Managers mess up meter reading
READING gas and electricity meters shouldn’t be the most difficult task in the world to organize – until utilities managers get involved. A meter reader…
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Red noses or red faces?
FIRST POSTED: March 16, 2007 CHARITY is a word that’s either over-used or misunderstood in the UK these days. Today is ‘Red Nose Day’, the…
Controversial former Python slams Hollywood money men
DUMBING down is pushing passion and excitement out of the movies – and Hollywood is to blame. Former Python and now controversial director Terry Gilliam…
Think, spend or be regulated: the blame lies at your front door
The Financial Times has revealed that business is to have a say in tackling red tape, but does it only have itself to blame for…
Analysis addresses adolescent angst
First posted: January 2002 YOUNGSTERS’ summer problems can be avoided if parents learn how to assess their children, an innovative psychologist has said. Robert R…
Who does the shopping?
First posted: April 2001 Increasing problems of overweight among children and adolescents have found one apparent answer in the concept of ‘fat farms’, but questions…
Bringing the organization into disrepute
SPORTS stars are accustomed to the concept of “bringing the game into disrepute”. If they commit a foul on the pitch or even behave badly…
Taking what’s offered
When deliveries are late, products do not work and frustration is turning to anger, some customers may still offer helpful suggestions – and websites can…
The power of inaccessability
Jargon – ‘technical terminology’ – is often the foundation of a profession’s social status and its political power. If ordinary mortals have to rely on…