It's happened again. Twice. On Saturday I went ot the travel agents to pick up the tickets for our holiday. I had a quick glance at them, and noticed that my boyfriend's name on the ticket had been arbitrarily assigned the title "Ms". Not very helpful, considering that not only is he 6 foot and quite male looking, but his passport designates him as male. I instructed the travel agents to change the ticket. They rang this morning to say that we have to change it at the airport. Great. Why exactly is it necessary to have a title on the ticket?
On Friday I finally got my network changed on my mobile. Apparently, it "normally goes swimmingly." Not in my case, so I was without a mobile service for 48 hours. I rang on Friday to set up the GPRS and was told it would be done by 6pm. It wasn't, and, not having time on Saturday to pursue the matter, I rang this morning. Turns out that they were unable to enable the GPRS service because the account is in the name of "Mr" G BLog. As you can imagine, I had to be scraped off the ceiling.
Because of this stupid insistence by society that everybody has to have a title, I am wasting hours of my time, chasing the incompetence of these private sector organisations. I am still puzzled as to why a title has any meaning. It adds nothing to establishing identity. It has no legal basis. And, in my experience, it is a major contribution to reducing effeciency in British industry.
I am seriously considering contributing my experiences to Watchdog or You and Yours. Has anybody any insight into what would be the most appropriate forum? Has anybody any experience they would wish to relate, or join me a joint submission?
I wonder how Professor Lord Winston or Doctor Lady Redgrave get on.
From now on you can address me as either Princess Gert or Reverend Rear-Admiral G Blog. I know that they are pretty arbitrary titles, but arbitrariness seems to be a prerequisite nowadays.
