On Jul 30, 11:01 am, Tom Barry wrote:
John B wrote:

In other news, the witness statements from other policemen in police
brutality cases always say that the suspect fell down the stairs...

Seriously - anyone who uses violence against customers, no matter how
much the customer is a ******, has no place in a customer service job;
and anyone who can't see that has no place in a customer service job
either. Well done LUL; I hope you stand up to the RMT ******* here...

While that may be technically true, to what extent should an employment
contract override your basic legal right to defend yourself using a
level of force that seems reasonable to you in the light of a perceived
threat? It would be rather harsh to have to choose between your job and
not getting punched/stabbed/shot, after all. This is LUL, not the SAS.

Quite. Its one thing having to be polite to some ****** giving you a
load of verbal, its quite another to expect to have to stand there
doing nothing while you're assaulted. Everyone has the right to self
defence. For once I'm in agreement with the RMT.
What would LUL bosses have said if their employee had been
hospitalised or even killed? Usual platitudes such as "a tragic
event", "lessons must be learnt" etc etc blah blah.

B2003