Showing posts with label Employment. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 16, 2015

I'M ASHAMED I WATCHED THE DUKES OF HAZZARD


We've all done it. We watched a TV show we enjoyed as a child or teenager after we became an adult and thought, "Why did I like this as a kid? This is horrible." For me that TV show is The Dukes of Hazzard.


You have to understand that this was the era when most people only received four networks. You also didn't have a VCR or DVD player or PC to stream movies. The Dukes of Hazzard was also THE TV SHOW to watch among the sixth graders in Lebanon, Missouri. If you weren't watching The Dukes of Hazzard, you would be considered a worthless, piece of human garbage. Many of my former classmates are constantly posting and re-posting a meme on Facebook, which asserts that people who watched The Dukes of Hazzard and Hee Haw as kids are superior to others. I don't think there is any scientific facts to back this belief up.

Watching the show now on DVD or in reruns, it becomes obvious that after the first season, they basically did the same script over and over. As a matter of fact, most of the cast nearly quit between season four and five over this. This was part of the reason Tom Wopat and John Schneider walked off the show. According to a TV Guide article (Dec. 25 -31 1982), everyone else on the show wanted out.

Now, with that aside, the reason I can't stand watching the The Dukes of Hazzard now: The use of the phrase "good ole boys."  Bo and Luke, in the theme song by Waylon Jennings, are referred to as "good ole boys." At the time this show aired, when I was in sixth grade, I took it the "good ole boys" actually meant "a force of good in the universe" (my comic book geekiness showing).

After becoming an adult and getting out in the "real world," I noticed the term "good ole boy" used not for people doing good, but for people like Boss Hogg and Roscoe P. Coltrane. To be honest, Boss Hogg and Roscoe are Presidential Medal of Honor Winners compared to many of the "good ole boys" I've met and had to deal with in my adult life.

The phrase "good ole boy" tends to be a euphemism or secret code word for "my loud-mouthed, sleazy, unethical, racist, sexist, homophobic, smelly, alcoholic, redneck friend, that abuses his wife and kids, but I like better him than you." Every business or work place in this part of the country has, at least, one of these type of individuals under their roof.

This "good ole boy" doesn't have a college degree and just barely has a high school diploma, but somehow has ascended to a cushy management position and receives a huge paycheck. Of course, the reason is this guy kisses the butt of the boss by doing the dirty work he wants done. Usually, he is the cousin, brother-in-law, or high school drinking buddy of the boss. This guy usually bullies everyone, talks dirty to female employees, repeats dumb stuff he heard on talk radio (or sings along with a country radio station), brings Jim Beam in his thermos, reads back issues of Guns & Ammo and spits his tobacco juice in every adjacent waste basket, while everyone else does the hard work.

However, if the boss wants the tires of the employees trying to unionize slashed or a competitor's business burned to the ground or needs someone to stalk the nerdy boy sending flowers to his hot, smoking daughter, the "good ole boy" is ready to earn that paycheck he receives that is bigger than the other employees. He also is quick to run and tattle to the boss on the employees breaking a stupid company policy or talking about how they think he is a crooked tyrant. Of course, if you question this guy's unethical and downright bad behavior, you will get the response, "But he is a good ole boy." That absolves this guy of any wrong doing in the eyes of his small community.

The bad part about these "good ole boys" is that in many small communities they get elected to city council, county commission or the school board, where they usually vote against anything that would be good for the community. They always say they want to keep the community "just like Mayberry," but what they real want is for it to be just like Hazzard County. Sad part some of them go on to the state legislature and then...well, this explains most of the makeup of our current U.S. Congress. Yes folks, Boss Hogg and Roscoe P. Coltrane are running Washington, D.C. As Waylon Jennings would say, in his narration of the show, "Folks, this don't look good."

Maybe this version of the "good ole boy" is only a phenomenon of southwest Missouri, but I some how feel that it isn't the case. Every small community has a group of  "good ole boys" that do horrible things, but people just slaps them on the back and laugh about it.

After reading this, some will say, "So, Desdinova, are you saying that we shouldn't watch reruns of The Dukes of Hazzard. No, I'm just saying I don't enjoy it because of my experience with the "good ole boy" mentality.


However, there is one thing that I like about this show that I wish would become a common practice. I wish more women would wear pantyhose with their shorts like Daisy did. NOW THAT IS A GOOD THING! Of course, these opinions are why I'm considered the SUPER VILLAIN OF THE OZARKS!!! Mwu-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

THE END

Sunday, July 14, 2013

DESDINOVA'S RADIO PERSONALITY APTITUDE TEST

For the past weeks, I have been working to develop an aptitude test to gauge if a person is cut out to be a radio personality. My decision to create this test comes from my experience in the radio industry in Southwest Missouri.

I have went for job interviews where I was given an aptitude or personality test. The problem is these test are designed to be given to people in sales or to be given to a high school kid to determine what kind of a career he/she is best suited.

I also have worked with people who really should not have been working at a radio station. Why would you choose to work at a radio station if you hated the media and entertainment industry? These people are not positive people and basically "poison the waterhole." There negative attitude spills out on the sir as well as behind the scenes.

I have been considering starting a consulting service, so figured I could use this aptitude test in that venture. This test would weed out undesirable employees. Here is a link to the test.

The first eight questions are control questions to determine the prospective employees interest in working in the rock/pop format. These questions are ten points each. Some of these questions have more than one possible answer because they are opinion oriented. There are a few questions (1, 3, 6, 7, & 8) which have "half points" choices. The choices include answers which could be considered logical and sensible, yet not an answer that would red flag a person.

For instance, on question 1 ("Which of these do you consider to be the greatest radio personality of the 20th Century?"), the ten point answers are 1, 5, 6, 7 & 8. If a person was to choose answer 2 (Howard Stern) they would at least get five points. If they choose answers 3 & 4 (Paul Harvey and Rush Limbaugh), they will get NO POINTS.

Question 2 ("Which of these phrases should be repeated the most on a radio station?") the ten point answers are 1, 6 & 7. The other choices (2, 3, 4 & 5) are zero points. They are not rock/pop radio phrases, but stock and often repeated talk radio phrases.


On question 3, the correct answer is 4 because pandering to a racist is WRONG. However, if a person chooses answer 3, they will get five points, because it might be a more logical, realistic and civically responsible.


Question 4 has only three choices but two ten point answers (2 & 3). The person who answers 1 receives zero points and probably should not be hired at all.


The answer to question 5 is 4. The other choices are zero points.


On question six, the person taking the test can receive five points for the answer 2. The ten point answer is 4, which is a line from the song "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)." No points for choosing answers 1 or 3.

Question 7, the ten point answers are 4 & 5. Five points can be given for 1 & 3, because there are many people who carry at dictionary or Bible with them at all times. Number 2 gets zero points. If a person says they carry a copy of the Constitution with them they are probably lying.

Number eight is just for fun. Ten points for answer 1, five for answer 3. Zero points for 2 & 4.

Questions 9 through 19 are about Billboard chart stats. Questions 20 through 36 are questions to gauge a person's humor. They are quotes from famous comedians that the test taker will have to finish the quote or pick the right punchline from the choices. This is to see if the test taker can "think funny." On question 37 through 51, a song title and artist name is given. The test taker has to pick the title of the album by that artist that contained that song. These questions are all one point each, however, if the test taker picks answer 6 (Who cares!) they will be given -2. This choice is placed on these questions to gauge the overall attitude of a prospective employee. There is a total of 124 points, but if a test taker answers 6 on all of the questions from 9 through 52, as well as, getting zeroes on 1 through eight, the test taker will receive a total score of -168.

This may not be scientific, but I feel this would be a good way to determine if a person deserves a job in radio. Of course, this is why I'm considered the Super Villain of the Ozarks!!! Mwu-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!  




    
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