Monday, May 20, 2019

Care to elaborate?

If you work in radio long enough, you'll inevitably have exchanges like these on the request line:

Listener: Could you play a song for me?
DJ: What would you like to hear?
Listener: Oh, I don't know--just something good, I guess.
DJ: Any particular artist or song?
Listener: No, not really.
DJ: Are you wanting to hear something current or older?
Listener: I'm not sure.
DJ: Do you want to hear something fast, slow, or midtempo?
Listener: Any of those would be OK.
DJ: Any particular style of music you'd like to hear?
Listener: No, not one type specifically...
DJ: OK, then. I'll see what I can do.
Listener: Thanks.

There's being easy to please, and then, there's being maddeningly vague.  At least, you usually don't have to worry about such listeners calling back and admonishing you for not playing their requests.