Random Irritations

Swinglowandslow said:
I know not everyone's personality is geared up to " public" things.
I get wound up st the thought of public speaking situations. Others just love the "look at me" scenario.
But as to answering questions from journslists I think for years those that have to, have been advised ,badly, that they must always be polite, and even meek.
It's an even money bet that she has been advised to not show any anger and always be guarded and polite etc, and that has probably got her wound up.
It's about time someone told some journos to "just shut up and go away if you are going to behave like that". Or words to that effect.
I love it when I see a politician or similar lose their cool abit at some stupid rabid type journo.
Needs to be done more.
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Didn't see Des Kelly get a bit of comeuppance from Kai Havertz on Saturday night then? :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Des dragged him away from the celebrations and suggested that his goal had repaid a large chunk of his transfer fee. Kai responded that he really couldn't... :unsure: ...care less, I think would cover it.

Utterly stupid "journalism".
 
JamesR said:
Read a good article earlier; the players don’t need the press to communicate and advertise, and they certainly don’t need the tiresome press conferences.
They have Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
They can tell us how it went, what they thought, and get across their point of view much better than by being asked inane, inappropriate questions by idiot journalists.

It’s actually the printed press who are concerned with this week’s happenings, because it shows that they are an irrelevance in this modern electronic world.
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What about the millions worldwide who don't subscribe to any of those?
 
On Osaka...

I have many times had to make presentations to customers or colleagues. If I had really struggled with standing up in front of a group and the prospect of doing it had caused me great anxiety and I let them know or it was obvious, then I am 100% certain that none of my employers would have forced me to do the presentation.

They would have recognised that as an employer they had a duty of care to me and would have worked with me to sort out if there was some way of doing a presentation that would reduce my anxiety and make it possible for me to do it. If not they would have got someone to stand in for me, with me involved in some capacity if that was possible.

As long as I was OK at the core function of what I was actually employed to do, I would never be expected to be good at everything the job entailed, my company would have supported me and would certainly not force me to do anything that would cause me physical or mental harm.

If the situation became unsustainable then they’d look to move me to a role that did not require me to do presentations if such a role was available. If not we’d have just worked around the problem.
 
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Orikoru said:
Well presumably they don't care what that person has to say anyway?
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Why?
I don't do social media but like to know what certain sports persons have to say.
Do people like me not count for anything because we don't do social media?
Sorry, Orikoru, but that is just such a ridiculous post .................... but I'm sure it was said in jest, no?
 
Pathetic Shark said:
Discrimination is wrong in every sense.
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I think this is easy to say when you’re on the side that never faces discrimination but I do understand why positive discrimination annoys people. I grew up in a country where it took positive discrimination to get catholics into the police force and ultimately this was a good thing, in my opinion.
 
Slime said:
Why?
I don't do social media but like to know what certain sports persons have to say.
Do people like me not count for anything because we don't do social media?
Sorry, Orikoru, but that is just such a ridiculous post .................... but I'm sure it was said in jest, no?
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As pauljames said above - "journalism" nowadays passes for just reprinting what someone said on their Twitter account anyway so you'll see it one way or another. It still kills the need for press conferences.
 
Fade and Die said:
Exactly, I want every officer their on merit and purely on their aptitude to do the job. Not on their ethnic background or to meet a quota in some box ticking exercise.
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I agree. I think whenever you discriminate against someone based on ethnicity, whichever way round it is, you only increase the divide and potentially create more hatred.
 
Orikoru said:
As pauljames said above - "journalism" nowadays passes for just reprinting what someone said on their Twitter account anyway so you'll see it one way or another. It still kills the need for press conferences.
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No, I don't think it does.
On SM, the person just writes what they want and that makes it a totally one-sided conversation.
 
Slime said:
No, I don't think it does.
On SM, the person just writes what they want and that makes it a totally one-sided conversation.
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I prefer that to the sensationalist journalists asking questions designed to wind them up and create a story that isn't really there. The whole ploy of dragging a sportsperson out in from of cameras just minutes after a loss and trying to provoke them into saying something controversial makes me sick to be honest.
 
Fade and Die said:
Exactly, I want every officer their on merit and purely on their aptitude to do the job. Not on their ethnic background or to meet a quota in some box ticking exercise.
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If it was a fair system then there wouldn’t be any discrimination, it isn’t and it never has been, however, it has improved.

The box ticking (as you describe it) exercise as you describe it had to be introduced because it excluded people for the reasons you’re against.
 
I thought insurance companies had stopped punishing existing customers.
General Accident renewal came through today for the car. Been with them 5 years as they've always been competitive. £440 this year.
Took 5 minutes on Compare The Market to get the same cover with John Lewis Finance for £240.
 
RichA said:
I thought insurance companies had stopped punishing existing customers.
General Accident renewal came through today for the car. Been with them 5 years as they've always been competitive. £440 this year.
Took 5 minutes on Compare The Market to get the same cover with John Lewis Finance for £240.
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Sadly not until January https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57270415

At least you were able to stuff GA by leaving them. Irritating but with a satisfying ending :D
 
Slime said:
Why?
I don't do social media but like to know what certain sports persons have to say.
Do people like me not count for anything because we don't do social media?
Sorry, Orikoru, but that is just such a ridiculous post .................... but I'm sure it was said in jest, no?
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You are using social media right now

The players can give virtual press conferences on social media and then the paper and pen Journos can use that to put in the printed press and on their websites

There is also the aftermatch on court interview that is given by each player

Golfers are not required to do after round press conferences so I see no need why a tennis player should
 
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