Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Radio Station Stupidity

With a new job, comes new responsibility, comes new stupidity.

Working the morning show, and this guy must not have had his coffee. We get a call and the producer answers and the guy is very excited. He is wondering if he is the 20th caller. My producer is bewildered. See, it'd be great if he was the 20th caller, but we weren't counting. Why weren't we counting, you ask? We didn't have a contest, and hadn't had one in about 3 hours...

Got another phone call from this woman the other day, telling a story of how she is a BIG fan of Matchbox 20 but she can't usually go. Her son is in Children's Hospital and she would like to be able to go before he comes out. There's a problem. One, we don't have any tickets. Why don't we have tickets? Simple. The concert isn't until March. She didn't know that. She kept saying that she isn't trying to tell this sob story to get tickets, but if you don't know when the concert is, and then when you find out it's way later, you then say "okay then, I'll try then", leads me to believe that when you said your son was coming out soon, he really isn't. There's something stinky about this lady...

Why??

What's the point? Do I really hate dumb people? Truthfully, I am, and most of you are, annoyed with behavior that you observe that make you think that the person has no regard for anybody else. This is what I deem to be "dumb". I don't think you can change these people. The dumb things they do are a result of not understanding why the thing they are doing is "dumb". I don't intend to change anybody's behavior with this site, but just to relieve some stress and make fun of them! Happy dumb hunting!

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Christmas Observations...

1. Holiday season, in my book, officially starts November 1.

2. Only one holiday should be advertised at a time, and should not be advertised prior to an upcoming holiday.

3. Why are candy canes being sold during Halloween candy shopping? That's nasty.

4. KOIT (96.5 FM): I am fine with you playing Christmas music 24 hours a day. I am fine with you being the "Bay Area's Christmas Station." Start the day after Thanksgiving...not a week before! Sleigh bells should not ring on my turkey!

5. Your Christmas lights...are for Christmas, that means that they need to be taken down. Due date: January 2nd.

6. If you have your lights still hanging up from last Christmas (or 10 years prior) and just plug them in in Dec...then that isn't the point!

7. Why does Santa smell?

8. Am I the only one who thinks that the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is a horrible Christmas song? You're going to traumetize the poor kid seeing Mommy cheating on Daddy like that. Geez.

9. Where can I buy a partridge in a pear tree? (or twelve for that matter)

10. How many Chistmas' is it going to take before Mariah Carey just gives up? (anyone get this reference???)

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Ten Dumb Things People Do On Public Transportation...Your part...

Below is a list of 10 things that dumb people do on public transportation. If you agree, it's time to get the word out and change the world! (a little, okay, not alot, but hey it's worth a shot!) This is Guerilla Style. Attached here is a Word Doc for you to print out, cut up, and leave behind on buses! Send me your pictures too!

Just a few things I noticed on the SF Muni (may be applicable elsewhere).

1. That thing that opens up, and people move in and out? That's a door. Don't stand there unless the car you're on is a sardine can..and you complain that people are pushing you...

2. In the aforementioned "Sardine Can" situation, and you are near the door, it is OK to leave the car and let people out. Don't worry, you can get back in.

3. Your backpack/bags double your width. Take those things off and put them by your feet. Smacking people with your backpack is not good...And don't complain that someone is pushing you, you're smacking me in the head with your big ol' bag, it's your fault.

4. It is crowded on the bus, take only ONE seat. Don't put your crap on the other seat. Don't put your feet up. Don't lie down.

5. Cell phone etiquette. Quiet voices, please. I don't want to know about what you did with your boyfriend/girlfriend last night. I don't want to know about how bad your job is, or how hot your coworker is. Also, I don't want to hear you break up with your significant other or have an argument with them. Neither do the rest of the passengers. This means...no yelling, no swearing...and PLEASE, if you hang up on them in anger...don't call them back!

6. Let people out. Are you really in THAT big of a rush? Did you know that if you let everyone out, it's easier to get in?

7. Stop Request in the underground. You don't have to pull that string in the underground, it'll stop by itself...

8. Don't say you were "going to pay". NO you weren't. Take your ticket. Shut up.

9. It is OK to move to the back of the bus. Nobody is going to kill you back there.

10. Don't sing on the bus either, or start treating your seat as a drum. You're not that good. Also, if I can hear your music blasting out of your earphones...why is it up so loud?!!! ARE YOU DEAF...(or, at least, you will be...).



* Also, no explicit public displays of affection. That's just nasty. Get a room, not a bus.