Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The Weatherman

A divorced husband who was apparently trying to bring his family (wife and two teenage kids) together gets a word of advice from his father: 'Usually, the easy things to do are not the right things to do. Most of the times, the right things to do are always the hard things to do.' (How true!)

The husband had all the good intentions, but somehow was not trying to get his act together. He wanted to bring his family back...together with him. He thought that moving from Chicago to New York (NY) with a new, bigger and more-than-well-paying job would be key to it. He lands the $1.2 mn job, but finds that his ex-wife is going to marry somebody else.

Then comes the clincher from his father: 'Sometimes you have to chuck some things in your life to move ahead.' (Again, How true!)

Provided with an option to pursue his american dream of a new BIG job, the husband obliges, and moves on. He stays in NY for his new job, gets back his self-esteem, and keeps visiting his children in Chicago. Ex-wife gets married to the other guy.

That's the movie for you. But one point that got easily noticed was that this weatherman had to appear in the show for 2 hours a day, read out the predictions based on the analysts's reports, and still got paid $244k per year plus the appearance allowances (in his current Chicago job). And since it's just based on winds, there is a possibility of giving out a completeley false prediction too. Imagine that for a career!! ;)

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