Scott became an unofficial workplace revenge service
A friend had shown Scott an email from a boss full of petty complaints about small pieces of work.
The friend obviously could not reply in the way she really wanted to, so Scott wrote the response for her.
That created a new service for listeners: send in an irritating email from a manager, remove all identifying details and let Scott construct the reply that would feel wonderful to send but absolutely should not be.
The feature quickly became an exercise in saying everything employees normally had to swallow.
Cheryl before media training was very different
Scott and Chris also disappeared into old videos of pop stars before years of publicity training had taught them how to avoid headlines.
Early Girls Aloud interviews supplied particularly good material.
Cheryl was much more direct about other pop groups and celebrities than the carefully managed interviewee she later became, and Scott enjoyed hearing somebody answer questions without an obvious filter.
Television speeches kept turning up in real life
The previous day’s discussion about copied speeches continued.
Listeners admitted borrowing lines from films and television when they needed to sound profound at weddings, presentations and important events.
Scott argued that sometimes people probably copied without even realising it, having heard a line so many times that it eventually felt like their own thought.
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