acommondisaster
Active Member
I'm on a DOD contract and I work in an Ops Center kind of set up with TV screens all over the place. With some functional limitations, the tv's can be set up so that you have a choice of watching any of the news channels and a couple of cable channels - multiple channels are displayed on the screens in front of you; you just dial into the one you want to listen to on your headphones.
So last night, I had Fox news on one of the viewers - I pretty much ignore the tv, but like to see RedEye when comes on. Another shift of contractors comes on duty and some guy in the front of the room starts ranting (loud) "I'm not watching this KLAN channel" "Turn this KKK channel off". When he was told someone had requested Fox on viewers, he continued "The hell I'm sitting here watching this KLAN shyte" "If I have to sit here and look at this KLAN channel, I'm going to throw a brick through the tv" and he took fox off all of the monitors, not the one in front of him (He had a choice of 6 screens in his view to look at, he just didnt want fox to be one of those 6).
I have another way to watch CNN and Fox, so him turning it off wasn't a huge deal, but his rant really disturbed me.
So last night, I had Fox news on one of the viewers - I pretty much ignore the tv, but like to see RedEye when comes on. Another shift of contractors comes on duty and some guy in the front of the room starts ranting (loud) "I'm not watching this KLAN channel" "Turn this KKK channel off". When he was told someone had requested Fox on viewers, he continued "The hell I'm sitting here watching this KLAN shyte" "If I have to sit here and look at this KLAN channel, I'm going to throw a brick through the tv" and he took fox off all of the monitors, not the one in front of him (He had a choice of 6 screens in his view to look at, he just didnt want fox to be one of those 6).
I have another way to watch CNN and Fox, so him turning it off wasn't a huge deal, but his rant really disturbed me.