Constructive Criticism

I'm all about constructive criticism. I can take it and not take offense. What bothers me is people who complain about something you do and don't offer a solution. When that happens, it's gone from contstructive criticism straight into out-right complaining. Complaining fixes nothing.

This hit me when I was on the air the other day. I had a text message saying something derogatory about I song I was playing on the radio. Then another person texted in and told me that I'm stupid. This got me to thinkin'. Do you go into the store and the moment you find a piece of clothing you don't like, go to the teller and tell them their store sucks? Or when you're in a restaurant, if you find an item on the menu you don't like. Do you call the waiter over and tell them their restaurant sucks? No, in both instances you move on and find something you DO like. For some reason, radio seems to be the only medium where people will find ONE THING about the station they don't like and make sure to tell you about it. Look, there's 24 hours of programming. I'm sure that in the 2 minutes you hear something you DON'T like, there will be another 23 hours and 58 minutes of something you DO like.

So here's my suggestion. Rather than calling or texting me and telling me about something you DON'T like and insulting me at my job; wait a couple minutes. I promise you'll hear something you DO like.