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That guy being the TV reporter for the local paper. Every Friday he has a Q&A section that includes some of the wacky phone calls he gets during the week like this gem:
PHONE CALL OF THE WEEK
An elderly caller wanted to know an address for Fox News Channel, which I was happy to give her, but I also let her know all the network addresses are available online.
"I don't believe in computers," she said. "That's a lazy man's way of doing things."
Take that, Bill Gates, you lazy so-and-so!
(Actually, I thought she said "lady's man" not "lazy man's," but my co-workers suggested "lazy man's" makes more sense, and it probably does, but both are funny.)
And why did she want to write to FNC?
"Those anchor women should not cross their legs when sitting on stools," she said. "It doesn't leave much to the imagination. I'm a senior and I just don't like it."
He finds it hilarious, but I can never figure out where this sense of entitlement in old folks comes from. Yes, I respect my elders but the whole "I don't like the way things are so I expect you to change them because I'm old" thing just drives me nuts.
Also, I'm willing to admit I'm in an anti-old folks frame of mind since my company is starting to move analog channels to digital (requiring a box) which always results in howls of protest from the blue hairs. Doesn't matter that we're giving the people who had channels move a box free for one year, they're still upset because something changed and now they need to adapt. I get variations on the "I'm a senior and I just don't like it" line all the time and I just want to scream SO F'ING WHAT? BEING OLD DOESN'T MAKE YOU EXEMPT FROM THE ONWARD MARCH OF PROGRESS.....pant........pant............*whew*
Man, I haven't been this happy to see a Friday for a while. I need to invest in some barley-and-hops based pain reliever.
PHONE CALL OF THE WEEK
An elderly caller wanted to know an address for Fox News Channel, which I was happy to give her, but I also let her know all the network addresses are available online.
"I don't believe in computers," she said. "That's a lazy man's way of doing things."
Take that, Bill Gates, you lazy so-and-so!
(Actually, I thought she said "lady's man" not "lazy man's," but my co-workers suggested "lazy man's" makes more sense, and it probably does, but both are funny.)
And why did she want to write to FNC?
"Those anchor women should not cross their legs when sitting on stools," she said. "It doesn't leave much to the imagination. I'm a senior and I just don't like it."
He finds it hilarious, but I can never figure out where this sense of entitlement in old folks comes from. Yes, I respect my elders but the whole "I don't like the way things are so I expect you to change them because I'm old" thing just drives me nuts.
Also, I'm willing to admit I'm in an anti-old folks frame of mind since my company is starting to move analog channels to digital (requiring a box) which always results in howls of protest from the blue hairs. Doesn't matter that we're giving the people who had channels move a box free for one year, they're still upset because something changed and now they need to adapt. I get variations on the "I'm a senior and I just don't like it" line all the time and I just want to scream SO F'ING WHAT? BEING OLD DOESN'T MAKE YOU EXEMPT FROM THE ONWARD MARCH OF PROGRESS.....pant........pant............*whew*
Man, I haven't been this happy to see a Friday for a while. I need to invest in some barley-and-hops based pain reliever.
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