Tiercel 6,986 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Had a few again tonight, and got to thinking about the claim culture in this country and how it affects all of us. Do you think it has gone too far? Are people no longer responsible for their own actions? Should the rest of us suffer restrictions because of the habitual claimants? Have your say no matter which side your on. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 30,577 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Litiginous society,it spread from the states,where there's blame there's a claim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh_red 5,083 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Had a few again tonight, and got to thinking about the claim culture in this country and how it affects all of us. Do you think it has gone too far? Are people no longer responsible for their own actions? Should the rest of us suffer restrictions because of the habitual claimants? Have your say no matter which side your on. TC When you mean claims do you mean people claiming for accidents or claiming money for years Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted February 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Litiginous society,it spread from the states,where there's blame there's a claim. True, and no matter how stupid the claimants actions are they will always seek to blame some one else for their own lack of intelligence. As you can see I am no fan of the blame culture. If it looks hot then do not stick you hand on it and blame someone else. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 10,400 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Claim, DLA and useless lazy b*****d nation, in my opinion, from the 70s, 80s when the unions started this strike if unhappy culture, it's gone tits up, ran outa tea bags? Strike, ran outa biscuits? Strike, that boss told you off for being a skiving lazy basstard? Strike. We the people are to blame for all of this, modern society has lost touch with the realities of life, its material lifestyle nowadays Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Litiginous society,it spread from the states,where there's blame there's a claim. True, and no matter how stupid the claimants actions are they will always seek to blame some one else for their own lack of intelligence. As you can see I am no fan of the blame culture. If it looks hot then do not stick you hand on it and blame someone else. TC When I left school, my first job was for what was then the National Coal Board. Because we were possibly going to spend the rest of our working life several hundred feet underground, we were given a weeks induction course (yes, a whole week!). It would probably come as a surprise today to know that very little time, maybe no more than half a day, was spent on matters of "Health and Safety".......... this basically consisted of " that's heavy, that's sharp and that's moves very fast, so if you hurt yourself, don't come crying to me." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lloyd90 509 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Litiginous society,it spread from the states,where there's blame there's a claim. True, and no matter how stupid the claimants actions are they will always seek to blame some one else for their own lack of intelligence. As you can see I am no fan of the blame culture. If it looks hot then do not stick you hand on it and blame someone else. TC So if I'm sat in my car, totally still , not at fault, in the rich place etc etc etc , and some asshole who's not paying attention, or is texting on the phone as I commonly see, smashes into my car and injures me badly, meaning I can't go to work for days or weeks, and I lose pay ... You saying I shouldn't be able to claim off their insurance company for that ? Is it a blame culture ? Or the person who causes the accident being held responsible for the damages they have inflicted on others ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,464 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Bgrj yehf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted February 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Litiginous society,it spread from the states,where there's blame there's a claim.True, and no matter how stupid the claimants actions are they will always seek to blame some one else for their own lack of intelligence. As you can see I am no fan of the blame culture. If it looks hot then do not stick you hand on it and blame someone else. TC So if I'm sat in my car, totally still , not at fault, in the rich place etc etc etc , and some asshole who's not paying attention, or is texting on the phone as I commonly see, smashes into my car and injures me badly, meaning I can't go to work for days or weeks, and I lose pay ... You saying I shouldn't be able to claim off their insurance company for that ? Is it a blame culture ? Or the person who causes the accident being held responsible for the damages they have inflicted on others ? I am not talking about circumstances like you describe. I am talking about people who have total disregard for their own safety then seek to blame others. If there is a pool of water on the floor then it is a fair bet that the floor is slippery. Joke I know but the sentiment is all within that photo. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 It makes me laugh when you see signs on staircases warning to use 'caution when using stairs' Accidents do happen where nobody is to blame, just misfortune or personal carelessness. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Of course there are going to be genuine reasons for a claim, but there are far too many ambulance chasing, no win, no-fee solicitors around now that make it easy for the terminally stupid to claim for something. I reckon it started with all these "whiplash" claims. I had an accident on my motorbike a few years back where a car ploughed into me from behind and I had several different companies phone me to ask me if I was "alright". One even said it sounded nasty and he "bet my neck hurt." They might just as well have said "Put in a dodgy claim for whiplash". It's vultures like this that make insurance expensive for everyone else. People need to accept responsibility for their own actions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taz2010 1,297 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 im a construction manager and have been in this position for 20 years,ten years ago you only had lads claim if it was serious seen many a broken arm,leg etc without a claim today they make a claim for nothing society gone to pot,and all it does it make the insurances go up whuch a lot of small companies cant afford and then jobs are lost imo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trigger2 3,588 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 it has gone a little crazy. there use to be a local coal yard in our nearest town and one of our neighbours who use to claim for everything and anything fell over in there yard one morning. she come home with just a little graze and small cut on her knee the sort of thing a kid wouldnt think twice about and she claimed £7000 for that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,779 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 If there is a system in place that can be taken advantage of certain people will. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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