TheTimm said:
Alas, it doesn't make me feel better.
I may never understand how Voom can be so consistently wrong on listing what's showing
on their own exclusive channels. I mean, they're the ones that decide what will be aired - they should be able to write it down or something, no?
I could understand the occasional last-minute programming change that doesn't quite make it into the PG, but this happens
way too frequently for my taste. And I do try to keep it in perspective - I realize this isn't exactly the greatest problem facing the world today - but it
is annoying.
Yeah, this doesn't make ANY sense to me whatsoever. A program guide being wrong every so often -- that's understandable. After all, broadcasters change what show they're gonna run, decide not to tell you.
But how the hell do you get your OWN CHANNELS WRONG?
I mean, these are VOOM's channels -- they pick the shows! So how can Voom's own program guide list the wrong movies?
Me, I can only come up with one plausible explanation. Here's how it goes.
Two interns were young, poor, and very much in love. One landed a gig picking out movies for the Voom Cinema 10 channels. The other, the unenviable job of typing in descriptions for the Voom program guide. (That intern's job description read, "Typist intern needed. Must be willing to cut descriptions off in mid sen")
Anyhow, like I said, they were in love. But then, one day, something went wrong. Nobody quite knows what. Perhaps it was when John (the one doing the typing) got caught out in the satellite farm with Wendy "Stutterclick" Williams, from billing. Whatever the case, Jane caught him cheating on her, and it broke her heart.
From that day forth, Jane made a point of sending John incorrect memos on what movies she was going to run each day. John, being too stubborn to apologize for his betrayal, also was too stubborn to go talk to her in person and ask for the real program listings.
Sadly, it's we Voomers who end up paying the price. Damn you, Wendy, for your housebreakin' ways.
