Health & Safety hits Christmas Tree

[bitslice]

To be fair to them they at least have an excuse, high winds + massive tree weighing a hell of a lot and balanced on a very small base is not really a great mix and I imagine having robes etc to make it anywhere near stable probably ruin the look to.

No they don't. Church near me always has a real tree.
Steel tube buried in concrete, tree goes in hole, bolted in.
End of season they pop a flower pot on it, job done.

One year the local yobs broke the decorations, apparently someone then punched a few faces in, no problems since

Council officials are just retarded jobsworths, it's not like Christmas doesn't happen every year.
If a church council can solve such a "complicated" problem then a council nub on £75K should be able to


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[Beansprout]

Reading further down the article it says they tried this approach because people didn't like the various guy ropes etc needed to stop it blowing over.

But hey, let's get sensationalist!

Still bonkers though.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

You see Heath and safety have even found a way to take some of the fun outta christmas

 

[Deleted member 651465]

http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/nov07.htm

 

[Sawell]

http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/nov07.htm

I love how they put that on there as if the councils and HSE buildings set the standard... when it's a council building I work in sheer brilliance. Have forwarded it on to the H&S guys downstairs.

 

[Splewis]

The council in my town (7,000 population basically a large village) has still put up a proper christmas tree in the middle of the main roundabout and hasn't changed anything, despite someone deciding to crash into it last year.

 

[Marky]

"Poole - the town with a Christmas tree that you can wipe your feet on"

Best headline EVAAR

 

[geekyEd]

its a tree with spikes on, you dont see the council removing every hedgerow with thorns on as well do you? Heath and safety officers are possibly the biggest bunch of pricks I have ever encountered in my life, why dont we get rid of them too!

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

its a tree with spikes on, you dont see the council removing every hedgerow with thorns on as well do you? Heath and safety officers are possibly the biggest bunch of pricks I have ever encountered in my life, why dont we get rid of them too!

You're right! We should demand they cut down all trees now! global warming be dammed our eyes' safety is at risk!