Caller: "One of your callers just made a racial comment so I want to make one too...Why is the white cop always getting killed by the black man?"
I hate my listeners 95% of the time.
This isn't the other 5%.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Waking Up in a Cold Sweat
Twice in the last 24 hours I've had dreams involving work, actually more like nightmares. The first hit me this morning when I had a nightmare that I kept playing the wrong returns (its happened before in real life) and playing the wrong audio clips and all kinds of other bad stuff. Plus it didn't help that in that dream my coworker came to relieve my shift only to screw up stuff while I was still there.
The next came when I was taking a nap before the start of my overnight shift and I woke up an hour before my alarm was supposed to go off because my dream involved me being late for my shift and not being able to get dressed and find the number for the studio to call and tell them I'd be late.
Waking up in a cold sweat is not a good way to start a shift.
The next came when I was taking a nap before the start of my overnight shift and I woke up an hour before my alarm was supposed to go off because my dream involved me being late for my shift and not being able to get dressed and find the number for the studio to call and tell them I'd be late.
Waking up in a cold sweat is not a good way to start a shift.
Using Your Best Judgement, and Being Wrong
During a 3 hour show Friday night I had a man call from way up in Massachusetts (which was weird because my station is a 7 hour drive south) to speak about what else but Obama, Palin, and the economy, nothing unusual because its the hot topics and my host was talking about those things exactly.
Now it was a full night of callers, on average 8 of the 12 lines were filled at any given time, so it wasn't a surprise when his call didn't get on the air. He called back after being on hold for an hour to ask whether or not he was going to be able to get on, I politely explained that it's not my choice (lies, it is my choice most of the time but he seemed reasonable so I told him my host had the choice). The caller was put back on hold for a little while and still never got on, its rare but it happens. He then called back after being on hold for about 45 minutes and ended up explaining what he was going to say to me so I could pass it on to my host:
"You see, I believe that the entire world is run by 10 Jewish bankers..."
And that's all I needed to hear.
Now it was a full night of callers, on average 8 of the 12 lines were filled at any given time, so it wasn't a surprise when his call didn't get on the air. He called back after being on hold for an hour to ask whether or not he was going to be able to get on, I politely explained that it's not my choice (lies, it is my choice most of the time but he seemed reasonable so I told him my host had the choice). The caller was put back on hold for a little while and still never got on, its rare but it happens. He then called back after being on hold for about 45 minutes and ended up explaining what he was going to say to me so I could pass it on to my host:
"You see, I believe that the entire world is run by 10 Jewish bankers..."
And that's all I needed to hear.
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