[Gllug] [OT] Largest mailbox EVER!

[Jack Richards]

At the time I was just a small cog in the project. Wouldn't do this with my 
company today.

Thing is though not much has changed in the industry in the 8 years since then. 
I know of many Junior Consultants / engineers who are put in similar situations 
all the time - and the people they work for either don't understand the risks, 
or just don't care.

Jack

Quoting Jason Clifford <jason at ukpost.com>:

> 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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