tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post116137633798211671..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: The buttZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1161684896806504512006-10-24T11:14:00.000+01:002006-10-24T11:14:00.000+01:00Oh. Ah. Ok then.:-)Oh. Ah. Ok then.<BR/>:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1161634833580815172006-10-23T21:20:00.000+01:002006-10-23T21:20:00.000+01:00To be fair, they were laughing at me rather than t...To be fair, they were laughing at me rather than the situation - I think I sounded Plaintive. Every one of them advised us to continue to take names and to explain to the members why it's important. A couple of them said that their societies had introduced swipe cards, so as to be sure of keeping complete records. Others pointed out that their members are notoriously vague and would instantly lose their swipe cards, or leave them at home (this is true). It was good humoured, but not facetious.<BR/><BR/>The point was also made, accurately, that we hire the theatre, with its staff, and they make it clear that they take responsibility in an emergency. <BR/><BR/>I didn't make the tea, heaven forfend. I watched them pour it at the rate of two cups per minute and took over. I had a loving home to get back to that evening.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1161634170859005562006-10-23T21:09:00.000+01:002006-10-23T21:09:00.000+01:00No, it was not bloody funny, it was bloody sensibl...No, it was not bloody funny, it was bloody sensible. Let them laugh, they will be like Matilda Who Told Lies And Was Burned To Death. They will laugh on the other side of their face when they get sued for letting someone die because they thought they'd gone shopping.<BR/><BR/>When I was at school, we had a new headmistress, Mrs Penney, who I think had lost a child in a school fire. As a result, we were fire-drilled to within an inch of our lives, to the point that all 250 of us plus staff would be at the assembly point with our names ticked off within three minutes of the alarm sounding. No-one laughed at Mrs Penney, because fire evacuation can make the difference between life and death. In later life, I have been amazed at the slap-dash approach of various organisations to fire-evacuation procedures.<BR/><BR/>If it's any consolation, people sometimes laugh at me when I'm making a serious point. I try not to let it bother me, though I haven't yet worked out the best response to it.<BR/><BR/>Also, I was taught to NEVER EVER make the tea for people except at my house or my family's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1161418216057264452006-10-21T09:10:00.000+01:002006-10-21T09:10:00.000+01:00Dignity isn't to be relied upon. It tends to coll...Dignity isn't to be relied upon. It tends to collapse if you stand upon it.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1161388029748885502006-10-21T00:47:00.000+01:002006-10-21T00:47:00.000+01:00our madame chairperson pours tea for no one....our madame chairperson pours tea for no one....Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1161380005327391592006-10-20T22:33:00.000+01:002006-10-20T22:33:00.000+01:00Charming, Wendz, I hoped for charming.Huh. Should...Charming, Wendz, I hoped for charming.<BR/><BR/>Huh. Should have known better.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1161379867823290962006-10-20T22:31:00.000+01:002006-10-20T22:31:00.000+01:00It was funny...very..I would have guffawed and mad...It was funny...very..I would have guffawed and made rude jokes at the tea trolley afterwards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com