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Health and safety gone mad.

Recently at a Tesco regional distribution centre and was told to make sure my cab was locked (which it was) and that I was to stay in the drivers rest room, fair enough, the keys were handed over and a receipt fob given back, as a light hearted query I asked, "if I am in this room and you have my keys what was the idea behind locking my cab?" "health and safety" came the hackneyed reply, nonplussed I took up my position on a very uncomfortable (as seems to be the rule at all rdc's which would seem to negate the health and safe of the driver, but I digress and will definitely return to the topic of driver's rest rooms at a later date.) plastic/possibly pvc bench to begin watching the next instalment of the new sky offering 'Bulletproof' which incidentally could best describe the furniture on which my ass rests, when the call was made for me to return to my vehicle and 'could I raise the suspension on my trailer?' "but of course" cam