Health and Safety Madness #2

So in a previous posting I visited B+Q to buy some timber and they would not cut it, so today I visited Homebase instead of B+Q and tried to buy a short length of 2"x4" but it only comes in 2m lengths.   So I went to the wood cutting service desk and they only cut big sheets of wood and not the wood I wanted cut all because of health and safety rules. 

Apparently some fool may saw a finger, a hand or their head off in some freak accident with a wood saw so instead they leave the customer to figure out how to fold it into two and squeeze it into their car.

So much for an convenience store.  These wretched DIY shops are tied up in heath and safety madness.  B+Q now has self service check outs - is that because heath and safety reasons too?  Will the checkout staff hurt their little digits pressing the buttons on the till or maybe suffer from muscular strain injury swiping my credit card?

Urgh! The world has gone bonkers!