Misfits, Dad's Army Types et al...
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Drumroll said:
You put it there when your boot is so full of "life saving equipment" (weak lemonade) there is no where else to put it.
My boot is full of proper life saving equipment - ambulance bag, defib and oxygen cylinder. My ambulance hi-vis stays firmly in the boot until I arrive at the house I'm tasked to, only then does it come out of the bag. My work hi-vis stays in my patrol bag until I arrive at the station and book on. I've never see a womble NOT wearing a hii-viz jacket permanently whilst on duty, regardless of it being -10 and blizzard-ing or +30 in the height in summer. There's always 2 of them in the vehicle, both fully suited up. One might say the true Walts of the roads ! All you need to finish off the look is add a snorkel pipe to your Shogun.
That's because it's part of our PPE and regulations state we have to wear it all times when out on road. Thankfully the Shoguns are on their way out of the fleet, I've never found them to be comfortable. I've preferred the Land Cruisers, Discovery (3, 4 and 5) and the XC90. I'm single crew trained so spend 90% of the time on my own.
r3g said:
I've never see a womble NOT wearing a hii-viz jacket permanently whilst on duty, regardless of it being -10 and blizzard-ing or +30 in the height in summer. There's always 2 of them in the vehicle, both fully suited up. One might say the true Walts of the roads ! All you need to finish off the look is add a snorkel pipe to your Shogun.
Or it could be a sackable i offence to not do so?i never wore high viz with VISITOR on out of choice, but did so every single time i went in the warehouse, even though i did that 2-3 times a month for 10 years. the lads would laugh (towards the end, i had been in there longer than their new starters induction period) but all it would take is the "wrong" hse chap to spot me and i'd be stop carded and in a world of pain on the spot.
Some people (just look at this forum) have it in for anyone in council / police / whatever. If a HATO went on a motorway in jeans and a t shirt, some bellend would photograph it and have it sent as a complaint within hours.ld
Do you have the same disdain for other people who wear the clothes their employers mandate them to wear?
I have to confess that I have a hi viz vest in my boot. The reason? I am a railway modeller and at a recent exhibition at the SEC in Glasgow the venue insisted that everyone involved in dismantling layouts and stands after the public close of the show had to wear a hi viz vest. No hi viz, get out of the hall. It wasn't even as if there were vehicles moving about in the hall - they weren't allowed in until nearly an hour after the show closed!
I felt a proper walt!
I felt a proper walt!
Some Gump said:
Do you have the same disdain for other people who wear the clothes their employers mandate them to wear?
No not at all. I had actually misread Hogg's post which has caused my reply to it make no sense at all and look stupid. I'd have deleted it but it's already been quoted now. Apols for the confusion.Being in the haulage industry much of my working life I'm perfectly au fait with them in situations where it makes sense to wear them to be seen. There is a whole separate discussion about them being so prevalent now that they've lost their meaning as nobody takes any notice of you (see matchmaker's post above as a good example) - much the same with flashing amber beacons fitted to everything with wheels or tracks.
We had a guy at our place who bought an expensive hi-viz fleece and wore than instead of a hi-viz vest. His reasoning was that he worked in a yard and needed to wear a hi-viz as company policy so rather than wear a normal fleece and hi-viz vest he could just wear a single item. The rest us of had concluded that this was just a smokescreen and he was a closet Walt, which was later confirmed when a colleague had spotted him wearing the hi-viz when out and about on his day off.
matchmaker said:
I have to confess that I have a hi viz vest in my boot. The reason? I am a railway modeller and at a recent exhibition at the SEC in Glasgow the venue insisted that everyone involved in dismantling layouts and stands after the public close of the show had to wear a hi viz vest. No hi viz, get out of the hall. It wasn't even as if there were vehicles moving about in the hall - they weren't allowed in until nearly an hour after the show closed!
I felt a proper walt!
I do hope they were orange hi viz?! I felt a proper walt!
Southerner said:
matchmaker said:
I have to confess that I have a hi viz vest in my boot. The reason? I am a railway modeller and at a recent exhibition at the SEC in Glasgow the venue insisted that everyone involved in dismantling layouts and stands after the public close of the show had to wear a hi viz vest. No hi viz, get out of the hall. It wasn't even as if there were vehicles moving about in the hall - they weren't allowed in until nearly an hour after the show closed!
I felt a proper walt!
I do hope they were orange hi viz?! I felt a proper walt!
matchmaker said:
Southerner said:
matchmaker said:
I have to confess that I have a hi viz vest in my boot. The reason? I am a railway modeller and at a recent exhibition at the SEC in Glasgow the venue insisted that everyone involved in dismantling layouts and stands after the public close of the show had to wear a hi viz vest. No hi viz, get out of the hall. It wasn't even as if there were vehicles moving about in the hall - they weren't allowed in until nearly an hour after the show closed!
I felt a proper walt!
I do hope they were orange hi viz?! I felt a proper walt!
jdw100 said:
I’d be watching my back if it had been me posting negative comments.
I know, from experience, that these organisations attract a lot of ex-SAS members to their ranks.
Since becoming just an ordinary MOP these guys realise they miss the excitement and adrenaline of working with a team cut from similar cloth: hence they join the sort of organisations you lot like to mock.
Don’t ask me how I know this, let me just sort of imply that I’m ex-SAS then I can deny it with a wry smile and a chuckle. So don’t ask.
Any questions? Please.
You're ex-SSAS? I'm impressed. Most of us mere mortals have heard of people like you, but haven't met one in real life. I've served, too, but only as a lowly SIPP administrator. We occasionally used to hear talk of SSAS clients in our office, but they were served by a specially qualified SSAS team; presumably that was more befitting of their status as superior beings. I know, from experience, that these organisations attract a lot of ex-SAS members to their ranks.
Since becoming just an ordinary MOP these guys realise they miss the excitement and adrenaline of working with a team cut from similar cloth: hence they join the sort of organisations you lot like to mock.
Don’t ask me how I know this, let me just sort of imply that I’m ex-SAS then I can deny it with a wry smile and a chuckle. So don’t ask.
Any questions? Please.
I'm back on civvy street now, with a mere stakeholder policy and a not-worth-very-much final salary scheme to my name. Do you still have anything to do with the SSAS? Is it a case of 'once SSAS, forever SSAS'? And do you have SSAS reunions, where you talk about the good times, and the bad ones such as Clive's refusal to sign the meeting minutes in September '06?
SSAS. Never thought I'd see the day.
BlindedByTheLights said:
House renovation projects on tv, drives me mad seeing everyone working in the garden or in the house all wearing hi vis, why!!!??
Near me there is an old biddies walking group. They meet up and go for a walk, lovely. But some self appointed leaders take it upon themselves to wear hi viz. Why? Because important. Scabutz said:
BlindedByTheLights said:
House renovation projects on tv, drives me mad seeing everyone working in the garden or in the house all wearing hi vis, why!!!??
Near me there is an old biddies walking group. They meet up and go for a walk, lovely. But some self appointed leaders take it upon themselves to wear hi viz. Why? Because important. HTP99 said:
Scabutz said:
BlindedByTheLights said:
House renovation projects on tv, drives me mad seeing everyone working in the garden or in the house all wearing hi vis, why!!!??
Near me there is an old biddies walking group. They meet up and go for a walk, lovely. But some self appointed leaders take it upon themselves to wear hi viz. Why? Because important. 
Red9zero said:
HTP99 said:
Scabutz said:
BlindedByTheLights said:
House renovation projects on tv, drives me mad seeing everyone working in the garden or in the house all wearing hi vis, why!!!??
Near me there is an old biddies walking group. They meet up and go for a walk, lovely. But some self appointed leaders take it upon themselves to wear hi viz. Why? Because important. I was a bit saddened to see a school outing in the countryside recently. No sure how old the kids were but I'd take a guess at maybe 10 years old. A long line of about 50 kids all wearing oversized yellow hi-viz vests and 4 or 5 teachers with same. Middle of nowhere, just walking along a moorland path to somewhere with no danger for miles in any direction 
. My parents would have rolled their eyes too if they'd seen me wearing one of those back in the 70s/80s. Totally ridiculous.
. My parents would have rolled their eyes too if they'd seen me wearing one of those back in the 70s/80s. Totally ridiculous.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff