You're a mean one, Mrs. Grinch

[BoredOp]

As evidenced by my username, I work at a radio station. We're playing Christmas music for the next couple of hours, as the town's Santa Claus Parade is taking place this afternoon. I'm waiting for a phone call or two from our "roving reporter" who's in the parade, driving a station vehicle with the Christmas tunes blaring from the sound system, but I pick up the ringing phone, it's not the roving reporter... it's some old hag/shut-in:

BO - your friendly neighborhood BoredOp
SI - shut-in

BO - "Good afternoon, [station name], [BoredOp] speaking."
SI - "W-W-Why aren't you, um, b-broadcasting the Santa Claus Parade??? Like, for shut-ins? You're just playing your g-d d--n Christmas music!"
BO - "Well, the community cable channel is showing the parade..."
SI - "B-B-But you should be radioing the *parade* for shut-ins instead of running that damn Christmas crap. This is b--ls--t!" (click)

If I had been a bit more on the ball, I would have told her some real B.S. such as:
a) the local cable channel has a long-term exclusive contract with the parade organizers and we're not authorized to broadcast any portions of the parade
b) our advertisers and the BIA have requested that we play Christmas music during the parade, rather than broadcasting parade play-by-play, since cable is already doing parade coverage

Option B might have been the best line to use, but that would probably trigger things like it's all about your advertisers, nothing about your listeners/the community/blah blah blah...

BoredOp

[Kristev]

Next year, solve the whole problem: Play "War of the worlds" instead.

[chainedbarista]

or a zombie marathon...bah; poor widdle me, i can't see the parade. get cable or just stfu.

[Miss Fatale]

Christmas parade play-by-play good, but Christmas music is crap and bullsh--? People are weird.

[MoonCat]

Right, because the best way to experience a parade is....on the radio??

[alowlypotato]

Christmas parade play-by-play good, but Christmas music is crap and bullsh--? People are weird.

That's exactly what I was thinking! Such strange logic -- if it can even be called that.

[Nashida]

Christmas parade play-by-play good, but Christmas music is crap and bullsh--? People are weird.

Yeah, my head blue-screened on that too.

"Stop running that Christmas crap, and put on MY Christmas crap!"

[XCashier]

Right, because the best way to experience a parade is....on the radio??

My thoughts exactly.

[jjc927]

Why would anyone bother listening to a parade on the radio?

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Right, because the best way to experience a parade is....on the radio??

"Welcome to our live broadcast of the Town City Christmas parade. First up are some horseback police officers. Uh-oh! One of the horses just did number two on the street. This is something we'll have to watch out for, as well as the rest of the entrants.

Next we have a marching band. Let's listen in....(8 seconds of music)

And now we've come to our first float, which is from...ahh, we'll have to figure that out later. But it has lots of pretty lights and snowmen and people waving to the crowds. Also, the tuba player from the marching band stepped in the horse apple. He's got a mess to clean up, ha ha!

And now another marching band....(11 seconds of drum cadence)

Oh, what's this? It's Dakota Spleencougher, Miss Styptic Pencil 2010, riding in a convertible! The convertible is red, and she's smiling and waving.

Next...."

Yeah, covering a parade via the radio sounds like not such a good idea.

[Kristev]

Actually, she may not have a converter box. I certainly could never manage to get one.

So instead, I had my cable turned back on. But then again, I'm a reasonable person.

[ExRetailDrone]

<snippity>

Yeah, covering a parade via the radio sounds like not such a good idea.

So much better than being there or watching it on TV!

Some people just need something to complain about, no matter how asinine.

[Racket_Man]

Next year, solve the whole problem: Play "War of the worlds" instead.

even better play the audio tracks from the movie "Spaced Invaders"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_Invaders

[orcprincess]

Haha. I used to be a board-op for a few stations...we actually had our morning crew go out, and they did a sort of play-by-play. For me, it wasn't so bad, turned it down in the studio, just so I could hear it on my headphones, and surfed the interwebs! (I was probably on CS, not realizing how good I had it at that point!) *sigh* i miss radio!

[wraiths_crono]

Right, because the best way to experience a parade is....on the radio??

I remember they did that once here.... about 30 min into they cut it because apparently people though it was 'stupid' go figure... lol can't please anyone eh.