August 28, 2013
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The Sport of Torment
So yeah, this is probably reason #722 why I hate the current state of society…
So during my commute to work this morning, I happened to be flipping through various radio stations (because someone stole my iPod and my iPhone 3G recently died. Yeah, #firstworldproblems). Anyway, I came across the Steve Harvey Morning Show and they were in the middle of what was considered a prank call. Steve’s co-host, Nephew Tommy, had called a guy and told him that his child support order had been modified. So instead of paying child support until his son turned 18 years old (which was in 3 months), this man was now required to pay support until his son turned 21 years old.
To say the man was upset would be an understatement. He was using so many 4-letter words that there were probably twice as many *beeps* as words. Nephew Tommy proceeded to provoke the man further by accusing him of being negligent with the care of his son, being 13 months delinquent with support payments, and then threatening to send him to jail.
Wait… what?!?
Nephew Tommy and Steve Harvey
I’m sitting there in commuter traffic listening to this horrible scenario play out and my mouth is open in disbelief! Was this really happening?? Were they really taking an issue as sensitive and inflammatory as the unfairness of child support and making it out to be a joke? Surely someone like Steve Harvey, who himself is a twice-divorced father of four children, would be more understanding of the challenges of custody and support many fathers face, especially minority fathers.
But no…
After a good 5-10 minutes of this “prank call”, Nephew Tommy finally came clean and pretty much said, “Haha! You’ve been pranked on the Steve Harvey Morning Show! You being mad and upset was hilarious! Thanks for the ratings boost!” and everyone in the studio had a good laugh at this man’s expense. As a matter of fact, after repeatedly mocking the man’s angry retorts, they couldn’t contain they’re laughter and had to cut to commercial to compose themselves.
I’m sorry, but since when did something like this become funny?!? Have we really become a society that takes pleasure in seeing others harassed and tormented?!?
The sad but true answer, is YES.
/rant
Comments (6)
society often makes me puke in my mouth a lot.
I agree. Poor guy. It's a shame they would take such a serious subject and torment the guy who's probably been through enough already.
I certainly don't take part in that societal behavior.
That's disgusting.
Just checking in....glad you're here!!
My brother is divorced and going through lots of problems with child support (he's always on time with it and he pays A LOT but his ex is always trying to find ways to screw him out of more money) and I don't even want to imagine what a call like this would do to him. Good lord.