OH&S in the writing industry with Sara

Health and Safety in the Writing Industry

A 500 word journal entry on OH&S? How boring. 

Let’s meet Sara. She is going to teach us about OH&S in the writing industry. When Sara gets bored, she starts kicking things. This is not good OH&S practice. She will hurt her foot. So when you have writers block, don’t kick things.

Sara was never very good at sitting up straight. She always sat at her computer and typed for days on end with a slumped back. Her computer desk was also too high, as Sara was a shorty. After spending three days straight writing an amazing story about camels and unicorns and jellybeans, Sara found herself crippled with back pain, and immense RSI in her wrists. But who cares, her story was going to make millions for this humpback.

Sara didn’t have much money. Her office was a tiny, cramped basement, with no windows, dull lighting, and no airflow. Sara was getting depressed. And the lack of light has made her have to squint to see her computer and all the things around her properly. This made Sara stressed, and her eyesight grew progressively worse. The worse it got, the more she squinted, and the worse her eyesight got. So went on this vicious circle. So Sara was now almost blind, depressed and anxious. But who cares, she had a good story.

Sara shall now teach you about being tidy in the writing industry. Seeing as lots of writers work from their own homes or from offices, they need to make sure that they don’t leave cords or other things around that they or others may trip over. An example of this, Sara has writers block, again. She starts to pace her office, trying to stimulate the thoughts into coming. Unfortunately, Sara had not tidied the cords of her computer well. She ended up tripping on one while pacing. Not only did she fall over and break her leg, upon pulling the cord, Sara’s computer came crashing down, exploded and started a fire. Seeing as Sara had broken her leg, she couldn’t move, and there was no one else in the house to save her. Sara is now dead. This is why you must follow OH&S practices. You don’t want to end up dead like Sara do you?

So Sara has taught us an important lesson. She has a sore foot from kicking things, a crippled back, RSI in her wrists so she can no longer type, barely any eyesight left, she is depressed, and has a broken leg. Oh and yes I almost forgot. She is dead. So folks, OH&S is important. Don’t take it lightly. And I haven’t even mentioned the time Sara stabbed herself in the eye with a pencil…

Yay for OH&S! I love it. You should love it too.

P.S. I made it to 500 words. Easily. Take THAT health and safety. Take that.