Commit

Nothing written about the first meeting - following the ballet fiasco - so, er, sorry about that. Very much a 'meet'n'greet' - with a beady eye from the 'proper Sams' watching, listening and hahaha SELECTING.

Or were they?

The thing is, not a lot of people apply to become Samaritans. No wonder. It's not like applying to work in a charity shop, where you can ring up and say "Sorry... can't make it tomorrow... I'l try and do next Tuesday". And that situation's okay because, come on, you're making the effort. And that's nice.

The Sams thing - you have to commit to dates and times. Emergency board meeting for your multinational company? No way, pal, that's no excuse: you might have saved a suicidal person instead of going to decide your new human resources strategy in America.

More to follow. But look: these Sams guys are committed.

But the training we did in the most recent meeting was very clever and very interesting. I'll tell you more ASAP but it's late.