Another switcheroo
As I have written in the past, my position on air could change at the drop of a dime.
Yesterday as I was getting ready to go to bed I get a call from the newsroom. Of course it was about a change in shifts and I was told I’d have to do business.
Being thrown around this station is something I’ve gotten used to. You can’t predict what’s going to happen in news and you can’t predict where you’ll be. As an example, I was once waiting at a movie set near the Calgary Tower to do an interview with actress Melissa Joan Hart when I had to scramble to the Deerfoot where a gravel truck had flipped and closed down the highway.
Obviously I wish I could have stayed and chatted with the starlet but there’s no sense in getting angry when you have to do what you have to do. In the news industry you just have to roll with the punches.
I’ve had many times when I was the afternoon drive reporter when I got word I had to work the morning show at about 6:30 in the evening. That is no easy turn around. Thankfully a switch to business when I’m already on the Morning Show is just a teeny bit easier.
Many say “How could you do that stuff? It’s so boring.” But I actually consider it a pleasure to sit in the business seat. I have fun because it’s something new and I tend to learn a lot when I fill in for David Tait.
Is it bad that I hope he’s sick again tomorrow? (Hope you pull through.)