A month or so ago, a dartboard appeared at work. This was in response to music that was being played at four hundred decibels with the outrageous excuse of, "It's boring!" not only does the mind boggle, but personally, I was stunned that anyone would be brave enough to say to their employer that they were bored and had nothing to do! If I'd known, I could find them plenty to do.
Much to my disappointment and, I have to say, annoyance, management allowed the dartboard to remain: "Other companies have games areas, Pete." yeah, but not because staff are saying they have nothing to do! Games rooms are, in reality, a reward for hard workers; they're not entertainment outlets for large portions of the working day.
I was on leave yesterday, so I don't know the full story of what went on, but this morning, I noticed a radio had appeared on one of the dart player's desk. This afternoon there was an internal email instructing the removal of said radio. My immediate thought was, "I thought the idea of a dartboard was because they couldn't have music?"
The moral of the story is:
Give em an inch, and they'll take a mile!
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"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
LOL. I actually watched that about three days ago! How weird is that?
Spooky! They did a lot of sketches I remember well and a fair few are online.
RIP Mel Smith.
I was watching a few of them to remind me what an interesting, exciting and hopeful time it was. Yeah, sure, people were still bitching about governments, but on the whole, I'd argue people were far happier then, and TV was a lot better too.
There was plenty of terrible TV back then, but we may have forgotten it. The media has changed with streaming and gaming getting so much attention from younger folk. Still lots of good stuff these days. We are not stuck with just 3 channels, so you can watch what you like, including all the old stuff if you prefer.
What "Good stuff"?
I don't watch a lot of TV, but I enjoy Taskmaster, House of Games, Doctor Who (when it's on), Digging for Britain, David Attenborough stuff.
I watch other stuff on Netflix and Disney+. The missus watches more regular TV.
Nostalgia is often rose-tinted. Remember all the shaky sets in things like Crossroads and Blake's 7? Of course more channels does mean more crap, so you have to be selective.