Just had a letter in our mail slot, one of those 'badly addressed so no one's sure which department to give it to' letters, so naturally I opened it and had a read in an attempt to work out who it might be for.
This resulted in the biggest laugh I've had in a while. Now I won't go into too much detail, but the in short the letter was a from a solicitors representing a 'client' who is making a personal injury claim.
The claim was for head injuries received from a skip lid, yes a skip lid. It would appear to the individual concerned that the idea of holding the lid of a skip open while you are putting something in said skip, and not putting your head in the skip at the same time weren't familiar concepts. According to the solicitiors who sent the letter, 'we' were neglegent because the skips didn't have a device to hold the lid open (can't say I've ever seen such a thing on large industrial skips) and our 'work practices' (whatever the hell that means) are unsafe. There was the usual level of legal rubbish as well, but that's the general outline of the letter/event. Sounds like the woman making the claim is a genius.
Oh and I suppose I should mention that my place of work is an RAF base, the subject of the above is a civillian who I assume is employed on base (for now). The solicitors don't seem all to bright either, the language in the letter apeared to be intended to scare a small company into offering a settlement. I suspect they are in for a shock, when the reply states 'go away' signed Royal Air Force Legal Service. Would love to be a fly on the wall when the individual has her 'chat' with her boss, and it's suggested that parhaps a military airbase where she is surrounded by very dangerous items such as high explosives and firearms might not be the best choice for her.
This resulted in the biggest laugh I've had in a while. Now I won't go into too much detail, but the in short the letter was a from a solicitors representing a 'client' who is making a personal injury claim.
The claim was for head injuries received from a skip lid, yes a skip lid. It would appear to the individual concerned that the idea of holding the lid of a skip open while you are putting something in said skip, and not putting your head in the skip at the same time weren't familiar concepts. According to the solicitiors who sent the letter, 'we' were neglegent because the skips didn't have a device to hold the lid open (can't say I've ever seen such a thing on large industrial skips) and our 'work practices' (whatever the hell that means) are unsafe. There was the usual level of legal rubbish as well, but that's the general outline of the letter/event. Sounds like the woman making the claim is a genius.
Oh and I suppose I should mention that my place of work is an RAF base, the subject of the above is a civillian who I assume is employed on base (for now). The solicitors don't seem all to bright either, the language in the letter apeared to be intended to scare a small company into offering a settlement. I suspect they are in for a shock, when the reply states 'go away' signed Royal Air Force Legal Service. Would love to be a fly on the wall when the individual has her 'chat' with her boss, and it's suggested that parhaps a military airbase where she is surrounded by very dangerous items such as high explosives and firearms might not be the best choice for her.
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