Reader comment of the day

A reader named Alex apparently did not appreciate the Bottleneck Blog's foray into the world of Batman this morning. He wrote:

Dear Steve

Please find another line of work. This belongs in a 7th grader's Creative Writing class, not in a paper as good as the L.A. Times. Do a service to yourself and to your colleagues, who acknowledge that there is too much violence, chaos, and turmoil going on in the real world that goes unreported, while articles that have 0 merit in both the artistic and the journalistic sense (such as this one) are still put to print.

If your job says "report on traffic", then you report traffic. You weren't hired to write stuff like this, and it is easy to see why.

On the chance that you were put up to writing this, being the traffic reporter and therefore getting minimal respect around the office, then I would suggest that you grow a pair and either write something worth reading or leave the paper for another one that will value your talent. This has got to serious.

On Behalf of Everyone who is Not Amused,

Alex

My response will be to quote the Joker: Why so serious?

--Steve Hymon

Comments

[SoapBoxLA]

I saw Batman tonight. He was at the Bicycle Film Festival at the Vine Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. He rode a bike. The BatBike. Robin was in a sidecar. It corners nicely!

[Mark]

That's the most interesting post about traffic I've ever seen - you should win a pulitzer for actually making a traffic blog interesting.

[Jenn]

Bart Reed of the Transit Coalition?
Indeed.
This blog is so cool.

[Spokker]

This is a blog, not the front page of the Times. Quirky stories like the Batman one do belong here.

[Brandon F]

That is hilarious.

I think the commentor has too much times on his hands.

[Bart Reed]

Ah, Poor Alex just didn't quite get it. This Friday was a real slow news day. Because, if it was busy, "the road sage" would have posted a whole lot of stuff. And, believe me, "the road sage" is no slacker. As far as I know, that batmobile has tires just like what keeps the Metro Bus fleet rolling and it is probably one of the most unique machines on the road today. We really need this type of coverage. I hear that next week, there will be photos and a glowing tribute to the Oscar Myer Weinermobile. I can't wait.