EXPOSED: 6 Things that Stress Out Ghafla! Writers MOST!
You’ve seen them in photos and YouTube videos; and if you’re lucky met them in real life. Your expectations have been set. But when you’re not watching, the guys in the team are humans too. They panic at the slightest threat, besides, Careercast report, indicates that journalism is one of the most stressful jobs, along with being in the army, firefighting, flying airplanes, and public relations (they have the same stresses as journalists but get paid better).
Anyhow here are top 5 things that Chim, Sue, Vince and Chege are stressed most about;
1. Losing out on appearing on #TenThings
If you’ve been an ardent Ghafla! reader you definitely know about #TenThings. If you’ve been under a rock, #TenThings is basically about the top 10 articles from the previous day. Let me be real with you; if a writer’s article misses on #TenThings, that day is already messed for you considering you have to work your behind off looking for a hot story to atleast get recognized the next morning.
2. “I want to join Illuminati”; “Am looking for a gay partner” Calls
Trust me if you spent just 5 minutes at the Ghafla! offices I promise you the number of calls from readers asking to join Illuminati and those seeking assistance looking for gay partners will just overwhelm you. Same way, these calls make Sue, Chim, Vince & Chege want to throw the phone against the wall. But because of Majani’s hawk eyes, do it at your own peril.
3. Readers’ comments
This is the third most stressful factor here. The horror of reading a heartless and harsh comments on your article, Twitter and FB drives guys nuts here. Even though they’ll pretend they’ve grown a thick skin, it’s all taken for face value. Guys secretly go back to the comments section, scroll down slowly with a hand on the cheek reading in disbelief the trolls.
4. “No comment” Comments
You have a reliable lead for a hot story and even start bragging to your colleagues how you’ll dominate #TenThings and then when you pick that phone to make a call…shock on you! They are guy is mteja, has changed their position on the matter or just tells you, “No comment my guy!”. Trust me at this point you just feel like shutting down your PC and head home, but since hii hapana kazi ya baba yako, you just vumilia.
5. Those lawsuits
Yes! Guys at the office paid very little/ no attention to them until most recently when we started being served papers at lunch break, sema appetite kupotea! Anyhow, I won’t dwell on this. Writing about it alone stresses me the hell me out. Especially when they prove to be hot air.
6. Article Failing to Publish after typing for 1 hour
This is yet another nightmare writers at Ghafla! face. You set your eyes on the PC screen for 1 hour straight punching and just after clicking the ‘Save & Close’ button you feel a great sense of satisfaction. So you open the ‘home page’ and just then, your empire crumbles before your face! The article you spent 60 minutes has mysteriously disappeared and you can’t trace it! Woe unto you if the IT guy, Fox, can do little to assist because that means starting from the bottom!
I know they’ll be baying for my blood for exposing their soft underbelly but a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.
Gif props: Newscastic
