Never seems to bother people at festivals.

:lol: Yeh true.

Well said fuzz

At times like these we all need to pull together!!

If all the workforce does not go to work the company earns no money therefore no money to pay your wages!!

get a grip man!!

LOL

Give that man a Cigar. :luxhello:

Now that's how initiative should be used in a work place..
from my <shudders> Royal marines days..
"Improvise, Adapt, Overcome"
Not TUB* mode as we used to call it.



*Thumb up bum

Andy

I think it came across as though you were looking for an excuse to skip work.

You have obviously taken a sensible and responsible attitude to the problem at work anyway.

Les :)

I work in Tewkesbury.

We've been told not to come in as the office cannot be opened for health and safety reasons. They seem to be paranoid about H&S at our place anyway, I guess as an American company they fear getting their arses sued off over stuff like this.

Unfortunately the majority of us can *cough* work at home as we have VPN access into our network and there is still power to the building in Tewkesbury. So that's what I'm doing, albeit at a reduced output level :D

Today I went out and got loads of anti-bacterial handwash so we can at least try and stay healthy ;)

My boss lives just outside Tewkesbury and his water has come back on so we went and filled loads of containers and brought them into work,no problems at all really now ;)

The owner of the building next to us came round and said he was sending all his staff home as they had no water and how were we coping,we told him how we were managing and you could tell he hadn't even thought about it :rolleyes:

well our place is still running, even the toilets still flush , must have a big old tank up in the roof !! bottled water for drinks and that handwash gel for washing with.

Our swarfega wet wipes turned up today thankfully, that bucket of handwashing water is starting to fester. :D
The army were dishing out boxes of water this morning in B&Q so I dropped in and grabbed a box on the way to work. :thumb:


Andy

Are your phones working yet Andy?? they would not on Saturday

Off an on, supposed to have 4 or five lines, now have one and that's a bit flakey.

Holy thread resurrection Batman!!

We have no water today at work.... now i can cope so far but already the gents are starting to stink something rotten and nobody can wash their hands after going.... link to another thread here ;)

I'm dreading what the situation will be like once the morning bacon butties have worked their way through the workforce here!

Has your town flooded or something?

Bunch of soft boys!

Can't your company just hire a porta-loo? Would seem to fix the problem. 1 of these can handle to movements 8 employees for one week. So with 40 workers, with no flushing toilet, go figure! :razz:
Then just have a good supply of clean water to wash with.
1 bog for 40 people is a little harsh and you can't use the excuse 'well the company must be having a hard time ', as what other H&S basics are they skipping. Next, people will be saying it is ok for them to not have liability insurance because 'they are having a bad time'. Wake up, H&S is here to stay. Yes, a lot of it sounds like crap, but H&S policies are designed to protect the intelligent from the stupid! :thumb:

Economic climate is no excuse for treating your workers like animals and if anyone disagrees, I am glad I don't work for your company. The people who moan about H&S are the first ones to make a claim when they have a fall.

And i remember when firms used to treat staff with decency and respect. Works both ways.

no water at fixed place of work = sent home, simple realy.

Unrelated but - do you go via the M5 or cross country via the jet petrol (yellow and blue) station? Used to live in Cheltenham and work in Tewkesbury at the Environment Agency. Alwasy thought the drive to an from work in the scoob would be quite fun!

Jesus, just realised how old this thread is. Thanks to STI wanna Subaru, I just had a rant on a subject 3 years old! :razz:

What a numpty I am! :D

Anyways, I would agree, no running water at fixed place of work = go home.
You are not being a softy, just human. We didn't get this far without discovering that germs = disease. :thumb:

That is a very good point and I agree.

Les

No water in workplace
 

In the United States it is a violation of OSHA regulations to not have running hot & cold water in the restroom. Section 1910.141.

Hope that helps.

You not heard of baby wipes?

you have been told in advance that there will be no water or minimal water so why not think for yourself and make provisions so that your life is not to unbearable for you 8 hours at work. Grab yourself a bottle or 2 of water and an a packet of baby wipes on your way to work. what is the big deal?

:rolleyes:

OP, is the water back on yet ;)

I can't believe this thread has been brought back from 2007 and 2010 !

I didn't know there had been further replies as I didn't get any email notifications until today and I rarely use this site anymore.

Tewkesbury is not in the United States last time I looked ;) Anyway flood season is coming up soon so useful info :lol1:

With my boss we're expected to work no matter what. If we have a power cut we get everyone cleaning up, if it floods staff are expected to make it in even if they have to wade through flood water.

We've had staff sleeping at work overnight in the past when the floods have been bad.

At times we've been the only business left open on the whole industrial estate ;)

In the Services you would be classed as a "Barrack Room Lawyer" spending your time trying to find an excuse not to work and suffering from an extreme deficiency in basic loyalty to your firm.

Les