Instant trainer fail
The first day I worked for *****, we did the manual handling course with a woman who introduced herself as possessing a law degree.

Now, if you have an LLB, but you're working for £21K a year for a grocer in your 30s, you probably didn't do very well.

Oh yes. The first thing she asked me to do was to demonstrate a "bad lift". Arms outstretched, bent waist etc.

"Sorry, no".

"You have to do it, or I can't pass you, and we'll have to withdraw your job offer."

"Ok. My mortgage is £41K; how much of it would the damages cover if my back went?"

Dead silence. Eighteen months later I left, having won £11000 in back shift payments for over 60 other guys in my shift. Evidently shit lawyers were common throughout the firm.
(all my scars face forward possesses 2.5% of a hyperalloy combat chassis, Mon 19 Mar 2012, 22:30, Reply)