We've all been asked to do a bit of extra work at our jobs that grinds our gears and the same goes for TV journalists, it seems.
An Iowa sports reporter has gone viral after being asked to cover last week's big "bomb cyclone" winter storm—and not holding back one bit on how much he hated it.
Reporting live from out in the elements in Waterloo, Iowa in the early morning of December 22, KWWL sports journalist Mark Woodley was downright cranky during every report he delivered--and the internet absolutely loved him for it.
See his extremely irritated storm coverage below.
\u201cThis is what you get when you ask the sports guy to come in to cover a blizzard in the morning show.\u201d— Mark Woodley (@Mark Woodley) 1671726023
As Woodley said in his coverage, his usual beat--sports--was basically canceled most of last week due to the enormous winter storm that impacted nearly the entire country, and severely so in the Midwest, where some areas got upwards of two feet of snow and temperatures plunged into the single digits.
Presumably because he had nothing to cover, Woodley was asked to fill in and report on the weather, and he simply wasn't having it.
Asked by his colleague "how ya feelin' out there?" Woodley groused:
"Again, the same way I felt about eight minutes ago when you asked me that same question."
Woodley went on to say:
“What better time to ask the sports guy to come in about five hours earlier than he would normally wake up, go stand out in the wind and the snow and the cold and tell other people not to do the same?"
He added:
“I didn’t even realize that there was a 3:30 also in the morning — until today.”
He then invited viewers to "tune in for the next couple hours to watch me progressively get crankier and crankier" before adding a sentiment that will be instantly familiar to anyone who lives in a cold climate.
“I’ve got good news, and I’ve got bad news. The good news is that I can still feel my face right now. The bad news is I kind of wish I couldn’t.”
People on Twitter loved Woodley's cantankerous weather report.
\u201c@MarkWoodleyTV We talked about you on our morning show this morning. Thanks for the laugh! Drink some hot chocolate! I was out in what\u2019s pictured below at times this morning. This just hurt.\u201d— Mark Woodley (@Mark Woodley) 1671726023
\u201c@MarkWoodleyTV \u201cThe same way I felt about 8 minutes ago when you asked me the same question.\u201d \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 the shade was perfect.\u201d— Mark Woodley (@Mark Woodley) 1671726023
\u201c@MarkWoodleyTV Perhaps sadly for you, you have now become far and away my favorite weather reporter.\u201d— Mark Woodley (@Mark Woodley) 1671726023
\u201c@MarkWoodleyTV Mark you have no idea how hard you're making the rest of our jobs.\nNow every news director wants their sports reporter to go out into the cold, in hopes of going viral.\u201d— Mark Woodley (@Mark Woodley) 1671726023
\u201c@MarkWoodleyTV This is a masterpiece. Welcome to your new job.\u201d— Mark Woodley (@Mark Woodley) 1671726023
\u201cGive this man an emmy\u201d— Molly Beck (@Molly Beck) 1671736954
\u201cI think I found my soulmate. \ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude02\u201d— @297_Aruba_Lover (@@297_Aruba_Lover) 1671808362
\u201cThe sports guy got jokes! I've been there, done that, and he's right, it's stupid. He's hilarious though. \ud83e\udd23\n\n#Weather #reporter #journalist #sports #winter\u201d— Aaron Tuttle (@Aaron Tuttle) 1672072923
\u201cOh. My. God\u201d— Kai Ryssdal (@Kai Ryssdal) 1671742540
\u201cLegend\u201d— Judd Apatow \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Judd Apatow \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1671743731
Woodley also begged to go back to his "regular job," but given all the attention he's gotten on Twitter... well, sorry Mark. You're a weatherman now.
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