECTOR: and these ladders are decorative
US: well you just sorta have to give it a running start really
US: well you just sorta have to give it a running start really
INSPECTOR: and do you train your staff in fire safety regularly
MANAGER: it's more of a Darwinian approach if we're honest, good for morale
MANAGER: it's more of a Darwinian approach if we're honest, good for morale
I'm not sure he appreciates our Hunger Games school of healthy and safety
he's not even ticking boxes anymore
he's just mumbling "training" and looking distraught
he's not even ticking boxes anymore
he's just mumbling "training" and looking distraught
I would give him a hug but I'm not sure I've been trained in the possible risk management for that
lol he's playing a video about fire extinguishers
sir, this place is a tinderbox
if it gets near an open flame, it's basically game over and I think we can all just accept that
sir, this place is a tinderbox
if it gets near an open flame, it's basically game over and I think we can all just accept that
I hope he doesn't find out about what we did to the fire escape
I think it's behind some books somewhere
it's more of a Fire Obstacle Course
I think it's behind some books somewhere
it's more of a Fire Obstacle Course
or a Fire Escape Room
I shall encourage him to look at it more as a team building exercise
I shall encourage him to look at it more as a team building exercise
INSPECTOR: and when you say "secret cellar" what exactly do you mean
MANAGER: well it's more of a cave with stairs I suppose
MANAGER: well it's more of a cave with stairs I suppose
UPDATE: inspector has left, looking rather pale and having been introduced to book collecting which seemed to cheer him up a bit
he did ask us to do a few things like remove the books from in front of the fire extinguisher but that was obviously his delirium talking
he did ask us to do a few things like remove the books from in front of the fire extinguisher but that was obviously his delirium talking
ofc now I'm wondering if we're about to be sued by all the staff who got incapacitated by book-adjacent incidents over the years
i seem to recall the last manager threw his back out picking up a box of trollopes
i seem to recall the last manager threw his back out picking up a box of trollopes
it's a bit like working with wild bears
you're locked in a deadly embrace with a profession that will inevitably one day come to an abrupt and probably rather painful halt
except bears don't usually leap off shelves towards you at 1pm on a friday afternoon
you're locked in a deadly embrace with a profession that will inevitably one day come to an abrupt and probably rather painful halt
except bears don't usually leap off shelves towards you at 1pm on a friday afternoon
people commenting on this like "but woRkplAcE sAFEtY IsnT FunNy" and of course it isn't, but also watching this place slowly fix itself in that regard has brought me nothing but joy so
