I was browsing through the diary section of a local newspaper in England last weekend and spotted the following letters: BR/A and JTU alongside various upcoming events. These English acronyms were completely new to me. My brain went into overdrive trying to work out what they meant. I then saw a small code at the back of the newspaper that revealed all. BR/A meant, “Booking required/advised” and JTU meant simply, “Just Turn Up”.
I like that, “Just turn up”. It would make life a lot easier if we could do that for everything we attend. But of course, we can’t. Having organised many events in the past I would be horrified if I didn’t know who was going to show up.
You would think with all the various online reservation systems out there that things would be easier for us all. However, quite often these systems need you to a)...