Disturbance

Went to the Academy on a Thursday afternoon: It was the written paper of the college examination and I was the invigilator.

Most of the things were actually taken care of by some brilliant secretaries. The two invigilators were merely responsible for checking and signing on relevant documents. The papers took three hours in the early evening (so that it was concurrent with the candidates in London). During this period we switched off our mobile phone and silenced our pager. There was no Internet connection in the hall. And we have to sit there.

In other words, we had a few hours of undisturbed time.

For those practising clinicians and parents, you could appreciate how rare this happening could be.

PS. You may wonder what I did during that three hours. Sometimes you don't need any. Have you heard of the dialog between inspector Japp and Hercule Poirot in the Plymouth Express ?

"I've done some good work. And you ?"
"Me, I have arranged my ideas."