Room 101

Great conversation at TABLEtalk last night, huge thanks to all who came. As always it was lovely to welcome some new faces 😀 Our theme for the evening was 'If I Ruled the World'.

Using the concept of Room 101 from the novel 1984 by George Orwell, groups discussed what they would like to banish, under the headings of Technology, Driving and People.  

On the topic of TECHNOLOGY, the four suggestions were:  (1) Tech companies, because of the power they hold, (2) frozen screens!!!, (3) self-service checkouts, and (4) gaming addiction.  Who would've thought we could spend almost ten minutes discussion the pros and cons of self-service checkouts!! However, Kirsten chose gaming addiction as the thing to banish.

DRIVING is always an interesting topic to discuss, especially with so many cultures represented. The nominations were: (1) selfish drivers ... hmmmm that's quite a lot of people, (2) road rage, (3) traffic jams, and (4) potholes. Personally, I was a bit worried about banishing road rage, just in case I ended up there myself 😂😂😂 so I chose potholes, which seem to be a never-ending problem.

And finally, the topic of PEOPLE - hmmmm, so much choice! The four proposals were: (1) unethical people, (2) noisy eaters, (3) people who always think they are right, and (4) power-abusers. This really was a tough one and I'm not sure if we made a final decision. Some people, like noisy eaters,  you can choose to avoid but it's hard being around those who think they are constantly right  ...  so off they can go to Room 101!!

We also had some visitors for the evening, Celso and Mostafa from the University of Greenwich, they spent time in groups with the students finding out more about how TABLEtalk works and what students think are the benefits.