05.10.05

Moral Dilemma

Posted in Canada at 3:19 pm by AB

The other afternoon i had spoken to the family on the phone, hoping to catch them before they went about their day. After talking to Mum i thought i’d call Karen before she went to work for the day. While i was on the phone to Karen my mobile phone started to ring. It was Alice.

Now as some background Karen’s flatmate Lisa is the morning DJ on Canberra radio station Mix 106.3. One segment on their show is called Moral Dilemma. People write in with there problems, and then the Canberra public discusses it over the air. So you’ll get things like Fred has just met Jane but Jane has two kids and Fred doesn’t know whether he is a kids person but he really feels that things may develop further but he wants to know what to do. Then listeners call in and give their opinion.

Karen must have been talking to Lisa because as i put Karen on hold to talk to Alice, Alice just blurted out, “you’re famous”. Alice informed me that on Mix 106.3 at that very moment they were discussing the Moral dilemma of “Kim”. Kim’s boyfriend Dave was living in Canada, and Kim would really like to go and see him, but the only time she had to see him was after christmas. However this meant that she would have to bail on a trip she had been planning for a while now with her girlfriends to New Zealand. This is the exact situation that Karen was in. I left Alice with the instructions turn on your radio.

I told Karen what was happening and she said she was going to kill Lisa. I told her to turn on her radio and with that i hung up on Karen. I then dialed the number for the Mix 106.3 studio. Lisa answered the phone off air, i think she nearly died when she realised that it was me and that i knew that she had been discussing Karen’s dilemma on the radio. They then put me to air and i discussed the dilemma from “Dave’s” side. I said that i was somewhat biased and thought that “Kim” should come and visit Vancouver as it had lots to offer.

I think it may have worked in convincing Karen that she should come here. Later i found out that practically all my family was listening to the radio at that moment. Later Mum emailed Karen and told her to let them know what she decides, but not necessarily by doing so over the radio.

For the record my understanding is that the majority of callers said that Kim should head over to see Dave, so i must thank Canberra listeners for their support!

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