Published by Swiss James on 26 Nov 2008 at 12:49 pm
Health & Safety
To the untrained eye, China is a country where Health & Safety precautions takes a backseat.
Where are the Safety goggles?
Where are the harnesses?
Why is my Surgeon using the same scalpel to clean under his toenails?
This is the typical whining you hear from ex-pats.
What these people don’t understand is that China ensures safety through strict supervision.
Here is a typical scene- three guys digging up the road at 10:30pm on a weeknight.
Three chaps working
As you can see, for the three guys actually doing something there are another three guys keeping an eye on things (one of them is at very close quarters- look carefully).
Perhaps in the West that would be enough. But this is China!
Safety First!
That’s more like it.
Reminds me of the time I ordered 4 coffees from Starbucks and THREE men came to deliver it.
Clip art used ironically = awesome
So who stayed up that night to take the pictures?
Regards
Ben
SHEQAfrica.com
But you know, considering all the hazards they don’t half live to a ripe old age
You just don’t understand chinese culture :P
Dingle – The ones that don’t die live to a ripe old age, yes.
hi,james! i’m jon! i’m in tsingtao,a wondrful place! haha!
James
Great to meet you yesterday. When I saw what the Movember password was today I nearly spat out my drink. So funny. Pity I can’t say it out here.
A.
This post cracks me up!
Andy: was great to meet you too- I might see you at Subs this weekend after all…
WoAi- how drunk were you? I hope you only tipped the middle one
T: I’ll bear that in mind
SHEQAfrica: we have a team working around the clock here at Ice Pie 上海
shopgirl: I don’t believe anyone understands Chinese culture. Anyone who says they do is a liar! :)
WoAi: Some of them are really tall too
Jon: Hey Jon- I’ve been there too see my photos here…
Maxie: cheers!
To all: if you would like to find out what that mysterious Movember password is, just follow the new-fangled link on the left hand side and donate a minimum of 2 UK pounds (that’s about 20RMB in these crazy times).
James I tipped the two on the outside. The 4 coffees weren’t all for me!
LOL! Great post James. I understand the safety issue, but that’s a waste of human resources! Anyway, with 1.3 billion people there will never be any shortage of ’supervisors’ in China. On the second picture, the man on the far right undoubtedly deserves the title of ‘Chief Supervisor’.
WoAi- how much for them to deliver to the airport do you think? Since Adrian left, there’s no-one around to make the coffee.
Actually Wancestyle- that street has a lot of “pink barbershops”. I suspect the Chief Supervisor may have been getting a little trim.
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