Re: The dangers of wearing shorts in a machine shop

Bill Roberto wrote:

BottleBob wrote:

Bill Roberto wrote:

BottleBob wrote:


Bill:

You wouldn't want to run a manual lathe or mill that was
flycutting.
Also any sharp edged *** metal or unseen protruding bar stock could
put a nice gash on your legs. Also you wouldn't want to be in the
welding area while someone is welding.
We don't have any rule against wearing shorts, in fact one person
wears
them all the time.


Sure BB, common sense all the way, but if it's 110 in the shop and humid
I can risk the protection a .01 piece of cloth provides my shins.


Bill:

Ha... I didn't realize that you were just venting. In the same vein,
when challenged to go put on some pants you could do that AND put on
some of those leather "chaps" that cowboys wear - accessorizing with
such items as spurs and 10 gallon hat. THAT should graphically
emphasize your attitude toward their "no shorts" rule. LOL



My problem is people just blindly following a bull*** rule just
because. That is the type of bull*** I could not tolerate as an
employee. I have no problem as a contractor though. Why not have a rule
that you have to participate in a simon says type ritual over the P.A.
"Everyone hands on hips, now jiggle all about, on the floor, up and
twirl, hands overhead, close your eyes, whistle". Blindly following
nonsense rules is fascism as far as I'm concerned. The only thing more
ridiculous than a no shorts rule is a Japanese company I had visited a
few years ago. You had to wear a hat all the time. They didn't think the
rule through though. They expected everyone to wear a baseball cap. When
offered a sweaty stinky visitors cap I said no problem, I have a hat.
While everyone was wearing their custom accessorized baseball caps I had
a boonie hat that said "Fish the Sierra's" on it. I was congratulated by
almost every American at the company for expressing my individuality
with that hat. It was sad to see people being humiliated for a paycheck.
The person insisting on no shorts in the shop is probably an overweight
pink manager who enjoys an air conditioned office all day. That is the
pisser. It has nothing to do with safety. A blind knee jerk reaction is
all it really is.

At No Longer Enormous Aerospace, there was a rule that one had to wear a tie
in the cool months but not in the warm. Of course the first "cool" day I
forgot to wear a tie and after getting reamed by my supervisor (someone
once described him a "spring-loaded in the pissed-off position") I cut a
bowtie out of graph paper and fastened it to my collar with a paper clip.
This drew the attention of one of the contractors, a rather attractive
young lady, who related _her_ tie story--at Humungous Copy Machines
engineers were required to wear a tie at all times while in the shop so as
to identify themselves as engineers (at least that's what they told her).
One hot Saturday she had to come in to put out a fire in production and
came straight from the beach in an itsy-bitsy teenie weenie bikini. She
didn't have a tie with her so she stopped by her work area first and
rummaged in desk drawers until she found one, a clip-on, which she clipped
to her cleavage and went down to the shop.

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