Elf-in-Safety
How do coffee cup lids prevent a spill ?
They need a hole for the contents to be consumed and at that point its no longer waterproof (fluid proof), then it will still spill out.
The only reason the coffee cup lids came out is because that's the standard fix from anyone in the elf-in-safety department to fluid issues. I always get puzzled at this point, since the same team doesn't have a problem with everyone stuffing their manky sucked to death water bottle neck onto the communal water tap and filling their bottle - since there is never enough height to put the bottle in without it touching.
Surely this is worse than the H&S concerns about shared head sets and ear pieces.(but not phone handsets that are in the same places on the same orifices on someones body - go figure)
Back on topic : I guess H&S couldn't find a way of mapping the "don't overload a socket" rule either, even though that's more appropriate in this case given what happened.
In any case, you can't overload a mains socket in the UK, since its got a fuse in its plug to prevent exactly that.. not that anyone in H&S can understand that when you explain that along with how currents flow in circuits - since it doesn't match whats in their little rule book that they were trained to apply ferociously to all situations.
Point is - many of the H&S rules are nearly as stupid as the person trying to enforce them.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
