iPeeve #69

Police Chases

While fascinating, they typically either end in a boring manner or the news cuts away before the good stuff happens

Our human nature is so that we feel compelled to watch these until they play out, but how often is the finale as good as the chase itself...quite often it's a complete let down. Like watching a really good movie only to have it soured by a piss poor ending.

And yet we never learn our lesson.....

So why do we watch?

Because we don't want to miss something in that rare instance something does go down at the end....yet half the time the news has moved on to their regularly scheduled program.

For instance, last evening there was a 3 hour police chase involving a Bentley and someone who obviously had money. We all stood glued to the TV waiting for end....waiting to see who this "celebrity" was. Only to be disappointed when the news decided at 12:07 AM to sign off so they could show a repeat of South Park. Come to find out, the poor bastard shot himself in the head shortly after and we missed it! What good is watching this train wreck if we are going to miss what we came for?

You're already wasted tons of tax payer money chasing this guy around town so why waste our time too! I say give the public what they want....