tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post6730973727845145032..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: How to ride on a busFrances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-73748994139280031262011-03-20T11:29:07.364+00:002011-03-20T11:29:07.364+00:00Hi, Colette. I hated role play at first,but we had...Hi, Colette. I hated role play at first,but we had to do so much for Relate that I go quite into it. My mother was an actress...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-13355303048010141502011-03-20T07:59:16.723+00:002011-03-20T07:59:16.723+00:00Oh I agree with Joanne - role play is the work of ...Oh I agree with Joanne - role play is the work of the devil.Colette McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-31441116525580965272011-03-18T11:23:31.839+00:002011-03-18T11:23:31.839+00:00Interesting how everyone seems to identify with th...Interesting how everyone seems to identify with these courses! And I'd forgotten about the "confidentiality", Tim! How true. I wonder what else I've forgotten... <br /><br />Hi, Ellie. Yes - isn't it odd the things for which funds are suddenly available? Our money, of course.<br /><br />(Verification word: unwory. I suppose that's the answer.)Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-76333878618320760892011-03-18T11:12:12.863+00:002011-03-18T11:12:12.863+00:00This is the same BBC that will be promulgating mor...This is the same BBC that will be promulgating more programmes on the 'savage' cuts that our nation is facing and how awful it is that we will all be suffering??<br /><br />Meanwhile the CEO of Suffolk is having £14,000 spent on personal training to help her liberate herself to do her job better.<br /><br />SOme people just don't get it, do they?Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811043705085959688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-86030890747413205182011-03-18T10:41:44.108+00:002011-03-18T10:41:44.108+00:00There's invariably a bit at the beginning wher...There's invariably a bit at the beginning where the "facilitator" makes everyone agree that everything that takes place is confidential.<br /><br />But you just know that when you "feed back" to the group that Scoggins annoys you by picking his nose and eating the yield while you're having your sandwiches, that information will be back in the office before you are.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-34436637470612605932011-03-18T09:57:49.870+00:002011-03-18T09:57:49.870+00:00Rosemary - I quite agree. Maybe they (the BBc staf...Rosemary - I quite agree. Maybe they (the BBc staff, not the buses) are those vague, absent-minded professor types who aren't truly grounded in the everyday world of things like buses<br /><br />Hi, Karen. Yes - the bus is certainly different. Maybe the course will be held ON a bus, and then everyone can wrangle over who sits on the top at the front...I have no idea what it's all about, but I read it in The Times, so...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-49550125362506757092011-03-18T09:21:19.638+00:002011-03-18T09:21:19.638+00:00Oh I've been on those types of courses and fou...Oh I've been on those types of courses and found them excruciating. At least the bus adds a twist!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-26956874771051579662011-03-18T09:01:11.606+00:002011-03-18T09:01:11.606+00:00How bizarre! Is there something unusual about Manc...How bizarre! Is there something unusual about Manchester buses? Or BBC staff? The mind boggles!Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-41053445477282608522011-03-17T21:50:18.962+00:002011-03-17T21:50:18.962+00:00Oh come on, Alis! Role play is fun! You obviously ...Oh come on, Alis! Role play is fun! You obviously had a bad experience, and need counselling (or another course...). <br /><br />Talking of courses (which we were), one of my grandchildren had a day off nursery because his teachers had to go on a course to learn (wait for this) how to cut up fruit!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-76956271601037091122011-03-17T18:56:31.158+00:002011-03-17T18:56:31.158+00:00Frances, this absolutely correct analysis brought ...Frances, this absolutely correct analysis brought back memories of so much tedium on mandatory NHS training courses. Almost invariably, when it came to the feedback, I wanted to write, in large letters WHY AM I HERE WHEN I COULD HAVE SEEN SIX KIDS ON THE WAITING LIST TODAY?!<br />And don't even think about mentioning the subject of role play...Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-88589192628520746742011-03-17T18:38:07.832+00:002011-03-17T18:38:07.832+00:00Hi, Friko - something else I forgot!
Hypercritifa...Hi, Friko - something else I forgot!<br /><br />Hypercritifal - it sounds as though you need a course to help you come to terms with not going on a course etc etc....<br /><br />Sorry, Patsy. I think it's happened to us all!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-22413221291260944432011-03-17T18:13:31.863+00:002011-03-17T18:13:31.863+00:00Aaargh!! I'm having flashbacks now.Aaargh!! I'm having flashbacks now.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-89029662945352577082011-03-17T18:11:42.859+00:002011-03-17T18:11:42.859+00:00This is just not fair! I have been on many course...This is just not fair! I have been on many courses - but never, ever, ever, one that deals with the trauma of riding on public transport!<br /><br />I use buses almost daily and have had to learn all about boarding and alighting, purchasing my fare, coping with the diverse moods of the drivers, etc, etc, without any form of instuction whatsoever!<br /><br />If only I worked for the BBC....hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-91502050901859280562011-03-17T17:31:14.017+00:002011-03-17T17:31:14.017+00:00And for a follow-up we will all be interviewed in ...And for a follow-up we will all be interviewed in three months' time about the lasting damage the experience has done.<br />No?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-45252333876025094472011-03-17T16:59:42.367+00:002011-03-17T16:59:42.367+00:00Oh, role play! How coudl I have forgotten role pla...Oh, role play! How coudl I have forgotten role play? You are quite right, Joanne. Actually, I quite like role play. When I was training as a Relate cousellor there was a lot of role play, and we had a great time inventing bizarre sex problems and having fake rows.<br /><br />Oh, happy days...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-69980704343017357402011-03-17T16:10:27.095+00:002011-03-17T16:10:27.095+00:00The only question I can think of is....why?
Oh I...The only question I can think of is....why? <br /><br />Oh I do hate going on courses for work. But Frances you have omitted the worst torture of all - role play! I refuse to go on any course involving role play.joanne foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694158807826275846noreply@blogger.com