Like most people of a certain age I have criticised H&S nannying; needing 'ladder training' to use a three-foot step at work and being warned that a jar of peanut butter 'may contain nuts'. However I may have to rethink.

My husband is a trustee and regular volunteer at our local community park.  This week he came out of the office to find a woman sitting in the outside cafe area with her dog on the table. He asked her to remove it and was told, 'I don't see why I should.  There isn't a sign.'

And do you know what? She was absolutely right!  There wasn't a sign saying 'Please do not put dogs on surfaces that will be used for eating by other people including very young children'.

However one is now in production along with 'Please do not let your children drink out of toilet bowls' and 'Please do not run round the car park with your eyes closed'

Well you can't be too careful, can you?

Similarly people who allow their children to put their shoes on chairs etc :( Drives me mad seeing parents allowing it :( I assume that the children are allowed to do it at home as well - or maybe not, just other people's seats :(

I know this isn't exactly H&S - just common decency whch many people haven't got :(

> Similarly people who allow their children to put their shoes on chairs etc :-( Drives me mad seeing parents allowing it :-(

And sitting or standing in the goods section of supermarket trolleys.
OK food in supermarkets is generally packaged these days but you put those packets in your kitchen cupboards complete with the residue from damp, grubby draws or little shoes that have run through the dog poo shrubberies surrounding the carpark.  Shudder.

> And sitting or standing in the goods section of supermarket trolleys.
>

They arent supposed to & most trolleys do have it printed on the handle..well Sainsburys do...but it doesnt stop children from still being in them, or should I say the adults allowing them to do so!! I'm sure they would be soon moaning if the trolley fell with their precious kid in it!! I have heard announcements over the tannoy too but I do think some walk around blind & deaf to these things!!!

> I'm sure they would be soon moaning if the trolley fell with their precious kid in it!!

I'm sure that is an issue too as they are not designed to cope with the centre of gravity of a child stood up in the middle.

Actually the trollies probably aren't at all clean left outside for birds to poos on etc but it still makes me cringe to see it :)

I actually wish someone would make a sign to say 'please wear adequate footwear in the supermarket'.... I can't tell you the amount of people that walk around my local supermarket in bare feet.  That's a bit too laid back for me!

I find it sad and bizarre when anything happens to people in water that their relatives/friends say 'well there isn't a sign to say that the sea/lake/river is dangerous' it's beyond belief that people don't just know this.. that they think our coastline/lakesides/riverbanks should be littered with signs every few yards reminding people that water can be dangerous and should be treated with respect :-(  Slowly commonsense is being eroded and people are losing the ability to work a few simple things out for themselves :-(

Well, I'll let you borrow my dad's saying for his kitchen
"Worktops are for casseroles, not ar£eholes!!"
Chuck that on a sign!lol

Seriously thought, I hate that we need a sign for everything or we don't know how to conduct our lives safely!  My aunt was rear-ended last week and the amount of 'blame theirs a claim' companies that have phoned her since is scary.  How do they know!

> My aunt was rear-ended last week and the amount of 'blame theirs a claim' companies that have phoned her since is scary.  How do they know!>

Her insurance company will have sold her details on.  They complain that they have to put premiums up due to the huge increase of whiplash claims and yet they are the cause of it due to selling everyones details on to these companies!

Maybe they need a sign telling them that, doh!

My OH used to buils quite a lot of swimming pools and often got them from an American company...every package  had a lable on it with a warning....even the tiny plastic bags with a couple of screws inside said "Do not run or dive round this pool" LOL
And the food packaging that says "This product may get hot while heating " I blooming hope so !!
Aileen

My Dad went to the Post Office in town recently and carried his small dog in.
The lady at the desk said that dogs were not allowed.
He pointed out that there was no sign saying so, so she shouted a boss over who agreed that there wasn't a sign so to serve him.
There still isn't a sign so he continues to carry him in.

I was surprised to see a Staffy sat patiently in the cue at our local Halifax recently and on my way out I checked - no sign.  The banks will take money off anyone or anything these days !!!

Whilst working on produce department in a local supermarket,observerd a gent ? wearing just a pair off shorts (hot summer) with his hand down same scratching his bits !!!,We got security to deal with him ,GROSS Just think all that uncovered fruit & veg that he had touched .

Bleurgh!

On a vaguely related note to the OP - I recently had cause (oh it was a dire emergency honestly) to visit a local mcdonalds with my dog. The seating area outside is VERY small and its hard to describe, basically the only place my dog could have sat on the floor was a/covered in road salt and b/ right where people wanted to walk, so I made the executive decision to sit him on the bench next to me instead of on the floor.

Then I sent OH to buy us our food and a softy (ie, total mug) he bought the dog a cheeseburger too..

Dog ate his cheeseburger off the wrapper on the table, but was a bit messy (well hes a dog!) and so when we finished I went in and asked one of the staff members for a squirty bottle of disinfectant and a cloth...

Well, she was AMAZED i had come in to ask, and about three staff members came out to see me wipe down the table (and bench) and clear up after ourselves, and thanked me profusely.... which staggered me a bit really, surely its common sense.. you make a mess people are not expecting to deal with or you wouldnt want them to have to deal with (or you just make a mess!), then you clear it up?? No?

Thinking about it i had a similar reaction when one of my dogs had a dreadful accident of the very runny brown kind on a train station platform - I stood guard over the mess and asked someone to get a staff member to bring me a bucket and mop, which they did.. and the staff member was gobsmacked that I was prepared to clean it up myself (and wouldn't let me because apparently elf and safety doesnt allow the public to operate a MOP)...

Onnn the other hand, I have been known to purposely mis-interpret certain public warning signs, particularly one at a local river which informs me in capital letters that the river contains 'DANGER - DEEP WATER' and one grumpy council official came to inform me that this meant i was NOT permitted to swim in the river. I disagreed and in response to his 'haven't you read the sign' i said  yes, I have read the sign, I understand there is deep water and that this might be dangerous.. and I have made an informed decision to swim here anyway. Thankyou..

He didn't like it, but I don't think he fancied getting IN the river to get me out! :D

> Well, she was AMAZED i had come in to ask

My daughter is at the wonderful age where she enjoys nothing more than sitting in a highchair throwing her food around. I am staggered at the amount of staff who stand open mouthed when i ask for a dustpan and brush to clear up as we leave any establishment. Apparently nobody else does this - they just allow staff to clean up. I cant believe it!! Your child/pet - your responsibility IMO

Ohhhh Stooge complete with the residue from damp, grubby draws or little shoes that have run through the dog poo shrubberies surrounding the carpark   I was eating lunch lol,,,

must say i have seen parents doing this alot in the supermarkets,, never quite thought about it that deep before,,,, ewwwww,,,,

i usually just see the danger to the child as their leaning out to grab something,, well if that trolly moves the child could go toppling out cracking their heads on the supermarket floor,,,

Actually the trollies probably aren't at all clean left outside for birds to poos on etc but it still makes me cringe to see it

thats nothing,, when i was shelf stacking at tesco thu the night , on our breaks we would go outside for a fag and their where always Rats running thu the trolley over the baby seats,,, gross i wouldnt ever put my baby in one of them now if i where to have one that is,,, not after what i seen their,