Insane - Page 3

Simon W · 11th January 2008, 22:57

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Originally Posted by jimh

.....Again. Ask yourself what would have happened if someone had died and the MCA bod had not followed procedure? There is a good chance he could have been looking at defending a private prosecution from the dead girl's family. It's his fault because he didn't follow procedure.

That's all very well, but the MCA should have given the man credit for saving a life, regardless of the rule book. They should have just added a comment about standard MCA safety procedures, as London Underground did in the Clapham Common incident.

It was up to the man and no-one else whether he risked his own life or not. He did the right thing and the little girl will never forget him - neither will her parents.

jimh · 14th January 2008, 08:43

Which is what I said back at the start. Yes you need to be aware of the need to have procedures and disciplinary procedures to protect the organisation, the employees and the volunteers but that is not an excuse for bad man management which winds good people up and causes them to walk away. The fact that this ended up as a news story is pretty good evidence that the managers made a right old mess of it.

It is possible to argue that there are lots of spheres of life where legislation and other practices have merely been used by unimaginative or just plain stupid managers to hide behind.

It isn't child protection legislation, it isn't health and safety legislation and it certainly isn't political correctness which is to blame. It is witless people who have been given positions of responsibility who cannot cope using them as an excuse. The other problem is that it makes a good story so the hacks have their angle.

14th January 2008, 08:43	#22
jimh Regular poster 75 CDT Tourer Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In a diesel clunker Posts: 45 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Which is what I said back at the start. Yes you need to be aware of the need to have procedures and disciplinary procedures to protect the organisation, the employees and the volunteers but that is not an excuse for bad man management which winds good people up and causes them to walk away. The fact that this ended up as a news story is pretty good evidence that the managers made a right old mess of it. It is possible to argue that there are lots of spheres of life where legislation and other practices have merely been used by unimaginative or just plain stupid managers to hide behind. It isn't child protection legislation, it isn't health and safety legislation and it certainly isn't political correctness which is to blame. It is witless people who have been given positions of responsibility who cannot cope using them as an excuse. The other problem is that it makes a good story so the hacks have their angle.