I understand that Stig.
However, it was discussed at the safety meeting and agreed that we would speak English as everyone spoke it.
The guy was just exhibiting a typical Norwegian attitude of a 'can't be arsed jobsworth'. He showed up 2.5 hours late. Put us under it on the time frame, then basically didn't give a shit about excelling at his job... He was just there to turn up and from his body language he didn't want to be there.
After 3 or 4 times explaining to him that it wasn't safe to keep the lifts over the climber. Then explaining to the guy in charge, who relayed it in Norwegian that it was an unsafe working practice and once the cut was completed and detached move away from the climber.
It was like it was his first week or something, yet he was in his 50's.
He was pretty lucky not to get the full barrage of expletives from my native tongue.
I can't imagine you or many other experienced people on here would have put up with that type of incompetence and simply couldn't give a frig attitude given off by the crane op.
Regardless of the language issue. I try and can get by in Norwegian but when an old chap is rattling on, it isn't that easy to follow.
