Tom Clarke wrote:
> You'd be surprised how common that is! A corollary to this bit of
> boneheadedness is "We must be close because you are loud and clear"!
>
> Ranks right up there with " for ID" as a peeve.
Lately the local crew of newbies has gotten into the habit of doubling
so much with each other that now they start sentences, and four words
into the sentence, they say "check for double" and un-key.
Of course, they don't seem to get that they could just un-key briefly
and listen and re-key without the added comment every time, and it'd be
a LOT faster. They're probably worried that someone else will mash
their way in during the slight un-key -- they're all so quick-keyed
about things. If all the guys they were talking to wouldn't just mash
down instantly on their PTT's every time they heard someone else unkey,
they might actually be able to have a civil conversation!
Adult Attention Deficit Disorder poster-children, I swear. "Check for
double", indeed.
I remember being so excited about my radios when I was a newbie, that I
really really wanted to talk, but even back then, I think I could get
through 10 minutes of not keying up and talking in a round-table!
"Listen" and "comprehend" aren't always in the cards with this new group.
Just unkey the damn radio momentarily and keep going, and learn to have
a normal-paced conversation where ten people don't need to talk at the
same time!
They did finally figure out that handing the conversation off to a
SPECIFIC person works better, but of course that means you actually have
to pay ATTENTION to who's there, who's left, etc... and maybe even a
couple of notes on who said what so you can add comments that continue
the CONVERSATION instead of just inanely blathering on about different
topics because you can't remember what the guy two people before you said!
They've even started picking on each other with it... "Check for Bob"...
"Check for Fred"... (names changed to protect? the innocent?)...
It's becoming my new Pet Peeve. I think I'll start doing it too and
saying something like, "Checking for kids who can't wait to push their
PTT"...
Oooh, and then leaving at least a 20 second pause to see if they can
EVER make it, to not key up for that long.
It's so tense, you can almost hear the relief in their voices when their
turn comes around -- like it's some kind of race. Out of breath and
hurring to get THEIR point in first about the last comment.
LOL!
Oh well, I'm glad they're excited about radio!
Nate WY0X
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