A couple of topics that interest me and keep coming up are weather reporting and industrial action/striking.
I am becoming more and more frustrated with the way weather is reported. It may not even be the forecaster’s fault; it may be the guidelines they are working under, but it is not right.
It seems every report is based on the worst-case scenario. Each day when there is any hint of cloud, the forecast sounds like this: mostly fine day, with possible showers in the morning and afternoon with a possible storm in the evening.
Now, that has everything covered and must be their go-to forecast if they have no idea what is going to happen. Then there is the coverage when they do know bad weather is on the way: cricket-ball-size hail stones, damaging winds, etc.
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I think it is a bit like the medical profession when they aren’t really sure what’s wrong with you or when you go in for a procedure and they give you the worst possible prognosis so everyone’s covered.
Like, if you die while you are having an ingrown toenail taken out, everybody’s covered because you ticked the boxes and signed the form.
Of course, even more frustrating are the TV weather presenters who are promoted as having the inside knowledge on what the weather is going to do, but that’s a whole other column.
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Industrial action. I have never been involved in any and never ever would. If I am being underpaid or overworked (in my opinion), I will negotiate with my employer and either leave or settle my differences, not do half a job or no job at all to get my point across.
I don’t hold it against those who do, but simply don’t believe in it. Well, that’s not actually true. If it directly impacts me when someone is not doing their job properly because they have a gripe with their employer or their workplace, I probably do hold it against them, as everyone has choices.
Being master of my own destiny, I believe you reap what you sow on most occasions, even if it is a storm I didn’t believe was actually coming.
