I Have Snow Idea How To Proceed

I was the overnight news anchor for a local radio station in central Ohio. During the winter, the very first flakes of snow would start the calls to see if school was closed because of the weather. Our station policy was to not give this information over the phone, but to tell them to listen to the radio for the announcements.

Of course, this wasn’t good enough for some people:

Me: “I’m sorry, ma’am, but you’ll have to listen to the radio.”

Caller: “I don’t have one.”

Me: “The TV stations announce it too.”

Caller: “I don’t have a TV either.”

Me: “Do you have a window?”

Caller: “Yes.”

Me: “Well you keep looking out the window and if you see the school bus coming, it means that there’s school today!”

My boss laughed as he gave me a verbal warning for being rude to a listener.