Fixing it

This morning I was listening to Fly.FM in the car. (I recently started listening to it, after I had to reprogram my radio channels (and reset the clock!) in the car after changing the battery -_- ) They have this program called "fix it". A caller will call up with a problem they want fixed, and the Pagi Rock Crew will try to fix it for the caller.

It was my first time listening to it, but from what I heard, I think it was a recorded program (they take a call at a certain time, they fix (successfully or not) the problem and then they air it)

This morning's problem was a girl who called in complaining about a colleague's "gedikness". (it took me some time to catch that word, I tell you!) She said that the girl went about talking sweetly to the bosses, etc. And she said that everyone at the office (I'm betting mostly girls) couldn't stand her (the Miss Gedik).

I believe the caller was called Soraya...and as for the DJs, I'll just call them the girl DJ and the guy DJ :P

The Miss Gedik in question was called Hannah, and among Soraya's complaints were that she kept telling people about her Japanese name (Akira; hey isn't that a guy's name?)

I couldn't really get what Soraya wanted the Pagi crew to fix for her...I mean, okay, you find her annoying. But...then?

The guy DJ did suggest that Soraya was just jealous. And she denied it vehemently. (I believe her, by the way) Whereas the girl DJ said that she could totally relate because she knew a few girls who were gedik as well.

Then they said they would call Hannah to "fix it" for Soraya. (Huh? Okay...) And if I didn't get it wrong, all three (the two DJs and Soraya) were on the phone together to talk to Hannah.

When Hannah answered the phone, the guy DJ (I think) asked "Is that Hannah?" And she replied, "There is only Akira here, [...]" *gag* And when she heard why they were calling, she said "They're just jealous!" "They" being Soraya (come to think of it, did they say that it was Soraya?") and the other colleagues, because they told her that "everyone" was sick of her gedikness.

Now here I got confused about who was talking (between Soraya and the girl DJ), because I couldn't tell their voices apart. So I can't be sure that all of them were talking at the same time (on speakerphone), but I base that conclusion on the guy DJ saying to them "The three of you have to calm down" several times. (the three girls did raise their voices a bit, and started talking at the same time)

The girl DJ's line (at least two times) was that Hannah was using "unfair methods" to get ahead at work while the other girls were "really working". Hmm...I don't think she can be sure about that.

And Hannah's line was "Just because I'm beautiful..." (Wow, the girl has some arrogance!) She was adamant about not changing, and the guy DJ was more or less in her defense, saying that Hannah was "just being herself".

Being a radio DJ is sure difficult...you have to make sure you keep the caller happy, even if you don't agree with them. And you can't antagonize the other party either. I guess that's why having two DJs is great, they can each take a side :P

You can probably see by now that I am neither on Hannah's nor on Soraya's side. I mean, I can understand that Soraya finds Hannah's "gedikness" annoying. But to bring it to national radio? If you find her annoying, talk to her yourself! If you need a couple of radio DJs behind you...well, just don't do anything about it, chicken! (and also, what about all those other colleagues who are supposedly sick of the gedik girl as well? Couldn't she have gotten their support?)

This reminds me of the other two radio things I've written about: what a man is really like and why do women lie about their age? The first one being similar in terms of shaming someone on national radio, and the second on DJs being forced (I hope!) to be nice to their callers.

After the call, the DJs looked at Twitter messages coming in. They read out a few that were against Hannah. What I wonder, though, is whether there were any against Soraya. Or do (almost) all people think that that's the way to "solve a problem"?

Haih. You can't "fix" things like this. By going on radio, you might just make it worse.