Young journalists...
Yes, yes, we all love to say "In my day we had to earn our way..." etc, but seriously there are some in my paper who are infriggingcredible.
They wander out of uni and expect to be writing the front page immediately, talk down to the guy who corrects all their mistakes because "he's just a sub editor isn't he?" etc etc.
Classic example was the twat who announced himself on arrival with a biography in the in-house newsletter saying "I'm the guy sitting next to you with a social conscience" then went on to explain how he wanted to right wrongs, expose corruption, bring down evil officials and so on.
Fast forward one month - that's right ONE MONTH - and a mate spots him in a nightclub queue shouting at the doorman: "I don't have to line up with everyone else! Do you know who I am? Do you know where I work?? I'll RUIN YOU!!!"
And the worst part is, there's a new crop of the feckless upstarts every damn year.
How I long for a QOTW running "Tell us how you've taken someone who deserved it down a peg" because quite honestly a few colleagues of mine have made a fine art out of tripping these wankers up.
( difficultchild, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:57, 9 replies)

if you long for it...
... suggest it on the suggestions board. It could be fun.

Nice rant, btw.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:09, closed)

"Do you know who I am?"

Despite this quote being parodied everywhere for decades do people honestly still insist on saying it!?

Sad days
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:18, closed)

'Do you know who I am?'
I have used this recently...

it was to my mum...

who has Alzheimers...
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:37, closed)

I said it recently
the answer was "No... now please stop raping me, I won't tell anyone."
(LickOutTheJamsMotherfuckers!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:42, closed)

I used to let people in and out of nightclubs and pubs,
as a sideline, the best retort was usually to say "No, I don't know who you are mate" and then ask the rest of the queue/ passers by if they had any idea.*

*unless it really was someone who I should have known an they looked like they'd be able to demonstrate to me exactly who they were by ripping off my head and pissing down my neck, then I'd ask one of the really big fellas that were on the team to assist.
(Oil Slick, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:27, closed)

kerry katona does
my mate just looked her up and down and said "no. should i?"
the look on her pissy-nettle-licking bulldog face makes me glee even now.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 22:37, closed)

As a sub editor
I've trained new journalists quite well. If they talk down to me, I have a word with the editor and say I'm going to do two copies of a story, one where I leave all their mistakes in a news story and one where I do my job. I print off the bad version and give it to the editor.
He will then go ballistic at the journalist, pointing out all the errors and that the work isn't good enough, there may be legal problems with a story etc... He then, very nicely, and in earshot of the journalist, asks me if I can rectify the 'dogs dinner' of the story. I pretend to work for about five minutes and then print out the decent version. The editor then proceeds to tell me how wonderful it is, that subs are a godsend for journalists and they're lucky to have us to protect their reputations.
New journalists quickly learn that if an editor respects us, then they should too, as we save their arses a lot of the time.
Now, if I ever get an editor who treats me like shit, I'm screwed.
( backrubslut - treguna mekoides trecorum satis dee, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:08, closed)

As a starting journalist...
...I would never behave like that to a sub. Simply because I know that subs are farkeen awesome people who deserve to be treated with respect.

Hit the silly buggers upside the head with the nearest blunt object, then stake him up in the office for target practice.
(Ghost Atreides enjoying incontestable health benefits on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 20:28, closed)

Sorry...
on behalf of journalism students (or at least, the nice ones).

Can I have a job please?
(Shinigami, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 21:35, closed)