the one where the guy basically stands up after being crushed, like nothing happened, and basically said "oh wow, my bad. what was I thinking?" like that kinda thing happens all the time.
personally I found it rather funny simply in it's nonchalant execution. at least the texting one was like "If you text while driving YOU WILL DIE ONE THOUSAND DEATHS!"
Ross Rifle
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Posted:
Aug 27 2009 03:55 am
Yeah, I found that and the falling one to be much less effective than the kitchen one, because the kitchen one builds up to the accident.
yeah, the kitchen one was horrendous. I was actually taken back by it. the ladder one just made me want to put it through windows movie maker and dub in commentary from jeff hardy matches for lulz.
Ross Rifle
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Posted:
Aug 27 2009 03:57 am
haha fair enough. Yeah, I've worked in more than one kitchen, as has most of my family. I might not ever again.
while the prevent it videos were more on the hilarious side.
Seek help.
I agree with AtmanRyu halfway. The texting PSA and the second prevent-it with the girl slipping in the kitchen were...horrifying, to say the least. But the first and third prevent-it videos seemed completely cheesy. After seeing them, I couldn't help but think of this:
If he even thought the tanks were leaking why would you hold an open flame next to one? Seriously you'd think there would be a way to test if the tanks were leaking before he started using the torch.
"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!"
AtmanRyu
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Posted:
Aug 27 2009 09:03 pm
IceWarm wrote:
If he even thought the tanks were leaking why would you hold an open flame next to one? Seriously you'd think there would be a way to test if the tanks were leaking before he started using the torch.
If he even thought the tanks were leaking why would you hold an open flame next to one? Seriously you'd think there would be a way to test if the tanks were leaking before he started using the torch.
I think that's the point...
I meant that he should have been able to tell if they were leaking. Safety responsibilities fall on the employee too. When its your ass on the line you'd think he would check for leaks himself and not just hope that the company did.
"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!"
Ross Rifle
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Aug 27 2009 10:21 pm
Yeah, I think the commercials try to show that the employee is responsible too, but this one just didn't quite get the point across.
Yeah, I think the commercials try to show that the employee is responsible too, but this one just didn't quite get the point across.
Quite honestly, I think the makers of those commercials were attempting the same thing a horror movie director would try. The one with the girl in the kitchen is the only one that succeeded, for me at least.
I saw it like a year ago and I still refuse to watch it on this thread. I remember it vividly, and not in a good way.
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AtmanRyu
Title: The Wandering Dragon
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Posted:
Aug 28 2009 01:16 am
Dii Infer wrote:
Ross Rifle wrote:
Yeah...fuck that one's terrifying. Jesus.
I saw it like a year ago and I still refuse to watch it on this thread. I remember it vividly, and not in a good way.
Of all the videos, I have to admit that the kitchen one does indeed gets the point accross, though again I must be desensitized as I merely got a flinch from it.
Then again, I tend to watch gory scenes in slow motion in movies such as Saw and similar, along with disaster movies...
personally, that one is the funniest one yet. maybe I'm just desensitized or something.
Greg the White
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Posted:
Aug 28 2009 01:26 am
Ugh, I hate this trash.
So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind.
AtmanRyu
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Posted:
Aug 28 2009 01:27 am
FNJ wrote:
personally, that one is the funniest one yet. maybe I'm just desensitized or something.
Maybe.
If it was just the falling, it'd find it funny too. I think the part where you see her head smack against the stove as she falls is what bothers me a smidge.
oh no no no. the kitchen one was terrible. it cringed. i felt genuinely sickened. it hit the mark. I meant the one where the guy explodes mid sentence and takes a dive off the top of the hell in a cell.
IceWarm
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Posted:
Aug 28 2009 11:38 pm
They should have been using fatigue mats in that kitchen. You know the rubber mats with holes in them so stuff like grease go through the holes so you don't slip on it. They also help grip the bottom of shoes to prevent slips. I've worked in several restaurants and every one of them had these kind of mats in the kitchen area.
"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!"
Greg the White
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Posted:
Aug 29 2009 12:29 am
IceWarm wrote:
They should have been using fatigue mats in that kitchen. You know the rubber mats with holes in them so stuff like grease go through the holes so you don't slip on it. They also help grip the bottom of shoes to prevent slips. I've worked in several restaurants and every one of them had these kind of mats in the kitchen area.
I think that's the point- to take safety measures.
So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind.
Kubo
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Posted:
Aug 29 2009 01:57 am
The only thing that bugs me about the "accident" commercials is how the characters that get hurt or get dead all use the term "accident" sarcastically. Like the woman in the kitchen, she uses air quotes when she says "accident," as if to imply that her fall wasn't an accidental occurrence. It was. It was just a negligent accident. It's not like someone poured grease on the floor and made her fall purposefully. All those events are accidents... they're just negligent, not purposeful.
Yes, I study communication and social psych. Yes, that is far too much detail to worry about when a woman gets bacon grease on her dome.
Thou, because I am wroth, be not dismayed, for I shall win the strife, whoever circle round within for the defence. This their insolence is not new, for of old they used it at a less secret gate, which still is found without a bolt. Above it thou didst see the dead inscription; and already on this side of it
descends the steep, passing without escort through the circles,
One such that by him the city shall be opened to us.
IceWarm
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Posted:
Aug 29 2009 02:36 pm
I find most of these videos to be dumb. I've spotted so many things in each one that you'd think people would check and/or do before working. I know these are PSAs and are trying to show unsafe work conditions but most of them just come off as insulting my intelligence.
The one with the ladder. When I'm working on a ladder I usually have somebody else hold the legs of it so it does not shake. I'd also have it closer to the thing she was hanging as not to reach over like that.
The kitchen one. There should have been fatigue mats. Also if you spill grease clean it up right away. She even said she should have cleaned it up. But them not having those mats is what is dumb. Those mats are there to prevent slips and to cushion the people working in the kitchen from standing on tile and tiring their legs out, hence the name fatigue mats.
The factory one. That guy should have been driving slower. If he backed in slowly he wouldn't have hit the shelves as hard and the thing probably wouldn't have broke. This one out of all of them is probably the one I have the least issue with. But still if he knew the thing was broken don't you think he would have been more careful when he backed into it?
The electricity one. The guy wasn't wearing his safety gear. That's all I have to say.
The construction one. He should have checked the tanks before working and if he knew his harness was broken he should have asked for another one.
As Kubo said all of these videos show employee negligence more so than employer negligence.
"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!"
Ross Rifle
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Posted:
Aug 30 2009 04:58 am
Yeah, so be fucking careful.
Also, non-slip shoes don't mean shit when it comes to a floor covered in grease. And on that note, there's no such fucking thing as non-slip shoes. Trust me, I lost a job, and still have back troubles, over this fact.
Also, non-slip shoes don't mean shit when it comes to a floor covered in grease. And on that note, there's no such fucking thing as non-slip shoes. Trust me, I lost a job, and still have back troubles, over this fact.
Steel toe shoes on the other hand DO protect your toes from heavy objects, plus they're quite effective when kicking someone in the nuts.
