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Off Topic / Why do people dislike safety equipment?
« on: April 30, 2024, 07:37:38 PM »
So I recently got a job as a guy who delivers, installs, and mounts TVs and other devices. I often work with power tools and ladders. Me and my coworkers don't get paid hourly, we get paid a piece rate for every job completed, so we're incentivized to work as fast as we can.
However, I am protective of my soft, stuffty body. So whenever I'm working with someone and I insist on wearing my helmet on the ladder (which is company policy), or put on gloves to lift heavy things (to avoid cutting my hands, and the cushion helps my endurance with the weight), or put on ear protection when we drill (metal on metal screeching is LOUD), or even decide to put on safety glasses when we're cutting wood or drywall, my coworkers just give me annoyed looks or sighs or make comments about it. Even the one clumsy motherforgeter that keeps cutting his hands won't wear loving gloves.
I get that everyone wants to get done and get out, but goddamn if they don't give me stuff for spending a few seconds to put on some basic gear. I'd rather not get tinnitus from this stuff, but they always make it sound like only a child would worry about such things. Maybe REAL MEN just take their progressive disabilities from work LIKE A MAN and don't complain about it. Anyone else deal with this stuff?
However, I am protective of my soft, stuffty body. So whenever I'm working with someone and I insist on wearing my helmet on the ladder (which is company policy), or put on gloves to lift heavy things (to avoid cutting my hands, and the cushion helps my endurance with the weight), or put on ear protection when we drill (metal on metal screeching is LOUD), or even decide to put on safety glasses when we're cutting wood or drywall, my coworkers just give me annoyed looks or sighs or make comments about it. Even the one clumsy motherforgeter that keeps cutting his hands won't wear loving gloves.
I get that everyone wants to get done and get out, but goddamn if they don't give me stuff for spending a few seconds to put on some basic gear. I'd rather not get tinnitus from this stuff, but they always make it sound like only a child would worry about such things. Maybe REAL MEN just take their progressive disabilities from work LIKE A MAN and don't complain about it. Anyone else deal with this stuff?