As the saying goes, "No news is good news."
However the exact opposite is true for those working in the News Business. We want to hear to all, too much info beats a slow news day-hands down.
Reporters and photographers, we get to know our interviews very well and some days the people we meet often like to share their political views, opinion on so-and-so's new haircut, to things we have absolutely no control over, like breaking weather.
Here are just some of my favorite TMI (too much information) statements lately, of course these are all anonymous, but pretty entertaining all the same:
"You should get your boss to fly a crew out to the White House, do a story on that Obama dude...here I could write down some questions for him to answer-think ya could do that for me?" (Sure, no prob!)
"Do we really have to wear these? White is really not my color-it makes me look so albino..." (One of the new Texas Tech Pharmacy Grads at White Coat Ceremony)
"I run red lights all the time...no, I don't really care if it's dangerous since it saves me so much time and makes me feel like a bada**..." (Random Pedestrian asking me why I was shooting Traffic Lights for "Stop on Red" week)
"Oh yes, I was very pleased with the estimated value of my grandmother's _____, especially since I think she stole it from her ex-husband..." (Hahaha.)
"No, I don't think the local economy's gone down much...but my credit card bills are sky high. That's bad, right? Or is that helping the economy since I'm buying stuff?" (Yikes, someone get this woman some financing advice-fast.)
So, as you can see, in any given week people say the most random things both on and off camera. They range from the harmless and entertaining to far TOO MUCH INFO...but keep those comments rolling because we love to hear 'em!
