Conference 7.286::digital

That sounds a lot like the memo which complains about people dying on the job
without falling down, making it hard to distinguish them from the workers who
were still living.

    So all those "runners" will now start race walking, leaving the safety
    office with yet another complaint. Then will come the speed limit, and
    then the radars, and then the stealth clothing, and then the .... 
    
    Rules like this simple don't work, but it takes officious regulators a
    long time to figure that out. 

    re .1  -  I agree with you but I can assure you that the memo is
    genuine.  You would have to understand the customer to see why this is
    nothing out of the ordinary for them to do.

    Brings a new meaning to "voting with your feet".

    
    You know Andy, it's a shame this comes from New England - or we
    could send it to Esther Rantzen as a candidate for a "Jobsworth"
    award...
    
    /. Ian .\
    
    PS: for our non-UK readers: Esther Rantzen hosts a BBC TV show called
    "That's Life" that most weeks awards a "Jobsworth" (a gold sprayed
    peaked cap) to the person upholding the stupidest corporate rule
    because "it's more than his job's worth" to allow an exception.
    
    

    Seems most of you assume this was done with the intent of gaining
    worker compliance...I'd bet it was done to cover their a** in case
    of injury attributable to running.
    
    Tom
    

    re .5
    
    I do not know if the rule applies in the UK but they company that
    issues the memo has numerous offices in the UK.  Does this count?
    
    I would be more than happy to fly over (at someone else's expense) to
    the UK to receive the award in the name of the company  :-)

    Reading .0 gave me the feeling I used to get very regularly a few
    years ago in Another Company. Something along the lines of, "Omigod
    here we go again" with the anger starting to rise close behind.
    
    It was nice to remember that the mail is 'Someone Else's Problem.'
    Calvin

    
    
    re- .6 CYA is probably right. 
    
    You beat me to it, Tom. It probably is a limit the iability  type of
    memo. Especially that part about in the aisles, if they mean inside
    the buildings. I don't understand that bit about the parking lots
    though.  
    
    If you look closely I am sure you will find some no running or
    jumping rules in place at specific sites even here in DEC. The most
    likely  would be in maunfacturing, warehouses, and labs. This would 
    be for safety sake, not, I hope, just so someone could be a b***buster. 

Are we talking about running (jogging... the exercise kind), or people 
racing to get out of work as fast as possible?

I'd put a smiley face on that, if it wasn't for the fact that at one
of my previous positions, I used to observe the manufacturing folks at
this particular defense contractor standing in line from about 7 minutes
before quitting time, to be first at the timeclock, and literally
*RUNNING* out of the building to their cars!

Talk about loving your job!  8^)

Bob

    re .10  -  I don't know if we are talking about the same company or not
    but you are exactly right as to the situation.  The lines at the
    timeclock appear to be based somewhat on seniority, with the first
    person with their card in the clock so it can be punched exactly at the
    stroke of shift change.
    
    What this rule does not cover is the fact that you can literally get
    run down in the parking lot with the cars racing to leave after the
    drivers have run to their cars.
    
    Unfortunately there does not appear to be the same level of enthusiasm
    with everyone getting TO their jobs in the morning.