Health and Safety
I had my DSE training, though since I have not yet had my 'three letter acronym' training, I did not know what it was. 'Display Screen Equipment', it turns out. It was full of sound advice. If somebody comes into the room to talk to you, for example, you are encouraged to look away from your screen, at them. Eye exercises are suggested, including 'stretching'. The mind boggles.
It really does, if you sit at your screen too long. The mind boggles. Which is most unpleasant, I can assure you. They showed us a video.
There are reasons you might not want to look away from your screen, of course. A particularly striking headline on the BBC news website for example. I recall this one from a few months ago: 'Pope distorting condom science.' Which sounds like the caption to a quite extraordinary photograph. And only this week there was: 'Five guilty of neglecting horses.' Like a bleak late entry in the Enid Blyton series.
The fire alarm is not currently working, and '28 air horns' have been provided, and scattered around the building as a substitute. They gave Friday's fire drill an air of Fiesta Time, as we all danced outside to collect beneath 'Tree D'.
A fire marshal has to patrol the floor every hour on the hour, checking to see if anyone is in flames, or about to be. What happens if a fire breaks out at, say, five minutes past the hour I really don't know. One was just starting when I left at 5:15 on Friday but I figured I'd deal with it Monday.
It really does, if you sit at your screen too long. The mind boggles. Which is most unpleasant, I can assure you. They showed us a video.
There are reasons you might not want to look away from your screen, of course. A particularly striking headline on the BBC news website for example. I recall this one from a few months ago: 'Pope distorting condom science.' Which sounds like the caption to a quite extraordinary photograph. And only this week there was: 'Five guilty of neglecting horses.' Like a bleak late entry in the Enid Blyton series.
The fire alarm is not currently working, and '28 air horns' have been provided, and scattered around the building as a substitute. They gave Friday's fire drill an air of Fiesta Time, as we all danced outside to collect beneath 'Tree D'.
A fire marshal has to patrol the floor every hour on the hour, checking to see if anyone is in flames, or about to be. What happens if a fire breaks out at, say, five minutes past the hour I really don't know. One was just starting when I left at 5:15 on Friday but I figured I'd deal with it Monday.
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