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Hello? What Truck?

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Hello? What Truck?

While on a First Aid Course from work (Southampton, UK), I happened to be sitting next to a guy called John also from Southampton. John is a Fork Lift Driver and works for a major building company.

He never said whether he had been sent on the course of his own request or the powers that be within his company thought it might be a good thing if he attended! Anyhow, it transpires that last summer (2001), John was working with his mode of convenience namely driving his fork life truck for the purposes intended. I might point out at this juncture that your average forklift truck of this type weighs some 9½ British tons.

Well apparently, he backs over the Managing Director’s father (who is aged 70). Most forklift trucks in this country have reversing warning beepers (audio warnings) and a rotating flashing yellow lights (visual warning) on the top. It transpires that this gentleman was on his mobile phone at the time and so was obviously not concentrating on any impending loss of life. Especially his own! This time the gentleman escaped with two broken legs and a fractured pelvis. The man concerned has recovered and last Christmas bought my colleague a crate of beer. The reasons for this are unclear but possibly because my colleague failed to deprive this gentleman of his life when he so thoughtlessly tried to end it himself!

Submitted on 10/28/2002

Submitted by: Chris Todd
Reference: No Media Reference (Summer 01)

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Jack said:
Maybe Toss: Other
While I agree with Charles about having a category for mobile phones, I have some serious reservations about this, starting with the description of the forklift as weighing "some 9 1/2 British tons." Shouldn't that be "tonnes?"


Matt said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Umm I live in Southampton where this happened and I didn't hear anything about it on the news, it is the sort of thing thqat would be covered on the local news


Teela said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention


Bill said:
Maybe Toss: Other
We don't know how fast he was backing up, we don't know if it was clear that the area was dangerous. It is not clear, if and how stupid this fellow was. My guess is, that it is also quite common.


Charles said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
The more I think of this, the more I think we should have a new category, "Mobile phones". An awful lot of people seem to have their stupidity enhanced when talking on a cell phone...


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