So arrive at Arco ndc hull.
Never been here before.
Go to security in.my hi viz jacket book in.
Fella says have I got an orange hi viz top.
So he hands me one which is a comunila one used dirty unlike my coat
Hands it back when I leave.
What difference does colour make?
Did notice all.there staff in yellow .
Maybe it’s so us menial drivers stand out?
I’ve been to sites with all sorts of stupid rules about hi-vis colours. One site had orange for staff, yellow for visitors, blue for managers and pink for first aiders.
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Regatta over at Ellesmere Port will not let you on site without an orange hi-viz. My yellow one wasn’t good enough for me apparently.
As Patrick McGoohan never said:
“I’m not a colour. I’m a free man!”
You have to wear an orange one on the railways because if you wear a yellow one then Mr Magoo driving the train might mistake you for a signal.
DHL Glasshoughton…
‘You can’t wear a yellow hi-viz cos our lorries are yellow and you might get run over. You can put this orange one on’. It looks like it’s been used to clear 5th wheel grease off the floor.
‘Bye’.
Some of it is accounting for people. Say visitors have to wear orange, in the event of a fire etc theres 11 visitors on site so 11 orange hi viz things need accounting for (people contained within said tabards are optional)
toonsy:
Some of it is accounting for people. Say visitors have to wear orange, in the event of a fire etc theres 11 visitors on site so 11 orange hi viz things need accounting for (people contained within said tabards are optional)
Ok but most of it is giving some ■■■■■■ with a non job something to think up for them to justify (and keep) that non job.
Note…that non job will be guaranteed to be paid more than what you and me are on. 
I would refuse to wear temporary hi vis for elf and saftety reasons. Tell them if they want load i want new one in packet. That way eventually I will have all colours available for all sites only worn buy myself.
Box outside think as yoda would say.
I once went to a quarry in Buxton to pick up some pallets of bricks.
Was refused entry because had no hi viz pants.
Had to buy a pair. Which funnily enough there were happy to supply at £15 and only cheap ones that go over your pants. Glad it wasn’t my money
I went to a quarry once and they insisted on orange high vis trousers and vest and green helmets (makes no sense in itself as green has always been first aid in my eyes)
I had neither.
I told them they either let me In without, supply it, or I leave and we bill them for transport costs and wasted time.
I got a nice shiny new helmet and a set of orange high vis for nowt. Don’t think I ever wore them again mind.
I went to a quarry once and they wouldn’t tip me due to health and safety “because it was too icy” so I looked at my truck tyres and looked at the massive ginormous off road 10t telehandler tyres on his machine, went “righto” and off I went.
Harry Monk:
You have to wear an orange one on the railways because if you wear a yellow one then Mr Magoo driving the train might mistake you for a signal.
Back in the 90’s my train driver brother gave me a brand new orange platelayers jacket and it was great, not heavy and quite warm compared to the yellow vests we had to wear on tippers. I still have it. I wore it once when I was loading in our quarry and the manager came across and told me to take it off as orange was not acceptable as dumper drivers etc wouldn’t notice me and I had to put my yellow vest back on. 
I asked him out of interest how he had picked me out so quickly “Because you stood out from the rest of the lads” was his reply. He couldn’t grasp the irony of that! 
Now almost all quarries etc use orange ones.
Pete.
cgscott:
I would refuse to wear temporary hi vis for elf and saftety reasons. Tell them if they want load i want new one in packet. That way eventually I will have all colours available for all sites only worn buy myself.Box outside think as yoda would say.
Exactly the irony of a piece of HEALTH and safety equipment being ‘UNhealthy’ in terms of muck, germs, and bacteria left from every other minging Tom ■■■■ and Harry.
Tell them you re a big supporter of H&S and demand a brand new one, aka beat them with their own stick.
Harry Monk:
You have to wear an orange one on the railways because if you wear a yellow one then Mr Magoo driving the train might mistake you for a signal.
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I used to have a loader who wore a yellow hi viz t-shirt and when he backed me in/out of places with the sun behind him it was sometimes a bit harder to pick him out compared to an orange top.
drover:
Harry Monk:
You have to wear an orange one on the railways because if you wear a yellow one then Mr Magoo driving the train might mistake you for a signal.[emoji1787][emoji1787]
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Actually I’ve been told this too. I was given an orange hi viz at a railway site somewyhere in Reading IIRC and when I queried it I was told “because you could be mistaken for a green signal” 
You are more visible without a high viz than if you wore the wrong colour, FACT.
Because when I forgot to put mine on 3 people shouted at me to put one on [emoji106]
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stuwozere1:
You are more visible without a high viz than if you wore the wrong colour, FACT.Because when I forgot to put mine on 3 people shouted at me to put one on [emoji106]
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And you always get noticed immediately at a counter as soon as you take it off…after being ignored for 10 mins…Try it, it works. 
djt1881:
I used to have a loader who wore a yellow hi viz t-shirt and when he backed me in/out of places with the sun behind him it was sometimes a bit harder to pick him out compared to an orange top.
We just like to be greedy with our yellow/orange hi-vis! 