Letters To The Editor: Dec. 2000

Dear Editor:

I look forward with anticipation to every issue of Lawn & Landscape. Over a week's time, I've read it from cover to cover, passed on articles to associates and used it as a guide to how we're doing.

While I generally thought the "Uniform Appeal" article (Lawn & Landscape, October 2000) agreed with many of my values on the image we present, I was really surprised to see a picture on page 72 of a supposed field person in shorts. Despite the heat we deal with for about eight months of the year, I would never allow shorts. Why?

They are a safety hazard, period!

With all the emphasis our industry and trade journals have been placing on safety, we still see pictures of people on mowers, etc., without safety glasses and now we are promoting shorts. One of these days we just might get all the pieces of a safety campaign in place and everyone on the same page. That one picture tells me judgment was lacking when assembling the visuals. I expected more professionalism.

Bob Thompson
BLT Landscape Services
Dallas, Texas