Theory vs practice hey...
Theory vs practice hey...
I wish I was murdock but my engineer ordered us in even though we objected and asked for a police escort he refused! We were told that if we dont he would make sure we lose our jobs! Needless to say next time we will tell him to go to hell! After that I have no respect for my engineer for he showed me that he has none for me!
there is a policy i have in my bussiness which i have stuck to for many years...i only expect my staff to do what i am prepared to do...climbing high mast lighting to replace globes is a good example...the first time i made my staff replace lamps 35 m in the air i had to first do it...eeeeeish now that was about as scary as when you are confronted by.................................eeeish let me not use that word....i might get into trouble....in the townships...but unfrotunately i had to do it to show them it wasnt that bad...yeah right i do do believe my backside was chewing on undies from about 6 metres....off the ground...something else i do not make anyone do...is go into confined spaces...i wont do it and will not make anyone who cant either...tell your engineer to go with you next time.
you sound like the boss we ought to have. i also believe in leading by example! we did ask that he should come along but his reply was that that was what we were being paid for!
Welcome to the new SA. The ANC promised free elctricity if they were voted for. These people are taking what they were promised by their government. The problem is that they do not realise that you cannot have a ripcord, 1.5 or 2.5 cable running from house to house and not expect the smelly stuff to hit the fan. Sure, someone will die but, with 5 homes connected to the "supply" there is only a 20% chance that it is from your family. I used to work in those places to try make it safer but, nowadays it is too dangerous. Even when susidising the cables, they are not interested in safety. Putting in heavier cables just means that more houses can connect to their "safer" supply(at a small fee to the "supplier" of course)
I agree,its not worth your life because your trying to save theirs! They just dont see it that way. We dont try to remove these connections anymore but when we get to a power off complaint and there are illegal connections running out from the house we wont switch on the power until all of them has been removed and we slap the consumer with a fine,unforunately the fine is not much and it can be paid off over time,so its a joke to these people! This is a battle we cant win!
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