The place I used to work at was designated as a place where safety boots and hi viz vests must be worn at all times..
The H&S representative for the company we were contracted to, used to do a walkround every Monday morning. She never wore safety shoes/ boots, but pulled our subbies up on every perceived breach of regulations. One day she came into my office demanding to see PAT test records for every electrical item on site (including my company laptop).
I asked her what she understood by PAT testing and did she think IT equipment should be PAT tested and at what frequency.
She told me all IT stuff has to be PAT tested on a 3 monthly basis (wrong),. This woman even asked the subbies to have their cordless tools PAT tested!! (chargers etc were PAT tested).
I bided my time until one morning she came around with her boss. I asked her where her safety shoes/ boots were and got the reply that she wasn't actually working!!. I pointed out that as she was doing her walkround as part of her duties as H&S representative, that she was in fact working and as such , should wear the proper PPE provided by the company. Her boss even agreed with me.
After that, her H&S walkrounds suddenly became a quick walkround once a month and she never visited my office again.
Her actual excuse for not wearing boots/ shoes was that she couldn't drive her car whilst wearing them.
What a plank.