On Apr 19, 11:28 am, chuckers <chucker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:20:19 AM UTC+9, The 2-Belo wrote:
> > We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that Declan Murphy
> > has exploded. Flight director confirms that:
>
> > >On Apr 18, 2:44 pm, The 2-Belo <the2...@msdREMOVETHIS.biglobe.ne.jp>
> > >wrote:
> > >> We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that Martel has
> > >> exploded. Flight director confirms that:
>
> > >> >On Apr 12, 7:30?pm, chuckers <chuck...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >> On Wednesday, April 13, 2011 8:03:57 AM UTC+9, Martel wrote:
> > >> >> > We were discussing safety in our FRC robotics team meeting today and
> > >> >> > someone pondered the Japanese term used to remember workplace safety.
>
> > >> >> > Something like mora, blah, blah, blah, blah
>
> > >> >> > any ideas appreciated
>
> > >> >> The only thing that springs to mind is 安全第一　(anzen dai-ichi) which
> > >> >> is posted at every construction site.
>
> > >> >I am thinking it is more along the lines of
> > >> >The five M's or S's of safety
>
> > >> I used to work at a subsidary of Ibiden that planned industrial waste water
> > >> processing facilities. We were drilled in the 4 S's of safety:
>
> > >> 整理 (seiri) = organization, getting rid of unneeded items.
> > >> 整頓 (seiton) = organization, keeping necessary tools easily available.
> > >> 清潔 (seiketsu) = cleanliness, keeping clothing and equipment clean to prevent
> > >> accidents.
> > >> 清掃 (seisou) = cleanliness, keeping the workplace clean and trash-free.
>
> > >Makita (my first company in Japan) included shitsuke 躾 （しつけ） in their
> > >indoctrination. Mebbe Ibiden were more free thinking :-)
>
> > Ah, they may have had that too. I've long since tried to drive that era of my
> > life out of my head (it's been ten years, in any case). I wouldn't work for a
> > large corporation again if you paid me forty billion yen and a busload of naked
> > chicks.
>
> For 40 billion yen and a busload of naked chicks, you really wouldn't have to be there that long to make it tolerable.
>
> I am sure I would find a way to tolerate it.

Busload of naked chicks as part of any remuneration package would
definitely make the job tolerable. Tax declaration might be a bit
sticky.