It depends on who it is, some people post their whole life on social media.
In a way, appearing on TV is another form/way of doing this, even if it's not intentional.
I guess we have to be PC these days, where we all behave like robots, never let out a smile or think for ourselves, through fear of offending someone. Any place I have worked, if someone was walking around with a bump, it was in the gossip. It's not like you can hide it. As long as it sticks to "is such and such pregnant" "yes or no" "that's good", it's not a bad thing. If it goes beyond that, then yes, maybe it's time to mind your own business.
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The original post queried whether her putative maternity cover had been factored into the plans, right after I'd laid out for everybody how the slots would work.
That particular point-of-detail isn't even the business of anyone who isn't directly concerned with working on the 3-6:30 slot (myself included), so it isn't the business of anyone here.
Well that is not for you to decide whether it is our business or not. We can all ask, inquire, make comment and so on here freely and you could have simply stated that you don't comment and have no interest in whether a colleague rather than taking a holier than thou approach and dragging this whole thing out.
If Skygeek decides to leave after this discussion, I don't blame him for this thread turning into DS style nonsense.
i'm not sure how the forum would survive not being told what to post.
the entire last two pages of pregnancy speculation came from him choosing to aggressively jump on a completely innocuous post which may well have been ignored - there's an obvious irony there
on the subject of Sarah Hughes, she seems to have come off quite unfortunate in this reshuffle - from a daily flagship show to Kay Burley's cover once a week. She's no worse than Sophy Ridge
If Skygeek decides to leave after this discussion, I don't blame him for this thread turning into DS style nonsense.
i'm not sure how the forum would survive not being told what to post.
It's not about being 'told' what to post, but to use your common sense. Skygeek has offered this forum plenty of information in the past, which is more useful to a TV presentation forum than speculation about if a presenter is pregnant and the apparent consequences to their job. It really doesn't make a difference to their pres if they're pregnant, have one arm, in a wheelchair or can hum the national anthem while tap dancing.
This is what makes us different from DS and other forums where speculation about presenters private lives is not relevant to the discussion of tv presentation.
Come on people, it's even written in the yellow box when you start a post "Posts should not relate to presenter's personal life/privacy". I appreciate it may have been a casual aside when posted but it's not difficult to stick to the rule and doesn't restrict other general discussion points about presenters that can be in this thread.
After four unnecessary pages, let's draw a line under it.
If Skygeek decides to leave after this discussion, I don't blame him for this thread turning into DS style nonsense.
i'm not sure how the forum would survive not being told what to post.
the entire last two pages of pregnancy speculation came from him choosing to aggressively jump on a completely innocuous post which may well have been ignored - there's an obvious irony there
on the subject of Sarah Hughes, she seems to have come off quite unfortunate in this reshuffle - from a daily flagship show to Kay Burley's cover once a week. She's no worse than Sophy Ridge
Which is weird, I assume they will be tweaking the format to make the new show single anchored...
Come on people, it's even written in the yellow box when you start a post "Posts should not relate to presenter's personal life/privacy". I appreciate it may have been a casual aside when posted but it's not difficult to stick to the rule and doesn't restrict other general discussion points about presenters that can be in this thread.
After four unnecessary pages, let's draw a line under it.
Yes.
The only time it needs to be brought up is when said presenter says im off to have a baby etc which happen recently on stv edinburgh news and we have ended up with lucy covering.
