[BC] Just for fun - a little serious too.

[JIM GRAHAM]

Once upon a time the electrolytics in a power supply were drying up and the on-air console had developed a hum.  I was aware of the problem and had ordered replacements.  In the meantime, the PD came into my office and said, "The console on WXXX is humming and you can hear it on the air."  I said with a smile, "If you'd teach it the lyrics, it wouldn't have to hum anymore.".  He had NO sense of humor.  Odd for someone in the entertainment biz.

Jim Graham

jgprods at bellsouth.net

--- On Sun, 3/8/09, Xmitters at aol.com <Xmitters at aol.com> wrote:

From: Xmitters at aol.com <Xmitters at aol.com>

Hello:

I am interested in collecting some good comeback comments.

I'm sure you've been, at one time or another, had an exchange with a
manager 
when requesting equipment or project approval, that goes something like this.

When I worked in (insert name of market/station cluster here) we never had to 
do that.

-or-

I have never heard of a need like that from ANY other station, and I talk to 
a lot of other stations/managers.

-or-

New equipment is not supposed to fail (condescending tone of voice).

-or-

Our (piece of equipment) may be (age/support status) but it is still working, 
and I don't see why we need to repair/replace ours. 

-or-

No other stations have to fix (problem or issue) so why do we have to fix it? 
It's not a problem anywhere else but here.

-or-

When I was visiting (station/market) I noticed that their file transfer 
system works way faster than ours. What are they doing that we're not?

-or-

Why did we buy (product x) when ALL OTHER stations have purchased (product Y) 
to do this task?

And other "band wagon" kinds of responses these issues are largely a
function 
of engineering/management sales skills; I get that already.

What are your favorite one-liners that pull the rug out from under a person 
using the sophomoric logic similar to my examples above?

"Well, this is not (station cluster/Market)" is from Zinger 101, and
is a bit 
condescending. I already know that one :-)

I do pretty well in these situations, but I'm looking for some ways I can 
make these situations a little more fun from my perspective by adding to my 
zinger collection :-) 

Write to me directly if you don't want to make public, your most effective 
zingers :-)

Jeff Glass
xmitters at aol.com
Dell 2650 Win2000 AOL 7.0

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