See You Next Wednesday
Friday, February 27
Tuesday, February 24
If they did their job, then they wouldn't have to work so hard.
Lubbock Lou called to say he was sorry it has taken so long but they have found out what was wrong with the new side door. Apparently it opens inwards, into the building, instead of outwards as planned. It is a double door and one door bumps up against an internal pillar when it is opened which restricts access from the street near the bus stop. He went on to explain this problem could be fixed by removing the pillar, but as it was a load bearing structure it was beyond the scope of the Jughuggers to take the necessary action. I asked Lou if the Jughuggers could simply get the new side door re-hinged so it opened outwards as intended. Lou will talk to the Jughuggers about my idea - I think they will find it to be significantly easier and more efficient to execute as the new side door still doesn't actually exist. However I don't know what their criteria are; they might see their original plan to pass on the notional responsibility as more attractive than actually resolving the notional problem. (Not to mention the issue of how to re-hinge a door which hasn't initially been hinged.)
Lubbock Lou called to say he was sorry it has taken so long but they have found out what was wrong with the new side door. Apparently it opens inwards, into the building, instead of outwards as planned. It is a double door and one door bumps up against an internal pillar when it is opened which restricts access from the street near the bus stop. He went on to explain this problem could be fixed by removing the pillar, but as it was a load bearing structure it was beyond the scope of the Jughuggers to take the necessary action. I asked Lou if the Jughuggers could simply get the new side door re-hinged so it opened outwards as intended. Lou will talk to the Jughuggers about my idea - I think they will find it to be significantly easier and more efficient to execute as the new side door still doesn't actually exist. However I don't know what their criteria are; they might see their original plan to pass on the notional responsibility as more attractive than actually resolving the notional problem. (Not to mention the issue of how to re-hinge a door which hasn't initially been hinged.)
Sunday, February 22
Thursday, February 19
Plus ça Muppet, plus c’est la même chose.*
To facilitate the swift entry and egress of school groups the recent front of house renovations to the foyer entrance included an additional side door further down the street near where a bus could stop and away from the main foyer area. Despite this, school groups continued to come and go in a laggardly manner and wreck the whole of the foyer on their way. Rumours of the new side door being constricted, stuck or locked proved to be unfounded as the new side door, in fact, didn’t exist.
You see, school groups tickets are at concession prices; school groups almost always attend matinee performances; and matinee tickets are also at concession prices. So, because school groups have concession tickets and other concession ticket holders enter the theatre through the foyer, the builders chose no to install the side door near the bus stop. The foreman had insightlessly inferred the architect had made a mistake; a mistake so obvious and understandable that it would be disrespectful to mention it to the architect. Instead they simply went ahead and didn’t do it.
The fact the administrative staff had gone to the trouble of getting planning permission to erect an awning over the new doorway was simply disregarded - maybe they’d had a coupon from the City Council which was about to expire, or a training need.
*I’m not sure how I came up with this heading. I recall that I thought I** should be writing more about my friends and hobbies. Plus ça blog, peut-être. More blog, perhaps.
**That's three I's in one sentence. Makes [me] sound a rather egotistical young lady.
To facilitate the swift entry and egress of school groups the recent front of house renovations to the foyer entrance included an additional side door further down the street near where a bus could stop and away from the main foyer area. Despite this, school groups continued to come and go in a laggardly manner and wreck the whole of the foyer on their way. Rumours of the new side door being constricted, stuck or locked proved to be unfounded as the new side door, in fact, didn’t exist.
You see, school groups tickets are at concession prices; school groups almost always attend matinee performances; and matinee tickets are also at concession prices. So, because school groups have concession tickets and other concession ticket holders enter the theatre through the foyer, the builders chose no to install the side door near the bus stop. The foreman had insightlessly inferred the architect had made a mistake; a mistake so obvious and understandable that it would be disrespectful to mention it to the architect. Instead they simply went ahead and didn’t do it.
The fact the administrative staff had gone to the trouble of getting planning permission to erect an awning over the new doorway was simply disregarded - maybe they’d had a coupon from the City Council which was about to expire, or a training need.
*I’m not sure how I came up with this heading. I recall that I thought I** should be writing more about my friends and hobbies. Plus ça blog, peut-être. More blog, perhaps.
**That's three I's in one sentence. Makes [me] sound a rather egotistical young lady.
Saturday, February 14
Thirteen sleeps.
The Muppets are breaking so many things - furniture, etiquette, reason, physics - it’s too complicated to compose an adequate analogy.
The Muppets are breaking so many things - furniture, etiquette, reason, physics - it’s too complicated to compose an adequate analogy.
Wednesday, February 4
Scunt
Derisory exclamation of schadenfreude addressed to someone who has received a comeuppance e.g. when the class pedant is corrected by the teacher. Also, "scunted in".
Derisory exclamation of schadenfreude addressed to someone who has received a comeuppance e.g. when the class pedant is corrected by the teacher. Also, "scunted in".
Tuesday, February 3
Only seventeen business days to go.
"All patrons with concession tickets will have the concession status on the back."
... of the ticket.
Yes.
"All patrons with concession tickets will have the concession status on the back of the ticket."
Yes, that's what it means.
It should say "on the back of the ticket", otherwise it means the concession status is on the back of the patron.
What? That is ridiculous.
I know; we can avoid ridicule by saying "on the back of the ticket".
If you insist.
A couple of days later...
"All patrons with concession tickets have the concession status on the back."
[Only sixteen business days if I can build up enough flexitime; or even fifteen.]
"All patrons with concession tickets will have the concession status on the back."
... of the ticket.
Yes.
"All patrons with concession tickets will have the concession status on the back of the ticket."
Yes, that's what it means.
It should say "on the back of the ticket", otherwise it means the concession status is on the back of the patron.
What? That is ridiculous.
I know; we can avoid ridicule by saying "on the back of the ticket".
If you insist.
A couple of days later...
"All patrons with concession tickets have the concession status on the back."
[Only sixteen business days if I can build up enough flexitime; or even fifteen.]
Monday, February 2
Only twenty-five sleeps to go.
The mail needs to be sorted so it can be delivered to the different sections. The section a piece of mail is delivered to can be determined by seeing who it is addressed to and looking them up on the section staff lists. If it's external mail it needs to be stamped with a date of receipt before it it delivered to the section. If it's internal mail it doesn't need to be stamped with the date of receipt.
Where does it say on the section staff lists if the mail needs to be stamped with a date of receipt?
It doesn't say that on the list. External mail needs to be stamped. If it's in an internal mail envelope then it doesn't need to be stamped; anything else does.
So I don't need to stamp the mail with a date of receipt?
Yes you do. You need to stamp the external mail.
How do I know whose mail needs to be stamped if it isn't on the section staff lists?
Everybody's external mail needs to be stamped. It doesn't matter whose mail it is.
Do we have a list which indicates whose mail needs to be stamped?
No. The source of the mail and the person it is addressed to are mutually independent characteristics of the item of mail. Stamp every piece of mail which is not in an internal mail envelope, without regard to the address.
I know mail for each person has to be stamped, but which sections need to have the mail stamped?
All of the them. All of the sections need all of the external mail for all of the people stamped with a date of receipt.
So if the external mail for all the sections get stamped, but the section staff lists don't indicate whose mail gets stamped, how do I tell if a piece of mail should get stamped?
Etc.
The mail needs to be sorted so it can be delivered to the different sections. The section a piece of mail is delivered to can be determined by seeing who it is addressed to and looking them up on the section staff lists. If it's external mail it needs to be stamped with a date of receipt before it it delivered to the section. If it's internal mail it doesn't need to be stamped with the date of receipt.
Where does it say on the section staff lists if the mail needs to be stamped with a date of receipt?
It doesn't say that on the list. External mail needs to be stamped. If it's in an internal mail envelope then it doesn't need to be stamped; anything else does.
So I don't need to stamp the mail with a date of receipt?
Yes you do. You need to stamp the external mail.
How do I know whose mail needs to be stamped if it isn't on the section staff lists?
Everybody's external mail needs to be stamped. It doesn't matter whose mail it is.
Do we have a list which indicates whose mail needs to be stamped?
No. The source of the mail and the person it is addressed to are mutually independent characteristics of the item of mail. Stamp every piece of mail which is not in an internal mail envelope, without regard to the address.
I know mail for each person has to be stamped, but which sections need to have the mail stamped?
All of the them. All of the sections need all of the external mail for all of the people stamped with a date of receipt.
So if the external mail for all the sections get stamped, but the section staff lists don't indicate whose mail gets stamped, how do I tell if a piece of mail should get stamped?
Etc.
