Renovations
Jan. 18th, 2010 02:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqThe company is going to be (mostly) gutting and renovating our office to make room for more desks as we will be absorbing another of our offices in the upcoming months. There was apparently a lot of concern among the people here about how they would be affected by the changes, so our Health and Safety committee opened their in-box for questions relating to the changes.
They posted their first batch of questions and answers today. Most of the questions are reasonable, but a couple of them jumped out at me as I was reading through the list.
Q: I was wondering if it would be possible to use a Yoga Ball for seating in the office or is there a reason why not?
(File under: wtf?)
Q: Will we have more French signage?
(File under: entitlement much?)
While this second one smacks of entitlement (we have nobody in this office who is not functionally fluent in English), I give it a tiny bit of credence because there is an outside possibility that some of the new people who will be moving in here in a couple of months might not be entirely fluent. Even then, I can't think of any important signs in the office that are not already in English and French.
All this cold medication has done horrible things to my system. Let's just say that it's probably a good thing that my co-worker called off today and I have this little office to myself. I am halfway tempted to put a "Quarantine" sign on the door. In both official languages, of course.
[Edit]
I guess it's worth an edit to clarify something about these two questions - my fault, because I glossed over things in my post. I blame the cold medication. Anyway, the point of the Q&A was to answer peoples health and safety concerns during the upcoming office renovations. They are going to be tearing out walls, and rewiring a sizable portion of the office. This was supposed to be for people who had questions about health and safety issues during the work.
To put it in context, most of the questions were about potential noise and dust levels, and what steps would be taken to address those. People asked if those with known respiratory issues would be extended the option of working from home. People wanted a timetable on the work, and basically wanted assurances that they wouldn't go deaf, or have ceiling tiles falling on their head, etc.
I just found it sad that some folk with their personal agendas wanted wanted to hijack the Q&A. There is nothing wrong with Yoga Balls per se, but they have nothing to do with office renovations. I could probably guess who posted the question about the French signs - we have a few expatriate Québecois in our office with a political axe to grind.
One person posted asking if somebody could come and adjust their desk height for them, seeing as they were going to be gutting half the office anyway. Another wanted to reserve some window seats for the off-shifts...
They posted their first batch of questions and answers today. Most of the questions are reasonable, but a couple of them jumped out at me as I was reading through the list.
Q: I was wondering if it would be possible to use a Yoga Ball for seating in the office or is there a reason why not?
(File under: wtf?)
Q: Will we have more French signage?
(File under: entitlement much?)
While this second one smacks of entitlement (we have nobody in this office who is not functionally fluent in English), I give it a tiny bit of credence because there is an outside possibility that some of the new people who will be moving in here in a couple of months might not be entirely fluent. Even then, I can't think of any important signs in the office that are not already in English and French.
All this cold medication has done horrible things to my system. Let's just say that it's probably a good thing that my co-worker called off today and I have this little office to myself. I am halfway tempted to put a "Quarantine" sign on the door. In both official languages, of course.
[Edit]
I guess it's worth an edit to clarify something about these two questions - my fault, because I glossed over things in my post. I blame the cold medication. Anyway, the point of the Q&A was to answer peoples health and safety concerns during the upcoming office renovations. They are going to be tearing out walls, and rewiring a sizable portion of the office. This was supposed to be for people who had questions about health and safety issues during the work.
To put it in context, most of the questions were about potential noise and dust levels, and what steps would be taken to address those. People asked if those with known respiratory issues would be extended the option of working from home. People wanted a timetable on the work, and basically wanted assurances that they wouldn't go deaf, or have ceiling tiles falling on their head, etc.
I just found it sad that some folk with their personal agendas wanted wanted to hijack the Q&A. There is nothing wrong with Yoga Balls per se, but they have nothing to do with office renovations. I could probably guess who posted the question about the French signs - we have a few expatriate Québecois in our office with a political axe to grind.
One person posted asking if somebody could come and adjust their desk height for them, seeing as they were going to be gutting half the office anyway. Another wanted to reserve some window seats for the off-shifts...
