Bloke at work has refused to visit clients in central London, specifically the West End because of the level of pollution which is said to be dangerous.
Needless to say he is a vegan but drives an archaic Escort Diesel (non turbo)!
Work have said "ok" we will fill in with other staff and you can take some of their visits outside London.
Brilliant, others now get extra exposure!
Grrrrrrrrr!
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If it is too dangerous/polluted for him, then you can say that it is too polluted/dangerous for you, Shirley?
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>> If it is too dangerous/polluted for him, then you can say that it is too
>> polluted/dangerous for you, Shirley?
If it's just one employee who has perhaps has previous for being a prima donna the employer may tolerate it, while perhaps notionally adding it to the 'charge sheet' for future. Otherwise you tell him his T&C's require him to go where he's told, refusal is a disciplinary matter.
Exceptions made for medical grounds, eg if he can show has severe asthma or some other condition making him vulnerable or major smogs like the one in January.
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Perhaps now the employer has been alerted to a potential health issue it has a duty under the health and Safety legislation a) not to expose any staff to it, and b) not to permit their employees to use old polluting cars for work?
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Does he have any new fivers he doesn't want ?
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Ban his pre Euro4 (or Euro anything) car from the workplace car park?
Last edited by: Old Navy on Tue 7 Mar 17 at 11:49
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Unless it's for medical grounds that seems very generous.
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Diesel and other oil-based hydrocarbons are made from animal products. :)
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Unless he has a genuine, provable, medical condition , he is a useless wimp.
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Maybe he just didn't like the central london visits and this was a tongue in cheek excuse?
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>> Maybe he just didn't like the central london visits and this was a tongue in
>> cheek excuse?
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Oh this guy doesn't do tongue in cheek! Wouldn't be anywhere near as bad if he were one of the lads or lasses but he holds himself rather aloof.
I don't mind London but travelling there takes 3 times as long for me then it does for him.
After a visit there last week I have decided never to take a rush hour tube again and take a taxi instead, its much more civilised!
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>> Oh this guy doesn't do tongue in cheek! Wouldn't be anywhere near as bad if
>> he were one of the lads or lasses but he holds himself rather aloof.
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We had a raving Vegan in our office who was PITA.
" Look at my plastic shoes and belt! I expect they are more expensive than you are wearing! etc"
When asked " What is that tin with pills in it that you are always accessing ?"
" Oh I need those to ensure I get enough minerals and and and and!"
No shrinking violet!
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>>After a visit there last week I have decided never to take a rush hour tube again and take a taxi instead, its much more civilised!
No it's not... the hours wasted in a cab are bonkers. I loathe being trapped in cabs and thus inevitably late for meetings.
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>> Diesel and other oil-based hydrocarbons are made from animal products. :)
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Are they?
I thought they were mineralised decomposed vegetable matter but I suppose they might contain the odd dinosaur remains.
I have a vegan relative who will not sit on my leather sofa and says he prefers the floor.
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Yeah, that's Norfolk for you eh? ;-)
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He's from London actually. Strange but I don't normally eat a lot of meat myself but whenever I see him I fancy a plate of steak tartar, a black pudding and a fillet mignon with a couple of fried eggs on top.
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Lever sofa eh! Oooh! get you. o:-)
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Last time in London a few years back.Must admit it stinks of fumes in some areas.It used to be the smog city.It is going back to the old days.
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I'm not sure, that was I of working age, you could pay me enough to work in London.
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>> I'm not sure, that was I of working age, you could pay me enough to
>> work in London.
There are two issues. Working there and living there.
Was never happy living there (partially excepting some house shares in Stanmore/Harrow) but working in 'Legal London' around Chancery Lane > Lincoln's Inn > Holborn was really pleasant
Long distance commuting was fine for 25 years I was doing it. Train time was quality time to read, listen to music, plan the day or just watch ever changing scene outside.
Not sure I could go back to it now and expense of offices in Legal London mean I'd more likely be in Croydon or Stratford.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Tue 7 Mar 17 at 18:56
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I spent some years, from early 1966 to late 1972, working in Harrow, but covering, as a finance house rep. and later as a manager, most of the NW postcodes as well as some W5 & W7, plus the nicer bits such as Stanmore.
For the first few months I commuted by car from Pratts Bottom, to Kenton, each day. Try THAT now! (And drove home after a long day - see below)
A good part of the job - in the evenings, from about 6.30pm to 10.30pm, and unpaid, in terms of no overtime - was collecting money from defaulting customers, many of whom should never have been granted credit in the first place.
Interesting times: I can tell some tales of how the many of the dwellers in NW2 and NW10 lived in pretty squalid conditions in those days.(Remember Rachman?).
We used to go on these calls in pairs!
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Kenton/Belmont was my stomping ground for a while 80- 85 living variously in Anmersh Grove, Alicia Gardens and then Grange Avenue. An oddly rural part of London.
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>> >> Diesel and other oil-based hydrocarbons are made from animal products. :)
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>> Are they?
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>> I thought they were mineralised decomposed vegetable matter but I suppose they might contain the
>> odd dinosaur remains.
I always thought it was crushed sea creatures?
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It's liquid coal. I thought ex vegetation.
youtu.be/aC8fK9_XwVY
Last edited by: Old Navy on Tue 7 Mar 17 at 21:14
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There is always one - Duncan
