For the last two years we have been buying all our pharmaceutical needs from E-Pharmacy (now called Chemist Warehouse). Now, for the last year, I have complained to employees and the manager about the frosted fluorescent diffusers in their building. These poorly fitted perspex light diffusers are hanging out and hanging down and are extremely dangerous. If one slips out (which they do), they will come down on a poor customer with a speed of a guillotine. I have spent 20 years doing electrical maintenance on multi-storey buildings in Sydney and after a few accidents, these buildings either rectified the problems of these poorly fitted diffusers or replaced the complete fittings. You have a sheet of perspex approximately 3-4 mm thick, just over 1.2 metres long and around 300 mm wide. When it slips out, it behaves like a wing, sometimes they even snap in the centre as these ceilings are a bit higher than the average ceiling. They do pick up momentum and if someone is standing underneath them, they will be severely injured and god help them if it hits an artery. I cannot understand this mob, I have bought this to their attention plenty of times, nicely, but fortnightly I still go in there and I continually see others if not the same one above the back counter which is waiting to fall out on a customer. I don't know why I bother, I don't know whats wrong with people in this country or maybe I spent too many years being a safety officer and writing reports on incidents and accidents waiting to happen. I personally feel offended that they have not listened to my free helpful advice. I do know this forum is visited by at least 2 lawyers, will you please take note as of this day 17/6/05, if someone ever gets injured or even killed by one of these falling diffusers the Chemist Warehouse at Ca.r.s.eldine ( have to put dots in otherwise the forum see's a swear word a.r.s.e)is to be held accountable. <br />For god sake, do something about it before its too late or does it take a law suit before you get your finger out of your rear. My last note, a building full of over qualified people with absolutely no common sense.<br />Phil<br />A IRATE Customer <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="images/icons/default/mad.gif" /><br /> <br /> <small>[ 17. June 2005, 07:08 PM: Message edited by: P Debono ]</small>

Phill contact your local workcover Authority and let them know about it for one <br /><br />contact your office of fair trading <br /><br />or conatct there insurance company <br /><br /><br />end of line

Jason<br />Good point.!

Some time I wonder why you bother to help these deadheads, They deserve to be sued and it would look bad if after your bringing it to their attention a incident as above happens.

Like Jason said just report them and let a inspector visit the shop. Your from the old school Phil that want to help others, don't waste your time.

Did they ever fix the problem?

NO!!! I was in there last week and they are still hanging off the ceiling, I hope one of them fall and injures someone and they get their A.R.S.E sued. By the way they are now called "The chemist Warehouse". <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="images/icons/default/mad.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="images/icons/default/mad.gif" />

Its too late once someone gets hit, its only gonna make the lawyers rich. <br />Their insurance company will probably deny that there was a problem initially anyway. <br />You need to find out who owns the building. <br />If it belongs to the pharmacists, try complainig to their board and say their premises which they practice from is unsafe for patients/customers. <br />I think they have a professional obligation to practice from safe premises.<br />Otherwise try your state goverment's occupational safety branch.

well said!

We have the same problem around our way Nobody give a shit until you sue them

Yes , its unfortunate that when you try to do the right thing and let someone know about a possible danger they just ignore you <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/default/frown.gif" />

Don't worry my Brother look for things like this.

Notify a news organization. Here we have a couple of cusumer watch type reporters and they have a big effect. Nothing like being on the bad end of an apple while on TV...

Same here in Oz we have ACA on channel 9 and and TodayTonight on Ch 7, both looking for stories to upset someone. hey phil sneek a Photo if you can, are they still like it.