Glastonbury 2009

[William of Walworth]

FFS. Bin men are not expected to work in conditions like that so why the fuck should people cleaning up after festivals?

It is the employer's and employees responsibilty to consider Health and Safety and that includes the provision of suitable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as well as suitable training etc. Who the fuck was the person responsible for the staff's safety during this process? if no one was acting as a responsible person that is a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act (and associated Regs etc etc) in itself. Where was the fucking Health and safety assesment for the process? And how did they account for the almost certain presence of human and animal shit along with Hep C / HiV etc etc.

This is all basic Health and Safety stuff and i do NOT think that the provision of blue latex gloves is sufficient for people who are expected to clean a site such as Glastonbury.

At the end of the day the local council will have a Health and Safety Officer whose job will be checking on businesses to ensure that they comply with the legislative requirements that are in place. Get in touch with them and clearly explain what has been going on. If necessary contact the GMB and see if they would be interested in taking the matter up next year. If you want any more pointers please feel free to PM.

What i hate about this is the way that workers are being taken advantage of and put in risky situations just for the sake of a few pounds by an organisation the size of Glastonbury Festival. pathetic. If necessary i would be happy to be involved in a picket of next years festival. BUT at the end of the day legislation is in place that makes it a legal requirement for this shit to not take place.

The bit in bold is particularly sensible advice, spot on kenny

 

[wayward bob]

Innit , you still doing that bob?

We should meet up next year as we'd be part of the same team.

haven't been for a few years now - small kids

 

[William of Walworth]

Ah shame, I hope you get a chance again at some point though, Info is still a great working gig for the Glastonbury-experienced

 

[dweller]

Here are some of my photographs from Glastonbury 2009

really great shots!

 

[disco_dave_2000]

really great shots!

cheers - many thanks

 

[London_Calling]

I see Whiley's been demoted from day times to the weekend. Is she really 44?

No one can be that uninteresting at 44.

James, who replaces the 35-year-old Bowman in the early afternoon slot, is 23, while Cotton, 27, is 17 years younger than Whiley.

Guardian

 

[Looby]

I can't stand Greg James, he irritates me so much.

 

[bmd]

I can't stand Greg James, he irritates me so much.

Same here, I have some serious issues with him.

My daughter and I amused ourselves for a while on the way to Glastonbury after I got an egg sandwich and decided I couldn't eat it if it was a Gregg sandwich and then we had a wild time thinking of things like Greggy bread, Greg and bacon and Gregg nog etc etc etc.

You had to be there.

 

[pennimania]

Same here, I have some serious issues with him.

My daughter and I amused ourselves for a while on the way to Glastonbury after I got an egg sandwich and decided I couldn't eat it if it was a Gregg sandwich and then we had a wild time thinking of things like Greggy bread, Greg and bacon and Gregg nog etc etc etc.

You had to be there.

I love silly family jokes


we've got one about the name Bob

No offence meant.

 

[bmd]

I love silly family jokes


we've got one about the name Bob

No offence meant.

After she'd been in Grease at school we amused ourselves for a two hour car journey thinking of how she could have livened it up by changing the four lines -

Stranded at the drive-in,
Feeling a fool,
What will they say,
Monday at school,

to stuff like

Branded at the drive-in
Not very cool
Someone will pay
Monday at school

Or

Stranded at the drive-in
With some pimply tool
Wish I was gay
Like that bloke Raoul

Again, you really had to be there.

 

[pennimania]

After she'd been in Grease at school we amused ourselves for a two hour car journey thinking of how she could have livened it up by changing the four lines -

Stranded at the drive-in,
Feeling a fool,
What will they say,
Monday at school,

to stuff like

Branded at the drive-in
Not very cool
Someone will pay
Monday at school

Or

Stranded at the drive-in
With some pimply tool
Wish I was gay
Like that bloke Raoul

Again, you really had to be there.

My daughter was in Grease too.

It's this stuff that makes all the hard times with kids so worth it