I have just realised that it was February when I introduced you to my four business plans:
1. AIDS is for life, AIDS is for love.
2. A town for the future
3. Museum of Time to Come (MTC)
4. Songs for Schools
I promised more detailed information. As I do not want to be a man who does not stick to his word I feel I should give a quick overview of each.
1. AIDS is for life, AIDS is for love.
I will keep this one short as I have done research and discovered that this actually exists. Basically a online dating agency aimed at people with AIDS. Already out there, which actually pleases me. I did not think of this to try and have a laugh, I think it is important we are all given opportunities to be happy.
2. A town for the future
This is more of an investment for my grandchildren and future generations. Anybody from the North East of England will be familiar with Beamish. Beamish is.....http://www.beamish.org.uk/ . My idea is to build a small town in the style of Beamish but it will be a town based in the year 2000. Instead of a period dentist I will have a NHS dentist with long queues of people trying to get in. I will have people dressed in 'period' clothing. Young children dressed as chavs to hurl abuse at people as they walk past. Instead of a mine I will have a factory so people can see what the world of work was like in the year 2000.
3. Museum of Time to Come (MTC)
Unlike my other 3 ideas, which, lets face it, will make me millions I decided to scrap this idea as I am sensible to realise it wouldn't work. So, lets move on....
4. Songs for Schools
Teachers out there will be used to using a number of website to look for resources throughout the academic year. Songs for Schools will be aimed at revision for all subjects at GCSE and A Level. The idea is simple. When you listen to the radio it is amazing how quickly you find yourself singing along to a song. Maybe one listen to a song and you can sing the chorus. A few listens and you can sing the whole song. So, when schools are revising for exams, teachers approach Songs for Schools with information they want their students to learn and we will write a song with all the information students need. Perfect? I think so.
I just need some investment. Anyone??
Tuesday 30 August 2011
Monday 29 August 2011
Highstreet etiquette - Shopping
I do not consider myself an angry person. I do not consider myself to discriminate against individuals or groups of people. But one thing that does make my blood boil and makes me feel like I want to poke someones eyeballs out with a hot needle, is large crowds in city centres or shopping centres. We've all been there: you're out shopping and you get agitated at people who just seem to go out of their way to get in yours. Or, people who just decide to suddenly stop walking in the middle of the street for no possible reason known to man. Then there is the select group of people who decide to hover at either the bottom of an escalator or in the doorway of a shop deciding whether they want to go in or not, in the process blocking the way for anyone else.
Obviously we can't rid our streets of these moronic individuals, (like I say I do not discriminate) but maybe a few simple laws of the highstreet would make the shopping experience easier for the rest of us.
1. Contemplation zones
Problem: You know the moment. You're walking down a busy highstreet and you get stuck behind someone who either doesn't know where they are going or can not make up their mind as to where to go. They decide that whilst they decide what they are doing they will suddenly stand still or turn 180 degrees making you walk in to them.
I suggest to introduce contemplation zones in all major city centres. These contemplation zones will be marked out sections in pedestrian zones where people who are lost, or simply busy planning where to go, can stand with like minded people rather than getting in other peoples way. These zones will be signed with large arrows so people can not miss them.
2. Turning zones
Problem: As previously mentioned in contemplation zones, it concerns me when people decide to suddenly turn and walk in the opposite direction. This is not a problem in your own house or when it's nice and quiet, but on the highstreet it's bloody annoying.
Similar to the contemplation zone, I suggest turning zones in which oval tracks can be marked out on the ground allowing people coming from either direction to enter the turning zone, walk round a short oval and then exit in the desired direction.
3. No stop zones
Problem: You will definitely have found yourself getting frustrated at someone guilty of this sin. People who stop and stand in shop doorways for a chat or deciding whether to enter or not. Or they even decide to do it at the bottom on the escalator.
No stop zones are again a simple idea and based on the same idea. Areas marked around the outside of shops and at the bottom of escalators. Anyone seen standing still in one of these zones will be removed from said store. Repeat offenders will be fined for their sins.
These 3 simple ways of changing our highstreet etiquette are not difficult for all to understand and adhere to. Also, financially, it should be quite a cheap set-up. All that is needed is a lot of white paint and a few wooden signs. Get on board and make your shopping experience less stressful.
Obviously we can't rid our streets of these moronic individuals, (like I say I do not discriminate) but maybe a few simple laws of the highstreet would make the shopping experience easier for the rest of us.
1. Contemplation zones
Problem: You know the moment. You're walking down a busy highstreet and you get stuck behind someone who either doesn't know where they are going or can not make up their mind as to where to go. They decide that whilst they decide what they are doing they will suddenly stand still or turn 180 degrees making you walk in to them.
I suggest to introduce contemplation zones in all major city centres. These contemplation zones will be marked out sections in pedestrian zones where people who are lost, or simply busy planning where to go, can stand with like minded people rather than getting in other peoples way. These zones will be signed with large arrows so people can not miss them.
2. Turning zones
Problem: As previously mentioned in contemplation zones, it concerns me when people decide to suddenly turn and walk in the opposite direction. This is not a problem in your own house or when it's nice and quiet, but on the highstreet it's bloody annoying.
Similar to the contemplation zone, I suggest turning zones in which oval tracks can be marked out on the ground allowing people coming from either direction to enter the turning zone, walk round a short oval and then exit in the desired direction.
3. No stop zones
Problem: You will definitely have found yourself getting frustrated at someone guilty of this sin. People who stop and stand in shop doorways for a chat or deciding whether to enter or not. Or they even decide to do it at the bottom on the escalator.
No stop zones are again a simple idea and based on the same idea. Areas marked around the outside of shops and at the bottom of escalators. Anyone seen standing still in one of these zones will be removed from said store. Repeat offenders will be fined for their sins.
These 3 simple ways of changing our highstreet etiquette are not difficult for all to understand and adhere to. Also, financially, it should be quite a cheap set-up. All that is needed is a lot of white paint and a few wooden signs. Get on board and make your shopping experience less stressful.
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