鈥淲hy is Bryan dressed like an English football hooligan on the front page of the Radio Scotland website?鈥�, wrote one of our producers in an e-mail to Paul the other day. It was prompted by the picture below.
The simple answer was that I was working at a sporting event and that鈥檚 what you wear. Either that or I could have kicked down his office door, sprayed 鈥楳ilwall鈥� on his desk and vomited in his waste paper basket.
I actually like my 鈥榯rackie top鈥� and whilst I wouldn鈥檛 wear it to go out clubbing ( well I wouldn鈥檛 be going out clubbing anyway i suppose) in the right circumstances it has a certain appeal.
It seems that nowadays tracksuits, hoodies and trainers are what you wear when you are aged 12-18 then you get into normal clothes before regressing back to polyester sportswear at a later stage in your life.
The interesting question that arises from the 鈥榟ooligan e-mail鈥� is why didn't he just e-mail me and ask?
This happens all the time in the 大象传媒. Paul will often get e-mails from other producers asking if it鈥檚 possible if 鈥楤ryan could read this out on the show鈥� or 鈥楧o you think Bryan might be able to come along and help us with such and such?鈥�.
We call it the 鈥楧oes he take milk?鈥� syndrome. Sometimes I think being a producer is a bit like working in a care home. It鈥檚 your duty to look after the residents/presenters and to make sure all the difficult tasks are taken care of, but still make them feel like they have a degree of independence.
On the bright side, at least if I do get put into 鈥榮hady pines鈥� I鈥檒l have an unrivaled collection of polyester leisure wear to slip into.