Radio on-air requests [and some Facebook behaviour] ... they are so pathetic

[goldstone]

"Please can you play Love Me Do for my wife Helen and tell her I love her very much".

If you want to tell your wife you love her, tell her yourself. We, the radio listeners, DON'T CARE. We don't know you, we don't know your wife, and we certainly are not particularly concerned whether you love her or not.

These mindless stupid requests drive me mad. Why can't they just get on with playing the music?

And then on Popmaster Ken Bruce asks the contestant questions such as "what do you do for a living?" and "what are your plans for the weekend?" Again, WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN. Just get on with the programme.

Far too much mindless drivel on the wireless.

And, yes, I know I can turn it off, and regularly do so ....

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

If you are only interested in the music, try 6music.

Plenty of people do like the mindless drivel. For many it is company. I can take it or leave it, which depends on the presenter more than anything else

 

[Nibble]

"Please can you play Love Me Do for my wife Helen and tell her I love her very much".

If you want to tell your wife you love her, tell her yourself. We, the radio listeners, DON'T CARE. We don't know you, we don't know your wife, and we certainly are not particularly concerned whether you love her or not.

These mindless stupid requests drive me mad. Why can't they just get on with playing the music?

And then on Popmaster Ken Bruce asks the contestant questions such as "what do you do for a living?" and "what are your plans for the weekend?" Again, WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN. Just get on with the programme.

Far too much mindless drivel on the wireless.

And, yes, I know I can turn it off, and regularly do so ....

If you listen to Radio 2 you are going to get this.

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

probably had a domestic.....

 

[Easy 10]

So whats your take on half time dedications ?

 

[dougdeep]

Try Absolute radio.

 

[joeinbrighton]

Try Absolute radio.

Good except that instead of endless surplus waffle, you get plenty of adverts and numerous 'product promo' competitions and offers plugged every 5 minutes.

 

[Bozza]

What are your views on people leaving Facebook messages to people who clearly aren't going to be on Facebook, such as "A very happy first birthday to my beautiful littlly boy George" and the like?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

What are your views on people leaving Facebook messages to people who clearly aren't going to be on Facebook, such as "A very happy first birthday to my beautiful littlly boy George" and the like?

Its a bit silly, isn't it. Not as silly as sending facebook messages to your DOG, though.

 

[Easy 10]

What are your views on people leaving Facebook messages to people who clearly aren't going to be on Facebook, such as "A very happy first birthday to my beautiful littlly boy George" and the like?

I'd put that on a par with people who leave Facebook messages saying "Soooooo pissed off right now" - and just leaving it there.

Cue dozens of replies saying

"Whats up hun ?"
"Here for you xx"
"Message me if u wanna tlk"
"You ok babe ? xxxx"
"Sending hugs"

Seriously makes me want to VOMIT all over my phone.

 

[Bozza]

I'd put that on a par with people who leave Facebook messages saying "Soooooo pissed off right now" - and just leaving it there.

Cue dozens of replies saying

"Whats up hun ?"
"Here for you xx"
"Message me if u wanna tlk"
"You ok babe ? xxxx"
"Sending hugs"

Seriously makes me want to VOMIT all over my phone.

You've not finished the story there. You forgot:

"Message sent"
"Replied"
"Replied"

 

[Mellotron]

I'd put that on a par with people who leave Facebook messages saying "Soooooo pissed off right now" - and just leaving it there.

Cue dozens of replies saying

"Whats up hun ?"
"Here for you xx"
"Message me if u wanna tlk"
"You ok babe ? xxxx"
"Sending hugs"

Seriously makes me want to VOMIT all over my phone.

Does my head IN.

 

[Mellotron]

Or couples having domestics live on Facebook. TALK TO EACH OTHER, stop being determined to be on stage in front of everyone.

 

[El Sid]

I'd put that on a par with people who leave Facebook messages saying "Soooooo pissed off right now" - and just leaving it there.

Cue dozens of replies saying

"Whats up hun ?"
"Here for you xx"
"Message me if u wanna tlk"
"You ok babe ? xxxx"
"Sending hugs"

Seriously makes me want to VOMIT all over my phone.

That's a bit harsh on Seagulls Chat

 

[Butch Willykins]

I'd put that on a par with people who leave Facebook messages saying "Soooooo pissed off right now" - and just leaving it there.

Cue dozens of replies saying

"Whats up hun ?"
"Here for you xx"
"Message me if u wanna tlk"
"You ok babe ? xxxx"
"Sending hugs"

Seriously makes me want to VOMIT all over my phone.

I came off Facebook about 18 months ago because this sort of thing wanted to make me smash up my laptop/ipad/iphone.

Its one of the best things i've ever done. A key benefit is I seldom get invited now to Birthdays and other social events which I never wanted to attend in the first place. The all time worst Facebook updates are the ones just after a celeb has died

e.g.

Diana RIP
Whitney, So sad, RIP
etc etc

Why people feel the need to show the world they give a shit is beyond me. Cockwombles.

 

[jakarta]

I'd put that on a par with people who leave Facebook messages saying "Soooooo pissed off right now" - and just leaving it there.

Cue dozens of replies saying

"Whats up hun ?"
"Here for you xx"
"Message me if u wanna tlk"
"You ok babe ? xxxx"
"Sending hugs"

Seriously makes me want to VOMIT all over my phone.

Was on Facebook for a few months, decided it was an utter waste of time unless you were a teenager (or thought like one). Long since terminated my account....

As for the original poster, Ken Bruce is one of the last decent presenters on Radio 2, the carrot headed tw*t that precedes him, Vine's rent-a gob show and Steve 'no discernible talent' Wright are all unlistenable.

EDIT Vanessa Feltz is doing Vines r-a-g show this week and is even worse!

 

[Stat Brother]

Try Absolute radio.

Good except that instead of endless surplus waffle, you get plenty of adverts and numerous 'product promo' competitions and offers plugged every 5 minutes.

DD probably means Absolute ... (add genre)

 

[MattBackHome]

Top quality Thursday moaning on show here. I'll add:

"Add this to your wall for 3 days if you hate cancer"

or that ****ing giraffe thing.

 

[Easy 10]

Glad I'm not alone in that irk of mine then.
Another one - people who update their Facebook status with "Morning peeps x"

What. Is. The. POINT ? How can there possibly be a reply to that of even the REMOTEST interest to anyone ? The replies invariably go

"MORNING!" (exclamation mark and capitals, to try and sound "chirpy"
"Hey babe" (slightly desperate suggestion of flirtiness)
"Good morning" (well, what else is there to say type reply)
")" (everyone else has already said what I was going to say, so I'll just do a little smily"

And then you'll have half a dozen "likes". I mean seriously, you LIKED a post that said "Morning peeps" that much that you felt compelled to use a mouse click, or use up another fraction of your 3G dataplan, to regsiter online that you LIKED reading someone saying "Morning peeps".

Its times like these I genuinely fear for our species.

 

[MattBackHome]

Glad I'm not alone in that irk of mine then.
Another one - people who update their Facebook status with "Morning peeps x"

What. Is. The. POINT ? How can there possibly be a reply to that of even the REMOTEST interest to anyone ? The replies invariably go

"MORNING!" (exclamation mark and capitals, to try and sound "chirpy"
"Hey babe" (slightly desperate suggestion of flirtiness)
"Good morning" (well, what else is there to say type reply)
")" (everyone else has already said what I was going to say, so I'll just do a little smily"

And then you'll have half a dozen "likes". I mean seriously, you LIKED a post that said "Morning peeps" that much that you felt compelled to use a mouse click, or use up another fraction of your 3G dataplan, to regsiter online that you LIKED reading someone saying "Morning peeps".

Its times like these I genuinely fear for our species.

Morning Easy! x