And another moan: the stupid callers to Radio 5 Live

[goldstone]

Why oh why does every fecking caller start off with "Hi Alan (or whatever the presenter's name is), are you OK?

Of course he's fecking OK. He wouldn't be doing the show if his wife had just died or he had pneumonia. And, if you'd been listening you cretin, every other fecking caller has aked him the same thing. "Are you OK?" "Are you OK?" "Are you OK?" Forget enquiring after his health and just get on with your fecking point!

The presenter should make the following statement on air at the beginning of each programme: "I would firstly like to assure listeners that I am 100% OK. If any caller insists on asking me that question I will immediately cut you off".

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

are you ok?

 

[Stevie Boy]

Why oh why does every fecking caller start off with "Hi Alan (or whatever the presenter's name is), are you OK?

Of course he's fecking OK. He wouldn't be doing the show if his wife had just died or he had pneumonia. And, if you'd been listening you cretin, every other fecking caller has aked him the same thing. "Are you OK?" "Are you OK?" "Are you OK?" Forget enquiring after his health and just get on with your fecking point!

The presenter should make the following statement on air at the beginning of each programme: "I would firstly like to assure listeners that I am 100% OK. If any caller insists on asking me that question I will immediately cut you off".

Are you ok?

 

[sharpey38]

are you sure your ok?

 

[Voice of Reason]

Agreed. Irritates me too!

 

[LamieRobertson]

Ive never thought alan whats his name was ok...find him a pain in the butt personally...marginally better than robbie savage

 

[BadFish]

Ive never thought alan whats his name was ok...find him a pain in the butt personally...marginally better than robbie savage

Alan Green is rude and comes across as an arrogant wanker. Robbie Savage is what he is, you know what you are getting and I quite like him.

 

[Weststander]

Alan Green is class, and talks opinionated sense.

Callers talking crap are cut down, and he tells the bores giving a long "How are you" to get on with it.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Alan Green is rude and comes across as an arrogant wanker. Robbie Savage is what he is, you know what you are getting and I quite like him.

hmm..uve changed my mind...he is marginally worse than savage

 

[BadFish]

Alan Green is class, and talks opinionated sense.

Callers talking crap are cut down, and he tells the bores giving a long "How are you" to get on with it.

He does often talk sense i will give him that. But often he seems to try to be controversial to get the discussion going, I don't really have a problem with this except that he denies it.

f***ing irritating though (although I still listen so he can't be that bad)

 

[Durlston]

Robbie Savage wasn't ok when he did his 6-0-6 show on the day that Gary Speed died. I didn't hear one person say "Hi Robbie, are you ok?" that evening. He was in tears throughout the show.

It's the same with people you let on to most days when you say "Yep, I'm good thanks". Not something along the lines of "Well, I feel really shit. My girlfriend's dumped me, I've lost my job, waxed a ton at the bookies today and I want to throw myself in front of a train very soon with my bipolar disorder". Or something.