Dear dimwit on the phone

Today's voicemail: Man screaming at us — with wife in the background chirping, 'You'll never get anywhere with them" — that we didn't have anywhere in Saturday's paper what Dish Network channel was showing the Iowa football game. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING DOWN THERE. SOMEONE SHOULD BE FIRED."

Except ... the channel it was on was in the TV listings.

 

If you had a system that lets you call back #s, I would in this case...for sure

 

Caller ID is a thing of beauty.

 

Not to mention that amazing menu button on your satellite remote which would tell you where the Iowa game is...I've never understood these silly TV complaints.

 

Yeah, that's what I immediately thought as well. When my dad had a satellite dish, that had a guide option on it. That was back in 1998.

 

Yes, they all do (that I'm aware of)...and now you can search by genre...search my sports and everything on over the next 48 hours is listed right there for you in your own home

 

Dear Fucktard:

We are a newspaper, not the Dish Network's customer relations department. Why don't you call them and bitch.

Sincerely,

Tired of Getting Stupid Callers

 

Dear volleyball dad whose team beat our in-town team and got the centerpiece on our front page,

You decided to call and complain that our reporter forgot to put in the record for the winning team (which he honestly forgot to ask for and we apologize for that).

But when you interrupt me to say "WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, YOU MEAN TO TELL ME YOU GET RECORDS FROM THE COACHES? HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY TRUST THEM? YOUR A NEWSPAPER!"

That, sir, is the basis of what we do. But no more! We're not gonna trust coaches anymore because you don't want us to. Every time a coach calls us to report a score, I'm gonna say, "I'm sorry, we can't trust you. We only report scores of games we go to. We only report 4 scores a night."

Please get a hobby.

Peacer

 

I like the idea that there are unscrupulous coaches out there.

"Why yes, my team is 76-0. We are more impressive than Bill Goldberg and the 72 Dolphins put together."

 

Now, now, don't you know you're supposed to meet the 15-year-old student statistician in a parking garage at 2 a.m. to get the actual record?

 

There was that scandal in Boston a few years back. High school hockey coaches were calling in false scores in blowouts to make it seem "not so bad." So a 15-0 win was reported as a 6-0 win.

 

I don't need them to do my job for me.