Stardate 26 September
Is this a dagger I see before me?
Health and safety came to the fore this week. Firstly we had a near miss. The story as it was related to me was as follows. Glass that was being stored upon a cupboard began to slide off during the opening of a cupboard. This I agree sounds awful and reckless on my part however further examination of the revealed that someone appears to have been attempting to `jimmy` the door with a crowbar or some such it was during this violent forced entry attempt the large board didn’t fall off despite their best efforts to make it do otherwise. It raises a few questions in my mind, to which I didn’t receive a satisfactory answer 1 if you’re opening a locked cupboard use a key. 2 If you lose the key, get the spare key you keep in the car, so u don’t look silly in front of your learners, should the lock fail , contact a locksmith, or secondly ensuring you are wearing the correct safety equipment use a pair of bolt cutters on the padlock. I can’t imagine how they reasoned bending the metal door would help them access this locked cupboard. I think if I was looking a fool in front of my class in such a way I would also attempt to divert attention away from my own incompetence by fingering a` scape goat`. I photographed the room extensively specifically documenting other classes objects also stored on top of cupboards. Ikea cupboard all are sold with wall brackets to prevent them being toppled over if we are to ensure a cupboard remains safe whilst being forcibly shaken we could look into this option. I am not storing work there anymore and now have to question the health and safety risk present in the end of term exhibition as work on a table top could become a hazard if someone decides to go at it with a crowbar.
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