If you and a couple of other workers were given instructions to do a certain job one way but you knew that there was a better way to do it, what would you do?

"There have been times when my coworkers and I question why a task is being done a certain way and think we might have a quicker way to do it. When that happens, we speak to our foreman or supervisor and discuss our thoughts before we ever take action. There might be a serious reason why the procedure is being done one way and not the other - perhaps someone got injured in the past or it has proven to be unsuccessful in some way. I was digging a trench in the heat of the day one time and my coworker asked why we weren't using a backhoe instead of doing it manually. It sounded like a great idea - work smarter, not harder. When we talked to our foreman, he pointed out that there were gas lines all around where we were and that doing it manually was the only safe way to do it. We obviously didn't know this and were glad we talked with him first."