[Gllug] [OT] Largest mailbox EVER!

[Jason Clifford]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Jack Richards wrote:

> I looked at the servers and made an estimate of the weight and took the 
> footprint to the site/structural guys at the company I worked and they came 
> back and said - NO WAY, DONT DO IT.
> 
> We took this back to the client and they said do it anyway, not 
> believing/ignoring our recommendations. They signed a waiver of rights and we 
> installed the servers.
> 
> The floor bounced up and down when you walked into the room and could be seen 
> to bow in the centre...

Had there been an incident leading to injury or death you might still have 
been liable even with a waiver.

> Sometimes you just have to give people what they want and not what they need

Some risks are worth taking and others are not.

Jason Clifford
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