I manage to get into the House of Commons for the second week
running. This time they do not even
complain about my mobile phone, although they do get cross with me for
loitering with intent to wait for the EyePeePee. For this, they make me go and stand outside
on the naughty step. The EyePeePee is
still in the Security Area: he is trying to reunite his trousers with his belt,
and the two of them with his waistline, and this takes a while for a man who is
more used to wearing a boiler suit.
Eventually Mr Davies comes to his aid with a double Windsor knot, and we
can all go through to the Professions Week reception.
Professions Week is about making young people aware of all
the wonderful things that accompany a professional career, like, um, billing
targets, regulatory compliance and client care (ie being available 24/7). The campaign is especially important for
ragamuffins, urchins, pickpockets, guttersnipes and plumbers, who would not
normally think of themselves as tomorrow’s actuaries or paralegals but could in
fact, with an appropriately timed apprenticeship and a double Windsor knot, scrub
up quite well in a professional environment.
Of course, few people at today’s reception have heard of
patent attorneys. So it is clearly time
for CIPA to do a little awareness-raising.
One of the speakers shows us an excellent way to do this. She has a set of “Top Trumps®” cards for
different professions. At the moment the
patent attorney card is conspicuous by its absence, but I am sure we could
produce one and I set to work imagining what would go on it.
Intelligence: 106
Attention to detail: 108.19
People skills: –5
Communication skills: Please
clarify the context
Team working: No
thank you
Stress levels: 104
Travel
opportunities: Munich
85; elsewhere 4
Financial rewards: Please see attached
tariffs.
On second thoughts, it is probably more fun to play Top
Trumps with racing cars.
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