Misunderstandings anger people, cost and even endanger lives. A supervisor writes, "Anyone wishing to file for these benefits should report to Room 222 at three o' clock." She then reprimands an ineligible employee who showsws up at the meeting. If the supervisor didn't make clear which employees were entitled to the benefits, her reprimand embarrasses and angers the employee who has misunderstood. A similar misunderstanding with a client can lose an account. "Delivery of an additional vacuum pump and porta-power will be required for the project, which has been postponed? The delivery? Or the project? When someone needs"81-feet cables" he too has unnecessarily decreased company profits on the construction job. Even if the incorrect shipment can be returned, consider the shipping cost and lost time involved in the error. Similarly, instructions like the following from a safety manual may e the basis for a lawsuit by an injured employee:
When motors or controllers operating at more than 150 volts to ground are guarded against accidental contact only by location, and where adjustment or other attendance may be necessary during operations, suitable insulating mats or platforms shall be provided. All belts, pulleys chains, flywheels, shifting and shaft projections, or other rotating reciprocating parts within seven feet of the floor or working platform shall be effectively guarded.
Can you dig out the two safety precautions to be take? What specifically is "effectively guarded"? Is using the mats a choice or a company regulation? And if using the mats is a company regulation, who is responsible to see that such regulation are followed ? Athe operator himself? The project supervisor? A lawsuit may be necessary to find out. The stakes in nuclear writing can be high.
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