The dairy had been on the site since 1930 and had been modernised in 1959, 18 years previously. It was one of the most up to date in Europe and it had a good reputation for both its’ products and its’ workers. We must not let the company down. To that end we went on to hear about Health and Safety, mostly as it related to driving, parking and reversing milk floats, how not to lift a crate above your head, how full crates tended to be heavier, how easily the bottles smashed and lastly which side of the doorstep to leave the milk on. Ted asked one of the youngest lads where he would put a fresh delivery of milk.
“In the fridge I s’pose”
“No lad, when you take the bottles out of your hand-crate and leave them on the doorstep. Where do you put them?”
“Where there’s a space.” Someone suggested that pensioners often had a little crate with a numbered flag for the purpose.
“I bought my Nan one for Christmas once”
“Forget that........ Where do you put the milk on the step if there isn’t a little crate?” Ted was speaking more slowly and precisely now.
“What if they got one of them meter cupboards?”
By now Ted was almost exploding. “No, no, no!! ................. On.. the.. hinge.. side,” he ennunciated.
“Yer what?”
“You look at the front door, look what side it opens, you know where the lock is, and you put the bottles the other side. The side which stays still when you open the door.”
“Eh?”
“So your unsuspecting customer doesn’t come waltzing out of the door and go flying over the milk. Health and safety. See?”
“Does the supervisor come round and check where you’ve put them?”
“In the fridge I s’pose”
“No lad, when you take the bottles out of your hand-crate and leave them on the doorstep. Where do you put them?”
“Where there’s a space.” Someone suggested that pensioners often had a little crate with a numbered flag for the purpose.
“I bought my Nan one for Christmas once”
“Forget that........ Where do you put the milk on the step if there isn’t a little crate?” Ted was speaking more slowly and precisely now.
“What if they got one of them meter cupboards?”
By now Ted was almost exploding. “No, no, no!! ................. On.. the.. hinge.. side,” he ennunciated.
“Yer what?”
“You look at the front door, look what side it opens, you know where the lock is, and you put the bottles the other side. The side which stays still when you open the door.”
“Eh?”
“So your unsuspecting customer doesn’t come waltzing out of the door and go flying over the milk. Health and safety. See?”
“Does the supervisor come round and check where you’ve put them?”
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