Ridiculous Policies

Yo Mama said:
Hey Rutha, I'm in AZ also!

IMO, I'd be fine with that if my blade could stay on my person. Using the cutter tool or scissors would save alot of my nice personal blade. My work doesn't pay me to use my knife, the wear and tear, breaking, ect....
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Hi! What part of AZ are you in? I am East Valley (Mesa)
 
Nothing more than a direct effect of the lawyer industry. Every business owner is constantly dealing with the lawyer industry. As long as the lawyer industry stays...common sense stays away.
 
I worked for a larger chain store when younger that mandated the types of blades used to open boxes/other items. I believe it was because someone at the top felt that either their chosen knives were more PC or would somehow reduce injury.

In reality, the outcome was that the tools struggled to perform the common tasks they saw, and people frequently injured themselves by using a cutting tool not well-suited to the cutting task, and dull enough that more elbow grease + slip gave a nasty wound characterized more by tearing than slicing (and being harder to treat, more pain, and often infection-prone).

When the cutting tool is poorly matched to the task or not maintained with at least sharpness of a utility working edge, it seems injuries are much more common and nastier. Nowhere have I ever seen this more illustrated than with knives used for food prep or general utility.
 
Bring your own scissors

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I've never worked at a place that didn't at least have a kitchen knife stashed somewhere for birthday cakes. Usually policies don't mention knives explicitly.
 
I had to look up that easycut 2000 it looked too freaking weird to use. I feel like I am going to break it just by looking at it.
 
UnseenK1773R said:
I worked at warehouse that switched to spring loaded safety cutters that had 1/4" blades that retracted when let go. That was after someone cut up a shrink wrapped pallet from the bottom, slipped and stabbed them self in the eye with a regular type utility knife.
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This. And Lawyers. Are the reason for the policy at your work.
One idiot ruined it for the whole class.
Similar to "No Alcohol on the River" laws. One idiot can ruin it for the whole city. We're supposed to live in a free country, not a Kindergarten class.
 
I worked for a gas station a few months ago and we had to open a good amount of boxes (drinks/snacks) and we had to break down the soda syrup boxes before we tossed them. I wasn't allowed to use my own knife (officially) and we had to use a garbage seatbelt cutter on a handle like the OP posted. Multiple times I got pissed off with the cutter not working and used my own knife.

I asked my boss and she said that it was a liability thing. I would gladly waive my right to sue if I could use my own knife which is a hell of a lot safer. Why can we not sign some kind of contract like that?
 
I think we all need to straight up boycott anyplace we can't bring our knives too. If it your place of work that's tricky but I would for sure push the issue as hard as I could.
 
I work at a warehouse that hardly supplies the guys with anything so most of them rip stretch wrap all night long with fingers, seriously. Some guys carry the little silver razor blades and a few have Stanley's. Perhaps 5% of the employees have some kind of knife, whether it is truck stop junk Gerber or Kershaw.

In 10 years I haven't met a co-worker who used a Spyderco or similar $100+ slicer. All the new folders get a field test in the warehouse on corrugated and wrap but I've been mainly using an American Lawman, Kershaw Needs work and always a Vic Super tinker. Co-workers look when the Tac folders open, but it is more interest than judgement. It is the one certain part of my job that I don't dislike. Yay FREEDOM! :D

This is an old photo, the AL looks much better now.







2013 occasional warehouse cutters.



 
pnsxyr said:
I worked for a larger chain store when younger that mandated the types of blades used to open boxes/other items. I believe it was because someone at the top felt that either their chosen knives were more PC or would somehow reduce injury.

In reality, the outcome was that the tools struggled to perform the common tasks they saw, and people frequently injured themselves by using a cutting tool not well-suited to the cutting task, and dull enough that more elbow grease + slip gave a nasty wound characterized more by tearing than slicing (and being harder to treat, more pain, and often infection-prone).

When the cutting tool is poorly matched to the task or not maintained with at least sharpness of a utility working edge, it seems injuries are much more common and nastier. Nowhere have I ever seen this more illustrated than with knives used for food prep or general utility.
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+1 on this! :)
I work in a plumbing supply warehouse and carry a ken warner fixed blade. I think it's a little over 7 inches total. It's perfect for opening/breaking down boxes. The is no pivot to get gunk in and no lovin parts to fail. But I also live is South Carolina. You can carry a sword around if you want to. :)
One of my coworkers has a Lenox lockback utility knife and the lock failed on him yesterday. The knife folded over BACKWARDS! He wasn't hurt or anything but it just goes to show that quality tools are the safest way to go. Guns and knives don't kill people. People kill people. A sharpened pencil in the hands of a crazy is more dangerous than a sharpened knife in the hands of a trained professional
 
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