22 May 2019

The Panel with Golnaz Bassam Tabar and Thomas Pryor (Part 2)

From The Panel, 4:05 pm on 22 May 2019

Bad service, get your own water, mediocre coffee...what are some of the cafe gripes you have? That's the basis of an article from the Sydney Morning Herald today, a list of annoying habits that cafes seem to share. The panelists tell us what is they get frustrated with in cafes. Question of the Day: What is your biggest café hang-up? A UK girls' school has banned phones for a week-long retreat. Students at the elite private school Roedean will spend a week at a country house to practise how to interact face-to-face. The panelists weigh in on whether we all need to take a break from our smartphones. The Crusaders and New Zealand Rugby investigating allegations of serious misconduct by players while on tour in South Africa. There's a homophobic incident and a sexual harassment incident but players refute the claims. The panelists discuss whether we have a problem in rugby. One of the most comprehensive studies in the UK on EVS has outlibne that only 1 in 4 people would consider buying a fully electric car in the next five years. Range seems to be the major impediment. We ask Mark Gilbert from Drive Electric if the same is true for New Zealand drivers. Extreme life coaching is all the rage - if you're bored and rich enough. That's the headline of a piece in The Guardian this week, looking to the latest luxury travel trend. As Arwa Mahdawi puts it quote "Anxious one-percenters are paying small fortunes to get dropped in the middle of the wilderness with a team of life coaches." The panelists share their thoughts.