My internet connection is not very good today as I
think I have a damaged cable, so I think this will have to be quick before my
connection dies again...
Today's issue that affects me: Why was the "new"
Royal Mail online postage purchase web site launched with insufficient testing,
and why is it now so difficult and complicated to use?
A quick scan of today's menu tells me that your
Monday morning editorial meeting hit its usual problem of struggling to find
something to talk about.
1) "WELL TO DO" PENSIONERS - A woman soldier
says she was the first British female soldier to kill in battle. Why do some
people feel uncomfortable about women killing? Find out more in this article
from the Telegraph : Some mistake with your wording here, surely? See
below. Anyway, I won't be a pensioner for over 10 years, and it will all have
changed again by then, so I don't think this affects me.
Next...
2) FEMALE SOLDIERS - A woman soldier says she
was the first British female soldier to kill in battle. Why do some people feel
uncomfortable about women killing? Find out more in this article from the
Plymouth Herald : I have no idea as I am not one of the "some people" to
which you refer. Sexism, alive and well on the Jeremy Vine Show.
Next...
3) DEFIBRILLATOR - In our medical special
today, Dr Sarah Jarvis joins us and asks: in an emergency, would you be able to
use a defibrillator? We test drive one : No, and I am not sure that
Defibrillation For Dummies on the radio is such a good idea.
Next...
4) POSTAL WORKERS - Postal workers have been told that any tip of more than £30 could be interpreted as a bribe, and they could be prosecuted if they accept it : I'm not a postal worker. Our regular postman does a great job, but somehow I don't think I'll be giving him anywhere near £30 this year. Again, I don't think this is something I need to be concerned about.
There are no stories culled from the Daily Mail
today, so to keep yourself amused during the records you could play with this:
http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/
I'm sure some of those headlines have appeared as
stories on your programme!
The Jeremy Vine Show - telling us why we don't like
Mondays
1 comment:
Nutted my desk again when the issue of bribing your postman was mentioned. do JV and his team actually live on the same planet that I do? Does anyone here know anyone so generous that they give a more than £30 as a tip to their postman?
On the subject of defiblilators I was astonished that he actually did some research on the subject. Having attended numerous first aid courses I happen to know that these devices are very cleverly designed to be idiot proof and easy to use.
Wouldn't it be a great idea for basic first aid to be taught in all public schools? If JV campaigned for this he could really change our country for the better. There would be people alive today saying that they literally owe their very lives to JV.
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