ChatterBank1 min ago
Stating The Obvious
Does anyone else feel patronized when ' experts ' in a particular field are called on to comment on a subject
( more often than not , a news item ) and proceed to 'educate' us the viewers / listners - by stating the blatantly obvious ?
Example - I was listening to a news item this evening on the difficulty that a lot of people are experiencing in making their mortgage payments
On came this ' expert ' on mortages - who proceeded to tell us that ' when interest rates rises , mortgage interest rates usually rise, which means that a lot of people on a tight budget will experience difficulty meeting their payments'
Obvious , or what ? - hardly, rocket science .
( more often than not , a news item ) and proceed to 'educate' us the viewers / listners - by stating the blatantly obvious ?
Example - I was listening to a news item this evening on the difficulty that a lot of people are experiencing in making their mortgage payments
On came this ' expert ' on mortages - who proceeded to tell us that ' when interest rates rises , mortgage interest rates usually rise, which means that a lot of people on a tight budget will experience difficulty meeting their payments'
Obvious , or what ? - hardly, rocket science .
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Look, I'm fed up with writing almost every letter of the alphabet after my name more than once.
I won't tell you what I told the rubber stamp salesman who called at the uni when he asked if I'd like a free rubber stamp with my qualifications on it - we haven't seen him since.
Neither will I tell you what I told the wife last year when she suggested I take an open university degree.
Yes, I am interested in the mysteries of the universe, but I don't consider myself that knowledgable on the subject. The question in the forefont of my mind at the moment is why Him upstairs decided I was to be a professor rather than a binman. Would I have been happier? Who knows.
I won't tell you what I told the rubber stamp salesman who called at the uni when he asked if I'd like a free rubber stamp with my qualifications on it - we haven't seen him since.
Neither will I tell you what I told the wife last year when she suggested I take an open university degree.
Yes, I am interested in the mysteries of the universe, but I don't consider myself that knowledgable on the subject. The question in the forefont of my mind at the moment is why Him upstairs decided I was to be a professor rather than a binman. Would I have been happier? Who knows.
