Having a son in the radio business, I listen quite a lot...and yesterday I caught a couple of common and regular ridiculous radio caller comments, and I can stay silent no longer.
People! You make me crazy when you say:
"Your screener told me to get right to the point, so I will just get right to the point."
Uhhhh...that is NOT getting right to the point!!! And, surprise, the talk show host knows that the screener told you that, because the SCREENER TELLS EVERYONE THAT!! We ALL know the screener says that!!! JUST GET TO THE POINT BY SAYING YOUR POINT!!!
And then, when the talk show host says, "20 seconds, what are your thoughts?" I hear:
"I know time is short, so I'll just get right to the subject."
Do you realize that you just used 15% of your time saying you didn't have much time? Right after the host said you didn't have much time? Oh, please! Redundancy!! Wastefulness!! All in 20 seconds...which are now gone with your point half made.
Okay, okay...I know I'm unmerciful to these amateurs who are probably nervous, and maybe say things they didn't plan to...But I'm not assigning any devaluation to their personhood...I'm just saying, IT MAKES ME CRAZY!!
And folks...I don't have far to go on that...
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