When two worlds collide

We mostly operate in our little worlds with our comfort zones and our safe little spaces where we meet similar people and talk in our own work-based language of acronyms.

Today, I was at a Child Protection Conference at a hotel in Glasgow where we had an exhibition stand. It was the usual people, talking about the usual things with the gentle buzz of conversation audible as delegates enjoyed a coffee break.

Then, out of two separate lifts, a large group of men in red tracksuits appeared, speaking a foreign language, and walking straight through our gathering to the other side of the hotel.

This caused a noticeable ripple of confusion amongst the child protection delegates and a similar level of consternation for the tracksuited invaders.

As it turned out, the hotel was also playing host to the footballers from Hapoel Tel Aviv who play Celtic tomorrow at Parkhead and they wereon their way to a pre-match meeting.

I have to be honest. I would rather have been at their team talk..