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theatrically_inclined
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I was a technical officer, we had technicians to do the dirty work!
When I worked in telecoms I remember our foreman sending one the staff home for not wearing his safety shoes. That man looks like he's wearing his Sunday shoes up there
I recall going to a food processing plant in Hull, the girl on reception said I had to have safety shoes on to go into the works area, I drove around to find a shop that I could buy a pair, when I returned she said follow me and I followed her across the plant to an office where I needed to be, on the way I was shocked to see she was wearing flip flops.
To be fair John, if he fell from that height, safety shoes would not offer much protectionWhen I worked in telecoms I remember our foreman sending one the staff home for not wearing his safety shoes. That man looks like he's wearing his Sunday shoes up there
captain clutterbuck
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When I started in Network support in Data Centres we used a lot of really long coax cables but it wasn't so much up a height it was all crawling along under the tiled floors lifting the odd tile to help with the feed , ripped countless pockets on the tray work . It was a delight when networks developed using ethernet cabling all above floor co existing with third party company installed structured cabling my trouser ripping days were over 
theatrically_inclined
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You soon learn not to wear jewellery, long sleeves or ties. They all snag on every conceivable cable tray and support. And look at the floor between every step while scanning the top of the the equipment looking for the part you want - or you'll fall down a missing or dislodged floor panel. And make sure you know where the nearest exit is in case the Halon alarm goes off!When I started in Network support in Data Centres we used a lot of really long coax cables but it wasn't so much up a height it was all crawling along under the tiled floors lifting the odd tile to help with the feed , ripped countless pockets on the tray work . It was a delight when networks developed using ethernet cabling all above floor co existing with third party company installed structured cabling my trouser ripping days were over
captain clutterbuck
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Worked for EDS [US company] in the UK on Government contract and initially , on Ross Perot's edict , every staff member had to wear a tie but the H and S group made it abundantly clear that it was dangerous in areas like our Print Department where it was totally impractical because the staff were working with moving machinery .
theatrically_inclined
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Wear ties like school kids in the 70s, with a massive knot and only 2 inches of tie hanging!
captain clutterbuck
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Worked in a tailors for a while before I went to IT and amazing the numbers of people who came in for suit, shirt and tie who didn't know how to tie a tie and asked us to do it for them and then carefully remove the tie from their neck still tied so they could simply put it on when they were wearing the suit and tighten it up
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Much of my career was in banking, so clearly a lot safer than many of the proper workers on here!!! I do recall a colleague had his tie dragged into the industrial paper shredders we had and was nearly garotted at the same time! They left his minced tie next to the shredder as a reminder to keep our ties safely out of harms reach!!!