The electricians were in college today, putting new lights in the staircases. They worked all day, but the lights are not there yet, the staircases still smothered in dimness. The light fittings are there though, looking forlorn, useless and frankly pathetic without their oh-so-necessary accoutrements. Once, as I trudged up the paraphenalia-clogged stairs on my daily grind, I passed one of the electricians talking on his mobile phone to his accountant. Yuppie electricians? What is this world I live in?