fanforlife - 3/3/2018 17:34
My wife being a teacher like most people who actually bother to work or have a job have a chain of command above them who make the final decisions, usually in the case of snow and ice is due to health and safety reasons, its all a new set of rules since we were kids, when I was at school and got injured however it happend that was that, nowadays its all lets sue its easy money, then we the taxpayer are the ones who bare the brunt!
Maybe prevention is better than the court case!
Now here's a question which has caused a low level dispute chez Sminks this evening. Some of you will know I run a tuition business from my home. I am expecting 36 school age pupils Mon to Thurs this week with parents dropping and collecting their offspring on my drive, which is a decent size with room to manovre.
My outdoor lighting is causing our indoor lighting to trip constantly. Mr S has told me not to turn outside lights on until Friday when he can fix them with brand new lights. However for health and safety reasons ( on my
risk assessment!) I have concerns. If a parent or pupil, despite warnings, buggers over and breaks their leg I will be liable and in the dodo!! Thank God the snow has mostly gone due to a massive downpour this afternoon so I don't have that to worry about.
As Mr S pointed out it is unlikely there will be a problem but it is a risk. I am a small business and for financial reasons, I cannot take the decision to shut down until problem is resolved. The point I am making is we live in a world where it is so easy to make a claim and become the victim hence why so many of the larger companies, including schools, shut down.
I will not close this week, but warn parents and pupils of the risk in the hope they take heed and watch where they are walking.
Back in the 60s I am sure I would have trudged through inches of snow for way over a mile to get to school but it was another world then when the world of litigation was largely unknown.
In the meantime, I hope everybody looks where they are going and nobody buggers over, particularly on Tuesday so I can listen to NCfC V Forest.
I will hope for the best for the coming week with no disasters !
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