I saw this video about a week ago and thought it was absolutely hilarious. This woman called the TV station to complain about the weather guy interrupting the season finale of Criminal Minds to alert viewers of severe weather. After all, he could have just waited until a commercial, right?
Take a listen:
My favorite parts included:
"This is nowhere near ME"
to the ultimate:
"I really don't care about THOSE people"
That much is obvious.
And so I forwarded this video on and made fun of the video. I talked about how the lady was all "ME, ME, ME" and had no empathy for those that could be in the midst of a tornado or something. I thought I would NEVER be like this lady. After all, which is more important TV or life? Well, I thought I knew the answer.
Until last night.
There I was watching From Dusk Til Dawn for about the 17th billion time when it was interrupted with a LOUD beep and an old 80s looking computer font thing that said there was a severe weather warning for my county until 10 minutes from then. I listened carefully to make sure it was nowhere near me and got only mildly irritated when I realized it wasn't and that I was missing the sexy strip dance with Salma Hayek.
Then the second interruption came five minutes later to let me know that it had expanded to another county. Again, nowhere near me. Because it came so fast on the heels of the last one, I may have muttered "Really?"
Then the third interruption came five minutes later. This one brought news of a tornado funnel being seen. WAY far away from me, although I listened carefully to make sure it was not me. To this I said, "Okay..."
Let me tell you, though, after TWO more interruptions, both of which were identical to each other and, actually, identical to the very first one, I actually screamed "COME ONNN!!!"
Yes, I became that woman. I thought things like "Don't they know this is the GOOD part?" and "This weather is nowhere near me!" and "I should just go to flippin' bed if I am just staying up to hear a bunch of beeping!"
In my defense, I did not call the cable station and yell at them. I am intelligent enough to know how important severe weather alerts are to those in the area.
But, if it had been the series finale of Lost, I cannot say what I would have done...
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HAHAHA! I haven't cried in a LONG time but that clip has me in big ol' tears!
The weather people here (and everywhere?) just get so excited over nothing.
Pittsburgh is NOT tornado alley. And they were just beside themselves a few days ago, cutting into Jeopardy to talk about potential tornadoes and stuff.
Um, in Indiana, if it's just "possible" they put a little map on the bottom of the TV screen so you can know if you're affected. And they might break in if there's a sighting.
But just yucky thunderstorms? COME ON.
Kacie - I know! Isnt that video priceless? I could listen to it all day. Seriously, though, I totally felt like her on Sunday. I guess it would have been worse had I been watching local TV. I hear they completely gave up on all broadcasting and just talked about the weather for hours. HOURS
That's funny. That's what you get for making fun of that poor ol' woman. ha!
Jennifer - you crack me up. I would not have known anything about the weather if I hadnt been watching a movie (or trying to!)
Annah - you are right. As soon as it happened, I immediately though of this video and felt shamed. Then angry. Then amused. Full circle.
Oh my goodness... could you imagine the similar calls if this HAD happened during LOST? Holy crap!!!
Jamie - No, I honestly couldn't. Chaos would reign supreme. Beratings would abound. The world would have been insane. Literally.
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