I work at a radio station in Marquette whenever I’m home and I absolutely love it. I know how to do just about everything around the station, so I fill in for random people many times — right now, our morning girl Jill is on holiday vacation, so I’m taking her shift. It’s a lot of fun, but I have to be up at 4:00 in the morning, which is not so fun.
Co-worker Casey and I go on to do the morning show, which is usually just music and occasional news, and sometimes we chit-chat after that news. This morning, we were talking about holiday movies (we take votes all day as to what Upper Michigan’s favorite holiday movie is), and he mentioned this one movie he had seen and really liked, but couldn’t remember the name of it.
Today I learned that people are really willing to help.
Immediately the phone was ringing with people ready to volunteer that information. After we went off the air, I answered the phone calls, and it was all people eager to inform us that Casey’s movie was The Family Man starring Nicholas Cage. This isn’t the first time we’ve babbled about something on-air and people called in to comment.
I love it when people call in. Not only does it show me they’re actually listening to my mindless chatter (“You like me! You really, really like me!”), but it’s nice that they care enough to want to help. Even if it’s only to take a couple seconds out of their day to call the radio station and inform the DJ what that movie he’s talking about is. Yay 
I swear to God Casey looks just like this.
