Weak links beware
What really grates you? What rubs you up the wrong way or makes your blood boil? The man strolling at snail’s pace in front of you when you’re in a desperate hurry? The lady chatting on her cellphone behind the wheel instead of concentrating on the light that turned green eons ago? What about the surly waitron who mixes up your order, takes her time getting your food, and then still expects a tip?
Now imagine how stupendously satisfying it would be if you could just turn to the irritant and with a smug look utter the devastatingly cool line: “You are the weakest link, goodbye.”
Which leads me to believe that Fiona Coyne, no-nonsense host of The Weakest Link (SABC3, 7.30pm), must be one cool customer when she is confronted with ignorant or blasé behaviour off set and in the real world.
She gets to release all that pent-up aggression firing off one-liners at deer-in-headlights-frozen contestants on a show that unreservedly highlights a lack of common sense, general knowledge, intelligence or all of the above.
Ag shame though, I do sometimes feel sorry for the poor people who, willingly, subject themselves to her acid tongue in the hope of winning the prize and avoiding the walk of shame.
On the other hand, whatever drove them to enter such a cut-throat competition, with a presenter who takes such joy in cutting your ego to shreds, must carry them through. If they buckle under pressure, there will be no sympathy. If they are the weakest link?
Goodbye, and thanks for playing.
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