Wanna see how well banning knives works!?!?

[highestpoint]

I don't understand knife bans at all. Knives make horrible weapons anyways. AND the majority of "knife crime" is done with cheapo kitchen knives.

I don't even show people my knives anymore. I had a coworker ask to see my brand new small WC sebenza, and then he threw it to see if he could stick it into the ground, which was linoleum. I was pretty horrified and learned my lesson.

But yeah, most people are stupid about/with knives.

Army Guys Right?

As a Superintendent myself, I'm ashamed to know that there are GC's out there that are enforcing such policies.

"You can't carry a knife, but that sledgehammer, sawzall, and circular saw are all ok in my book..."

I had a painter look at me sideways for carrying a knife once. He said "do you carry a knife all the time?" to which I replied "yea, don't you?". I had my Umnumzaan, and he couldn't believe the price tag it carried; he thought I was joking.

No offense to any painters on here, but painters always seem kind of soft-spoken and meek when compared to some of the excavators, steel workers, plumbers, etc. IDK, just a trend I've noticed

Bob Ross was a painter lol & look at historically popular painters.. Makes sense

 

[Urban redneck]

Why didn't either of you have the required cutting tool for the job? That's the lesson. If they're paying you, play by the rules. Your knife doesn't cut better than an olfa.

That's what they want us to use! But in they're infinite wisdom, when they sent out the gangboxes, someone, somewhere, decided that two olfas were adequate for 16 millwrights..... Last time I seen one was about 3 months ago lol

 

[threeheaddeddog]

I had a line leader at work once say

"you can never make anything idiot proof...whenever you get close they just build a better idiot"

That was 10 years ago. It still holds true.

 

[22-rimfire]

Safety first! That's the official line for insurance and OSHA purposes at a business. The reality is a bit different in many cases. I wonder if he will claim the tooth repair as a workman's comp injury on the job? Bet he does.

 

[VicRattlehead]

Damn, I work at a Little Caesar's, and they're pretty lenient on the knives I carry. Hell, I could bring in a 4" bladed switchblade and they probably wouldn't care. We're supposed to use this cheap $3 boxcutter that my boss brought in one day, but cheap blades always snap, and my boss has never cared when I got out my Kershaw Brawler (cheap, I know, but works well enough for boxes and plastic.)