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He's on 5live in the afternoons.A more bland, tedious and sycophantic presenter you'd be hard pressed to find.
Quote from: tommy toes on November 30, 2023, 08:10:46 amHe's on 5live in the afternoons.A more bland, tedious and sycophantic presenter you'd be hard pressed to find. I completely agree. His ‘style’ results in the dullest radio presenter I have ever heard. He tries to sound like he cares about his interviewees, but his questioning skills are dreadful.Now, how on earth does he have a prime time Radio 5 slot?
Quote from: belton rover on November 30, 2023, 08:36:34 amQuote from: tommy toes on November 30, 2023, 08:10:46 amHe's on 5live in the afternoons.A more bland, tedious and sycophantic presenter you'd be hard pressed to find. I completely agree. His ‘style’ results in the dullest radio presenter I have ever heard. He tries to sound like he cares about his interviewees, but his questioning skills are dreadful.Now, how on earth does he have a prime time Radio 5 slot?Totally agree Belton. I've had to switch him off several times and I just avoid listening to him now. Why the BBC allow him an interview show I really don't know.
Well I don't know about anybody else but I detect a whiff of racism with Arthanayake's comments . " it's really affecting me when I walk in and all I see is white people "If I went to Human Resources at my company and told them " it's really affecting me when I walk in and all I see is brown people " I think and rightly so I'd be in serious trouble .Maybe you just don't fit in Mr Arthanayake , it happens , it's happened to me a couple of times in my working life .
Quote from: tyke1962 on November 30, 2023, 05:15:31 pmWell I don't know about anybody else but I detect a whiff of racism with Arthanayake's comments . " it's really affecting me when I walk in and all I see is white people "If I went to Human Resources at my company and told them " it's really affecting me when I walk in and all I see is brown people " I think and rightly so I'd be in serious trouble .Maybe you just don't fit in Mr Arthanayake , it happens , it's happened to me a couple of times in my working life .Honest question.When was the last time you were working and all you could see was "brown people" around you?
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on November 30, 2023, 07:14:19 pmQuote from: tyke1962 on November 30, 2023, 05:15:31 pmWell I don't know about anybody else but I detect a whiff of racism with Arthanayake's comments . " it's really affecting me when I walk in and all I see is white people "If I went to Human Resources at my company and told them " it's really affecting me when I walk in and all I see is brown people " I think and rightly so I'd be in serious trouble .Maybe you just don't fit in Mr Arthanayake , it happens , it's happened to me a couple of times in my working life .Honest question.When was the last time you were working and all you could see was "brown people" around you?When I was working in a bar in Majorca around 1981 .Seriously though , why would it matter ?Would working with a few more brown people make the job better for Arthanayake ?Is that what he saying ?More people of the same colour skin makes the difference between a place he likes to work rather than one he doesn't when it's predominantly white .What's that actually saying ?Arthanayake was born 52 years ago in Essex .
Quote from: tyke1962 on November 30, 2023, 05:15:31 pmWell I don't know about anybody else but I detect a whiff of racism with Arthanayake's comments . " it's really affecting me when I walk in and all I see is white people "If I went to Human Resources at my company and told them " it's really affecting me when I walk in and all I see is brown people " I think and rightly so I'd be in serious trouble .Maybe you just don't fit in Mr Arthanayake , it happens , it's happened to me a couple of times in my working life .Honest question.When was the last time you were working and all you could see was "brown people" around you?
Well I don't know about anybody else but I detect a whiff of racism with Arthanayake's comments . " it's really affecting me when I walk in and all I see is white people "If I went to Human Resources at my company and told them " it's really affecting me when I walk in and all I see is brown people " I think and rightly so I'd be in serious trouble .Maybe you just don't fit in Mr Arthanayake , it happens , it's happened to me a couple of times in my working life .
Quote from: tyke1962 on November 30, 2023, 07:46:03 pmQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on November 30, 2023, 07:14:19 pmQuote from: tyke1962 on November 30, 2023, 05:15:31 pmWell I don't know about anybody else but I detect a whiff of racism with Arthanayake's comments . " it's really affecting me when I walk in and all I see is white people "If I went to Human Resources at my company and told them " it's really affecting me when I walk in and all I see is brown people " I think and rightly so I'd be in serious trouble .Maybe you just don't fit in Mr Arthanayake , it happens , it's happened to me a couple of times in my working life .Honest question.When was the last time you were working and all you could see was "brown people" around you?When I was working in a bar in Majorca around 1981 .Seriously though , why would it matter ?Would working with a few more brown people make the job better for Arthanayake ?Is that what he saying ?More people of the same colour skin makes the difference between a place he likes to work rather than one he doesn't when it's predominantly white .What's that actually saying ?Arthanayake was born 52 years ago in Essex .If you genuinely don't get why there's a difference between this guy's ACTUAL experience and your imaginary, hypothetical experience then I'm not sure how to begin to explain it.
Tyke.Where did Arthanayake say anything about "working with people from overseas"? I don't understand why you have brought that into the discussion. It's got absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the issue at hand.He's talking about living in a society where 10-20% of the population is from a BAME background, yet, he says, in his experience he rarely sees that reflected in the meetings he attend or in BBC management.He's taking about people in Manchester calling him P***.That's a point worth discussing if people are prepared to stop and think about it, rather than engage in the faux-offended shit-chucking going on in this thread.
Fascinating that a lot of white people have a problem with a black/brown person pointing out he is the only BAME person in his workplace and that people around him, in 2023, call him 'pa*i'.And some of them think HE is a racist.Funny old world.
Tyke.Where did Arthanayake say anything about "working with people from overseas"? I don't understand why you have brought that into the discussion. It's got absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the issue at hand.He's talking about living in a society where 10-20% of the population is from a BAME background, yet, he says, in his experience he rarely sees that reflected in the meetings he attend or in BBC management.He's taking about people in Manchester calling him P***.That's a point worth discussing if people are prepared to stop and think about it, rather than engage in the faux-offended shit-chucking going on in this thread.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on November 30, 2023, 09:08:48 pmTyke.Where did Arthanayake say anything about "working with people from overseas"? I don't understand why you have brought that into the discussion. It's got absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the issue at hand.He's talking about living in a society where 10-20% of the population is from a BAME background, yet, he says, in his experience he rarely sees that reflected in the meetings he attend or in BBC management.He's taking about people in Manchester calling him P***.That's a point worth discussing if people are prepared to stop and think about it, rather than engage in the faux-offended shit-chucking going on in this thread. ‘faux-offended shit chucking going on in this thread’Can you be more specific about who you think is shit chucking?
Tyke.Where did Arthanayake say anything about "working with people from overseas"? I don't understand why you have brought that into the discussion. It's got absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the issue at hand.He's talking about living in a society where 10-20% of the population is from a BAME background, yet, he says, in his experience he rarely sees that reflected in the meetings he attend or in BBC management.He's taking about people in Manchester calling him P***.That's a point worth discussing if people are prepared to stop and think about it, rather than engage in the faux-offended shit-chucking going on in this thread.