Ticked Off! @’feels like’ temperatures

• Why are the “feels like” temperatures always reported as worse than the real temperatures? Sometimes on a 95-degree day there’s a pleasant breeze, flowers are blooming, birds are singing and it feels to me like 75. Who are these pessimistic weather people?

• It really ticks me off that the network broadcasting the Olympics feels the need to show non-stop coverage of the slowest, least exciting Olympic sport of curling and mostly covers men’s and women’s hockey, one of the most exciting Olympic sports, on streaming. Even the men’s USA semifinal game was streaming only.

• Someone please alert Spectrum News 13 that their audio is driving people crazy. It’s very low (I have perfect hearing) for some segments, then during the weather it’s very low, then a bit louder. The commercials come on and they are at a normal level. How about reversing that? Now I change the channel immediately to another station.

• “Asking Eric” could not be worse! He answered a question in one paragraph and then rambled on for eight more paragraphs. He is way too wordy.

The flip side

• We were at the Sanford Lowe’s on U.S. Highway 17-92 and a very helpful employee named Stephen answered all our questions. As we were looking at faucets and bathroom accessories for our remodel, he approached us and asked if we needed any help. We didn’t even need to search for anyone, which is very rare these days. Thank you, Stephen, for sharing your product knowledge to help us make our purchase selections!

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