Comments on CONDUCTIVE WORLD: Modern manners

And if they don't have a badge, they wear an ident...

2010-01-31T04:33:40.383Z

And if they don't have a badge, they wear an identity card or business card.

These days visitors to institutions and companies ...

2010-01-30T17:14:23.661Z

These days visitors to institutions and companies usually wear a badge of some sort to show that they are there for a purpose. Did you have such a thing? We are constantly being told by all and sundry to be alert and I remember being told to check that anyone I saw in my building who I did not know and wasn't wearing a badge, was there legitimately by asking - politely - who they were and if I could help.

There is so much protocol around going to the toil...

2010-01-30T01:17:11.383Z

There is so much protocol around going to the toilet - almost more than any other activity, I should think.

Did you have a badge which said "Andrew Sutton" on it? What about a delegates list?

Especially around the men's and the disabled toilet. (No, the toilet is not disabled, and it is an accessible toilet - we hope!)

There is a lot in the works or in the plumbing in most English universities. Older, than, say, Russell-style.

oops, I was bamboozled by the various windows in t...

2010-01-30T00:46:22.356Z

oops, I was bamboozled by the various windows in the comment process, - I meant to say it was a mystery worthy of a university classroom.

Who are you indeed. I'd like to see what my stude...

2010-01-30T00:44:18.051Z

Who are you indeed. I'd like to see what my students' faces if i replied with that question when they ask to go to the biffy.
perhaps she was referring to the derriere and meant to say, "Butt, who are you?" Now that is truly a philosophical ally