Talking Shops

I've been neglecting my duties as a blogger for nearly a year, its not that I have not had anything to say but as usual I have my head in another place all this time.

The title of this entry does not indicate that I have found a new breed of retail outlet that will actually converse with you. No indeed the invetors and innovators of the world may be at this very moment installing voice recognition systems in shops. It makes you wonder though if they did go down this route and actually have a shop that knew when you had entered and was able to direct you and your enquiery to the relevant department, what would it sound like?

Obviously, if you went into Harrods the tone you would hear would be marketedly different from that used in the MacDonalds drive through. An interesting thought and it could be the subject of a future blog entry.

What I am realy on about is the talking shops that take place every morning, afternoon and sometimes evening up and down the British isles. In commitee rooms and offices, in councils and clubs, in fact in anywhere where 2 or more 'professionals' meet to discuss their role in a bigger picture. Quoting buzz words and acronyms all over the place, each trying to sound more knowledgeble than their colleagues. The most obvious question is does it actually produce a proposal and an indication of the way forward, going forward or are we waiting to report on our outcomes and markers, or is there an indication in the guidelines of the interim report to that effect?

Hour after hour of one uppersonship trying to introduce a new expression for a very old ........... I got fed up, sorry...