Proof that Mix.fm is overdoing its community service

You're late for an important meeting. You leave something behind. Your partner picks a fight with you at home. What? A parking ticket?! Could this day get any worse?
So why don't you give yourself a headstart and consciously think of something positive? Like "I am going to smile today".

I said "Uncle, please la..." But what I should have said was (stern tone) "Uncle, it is illegal not to use the meter!" We know that most of our cabbies use the meter, but those who don't are giving the others a bad name.

Sound familiar?

For those who don't know, I listen to Mix.fm online. Not all the time, of course, but once in a while I'll put it on and keep listening to it each time I go online. It's been on for about a week now, and while the songs are still great and not repetitive enough to make me want to switch it off, some of the "community service" commercials are getting on my nerves.

I am tired of Jojo Struys' voice. Don't get me wrong, she has a nice voice, loud and clear, perfect for the commercial she's doing (or the message she's communicating) BUT after listening to it for so many times that you know exactly what she's going to say next and what tone she's going to use, it is totally annoying! (that's the first snippet by the way) Besides, she does another one about calming down, but I think I heard that one less (it doesn't stick as well in my mind...but maybe it's also because it's less aggressive)

Then there is the one about taxis (the second snippet) That is also SO annoying, especially the "dialogue with the Uncle" part. It's especially the tone that gets to me...first the pleading "please la..." tone, and then suddenly aggressively, "IT IS ILLEGAL!" Argh!!!

I promise you, I wrote those two snippets down from my mind, and I did not take any notes when I heard the commercials! You can compare it to what you hear...I haven't got the whole text down, of course, only the parts that kept grating at my senses, threatening to turn them into dust...but I bet I've got it about 90% correct.

[Speaking about "I bet", here's a little parenthèse ("bracket" in French, come to think of it the English word is "digression") about the expression "I bet"; during one of my French classes in Angoulême (hey, it was long ago! :P ) the teacher asked us what the expression je parie (I bet) was used to convey. Another friend (Fazli, I believe) and I both said that it expressed certitude...but the teacher said it expressed incertitude! I was like "what?! If you're not sure you're not gonna bet!" Okay, but so what, it's just a language thing. Who cares what it's theoretically supposed to convey as long as everyone understands what you mean?]

So there, I think Mix.fm should really tone down on its "community service"...'cos I still want to listen to it! Right now it's playing Stop by the Spice Girls...come on, what other radio plays that? ;)