Hi, I’m Meteorologist Dave Rose. I’m not really a meteorologist, but I’d like to be one. You have two wonderful advantages to being a meteorologist.
1. You get to say the title of your job before you say your name. There are very few other jobs you can do this. You never hear “Hi, I’m mechanic Dave Rose” or “Hello, I’m Insurance Salesman Dave Rose”. I guess Congressmen and Doctors get to put their title before their name too. Should I be holding Meteorologist in the same regard as Doctors and Congressmen?
2. You don’t have to apologize when you don’t do your job. If you say “It’s going to rain” and it doesn’t, you can just go to your next day at work and not even mention your mistake from the day before. That must be helpful to job security for meteorologists.
I’m not a fan of meteorologists who tell me how to drive or what to wear. You’ll hear them say things like “Wear your rain boots and bring your umbrella, it’s going to rain today.” How about I decide what I want to wear. You just tell me what the weather’s going to be. Maybe I feel like getting wet.
And since when do you need to tell someone watching the news what to wear. If the weather guy says “It’s going to be 18 degrees outside” and you’re not smart enough to figure out you shouldn’t be wearing shorts and a t-shirt, then you deserve to freeze.
Gotta run. The news is on and I need to go find out what to wear and how to drive tomorrow… that is, if my meteorologist gets it right tonight.
Mel
Briscoe and me
