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by Erica_at_Fox from Fox 11 Newsroom

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I have a pet peeve that may or may not change the way people look at me around here (At the station, I mean.  Not planet Earth).
If I pass someone in the hall and I ask how are they doing...THIS answer makes me crazy:

"It's Monday."

Or sometime I get the response, "It's Tuesday."   Or, "It's Wednesday. We're almost there."
And of course, don't forget, "It's Friday!"  You get the idea.

Two reasons I have a problem with this...
Number one: I know what day it is. Most of the time, anyway.
Number two: News is a 24/7 business.  Not all of us are lucky enough to have a Monday - Friday schedule.  So, any day-of-the-week/mood-of-the-day correlation is moot.

There is nothing wrong with a simple, "I'm good.  And you?"   And a smile always puts everyone in a good mood!

Random Notes:
-I work with some pretty funny (?) people around here so I know I will now be greeted with many days of the week reports.

-Happy Mother's Day!

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sebar read my blog view my photos
May 11, 2008 | 11:29 AM

Fine and you?

American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

Erica_at_Fox read my blog view my photos
May 11, 2008 | 10:14 PM

THANK YOU, Sebar.
That's what I'm talkin about.

samo714 read my blog view my photos
May 12, 2008 | 6:48 AM

i'm alright. you know just ehhh. it's monday. j/k. j/k. but i'm doing ok.

mostly my response to such a question is..."i'm ok, how are you", "ehhh", "i'm sleepy/tired", or if i want to get a funny reaction i would say "i feel like crap. i just want to get a gun and blow my brains out. i hate life, and if i'm going down i'm taking everyone i can with me". i love using that one on clerks at the store, especially during the holiday seasons. mostly they just give me a odd look, like "are you serious" then i tell them i'm kidding. then they laugh it off. i also tend to get the same reaction when i go to a library or book store and ask for a satanic bible.

sebar read my blog view my photos
May 12, 2008 | 10:31 AM

Just out of curiosity Erica, maybe it's me but I was wondering what this blog has to do with traffic...? Uh, oh, ok, I got it, you put it in traffic because of the ;) hallway traffic...gotchya!

American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

samo714 read my blog view my photos
May 12, 2008 | 12:26 PM

i'm guessing it's because of 2 reasons. 1 is that their isn't alot of blogs about traffic, and 2nd reason is because she is the goddess of all traffic reports at fox.

AsianCutie
May 13, 2008 | 10:41 PM

That sucks you should talk to my friend gerry everytime i ask him how he is when i see him he always has a pearl of wisdom or my favrotie one " Dandy like Candy" or "Fair to partly Cloudy" you have to hear it from him in order to get the feel of it. But he always makes you smile even if you are blue he will say somthing to make you smile or if he sees you frown he will do somthing goofy to make you laugh.

Erica_at_Fox read my blog view my photos
May 14, 2008 | 3:36 AM

AsianCutie,
Welcome! "Dandy like Candy" is cracking me up. Your friend seems like a great person to work with.
Samo, you're right. I figured I'll keep all my ranting within the Traffic section because I do traffic. Back to mornings for a few days and I didn't sleep at all last night. Total zombie mode!

samo714 read my blog view my photos
May 14, 2008 | 6:11 AM

well erica, who said god's work is easy? your job must be harder then anyone else in the nation, when it comes down to reporting traffic. you have one of the worst congested area to cover in the U.S. no wonder your in zombie mode.

sebar read my blog view my photos
May 14, 2008 | 1:24 PM

Well hang on a second Samo. Traffic is traffic right? So traffic in the hallway does technically count ;) So Eric'a blog officially counts here as a legitimate traffic article!

American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

sebar read my blog view my photos
May 15, 2008 | 12:02 PM

Ok how am I today? Well, not too bad, but I will be hurting bigtime tomorrow, then the day after that a bit sore then a bit better then all of a sudden hurting again then sore then a bit better then...you get the picture of life.

American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

sebar read my blog view my photos
May 19, 2008 | 8:35 PM

I'm fine and how are you today? How is traffic in the corridor? Did you see any FOX Martians like Karen Posada dressed in red...lol?

sebar read my blog view my photos
May 21, 2008 | 9:06 AM

Hurting bigtime and a lot of pain, how are you doing today?

sebar read my blog view my photos
May 22, 2008 | 6:06 PM

Recuperating...and how are you?

_Bella_ read my blog view my photos
May 29, 2008 | 9:31 AM

I just say, Hi...it's good to see you.

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Erica_at_Fox

I'm a Traffic/Weather Producer, Chyron Operator and Associate Director.

Member Since: 3/11/2008