I'm grateful for the weatherman/woman!
Now, if there was ever a profession that survived in reversed expectations, a weatherman/woman would be it. As the saying goes,
As I look outside and see the green grass not covered by snow, it would appear that we're living in a reversed expectation since earlier in 2022 they were saying this winter was going to be hard and long. I don't know about where you live, but other than a few minor stints, this winter has not lived up to expectations.
In considering this profession that sets reversed expectations on a regular basis, I can't help but be grateful. Though it would be fantastic if the weatherman/woman got it right every day, the fact that he doesn't invites preparation and adaptability. And as a result, those times we're fooled by a weather-related prediction, we're able to just roll with it. Now imagine that the weather channel was right 100% of the time. In that case, I know I wouldn't go out without checking the weather first. I'd see what the weather was going to be, and I would dress and prepare according to that forecast with no deviation. I could even see myself becoming reliant on those forecasts! But, just as my post about technology noted, reversed expectations in the technological world are rather abundant. Technology regularly goes awry, wether it's because of human error, a late system update, or some other reason. With that in mind, it could be assumed that at some point the technology assisting to create these 100% accurate forecasts is going to breakdown, and knowing my luck it will happen on a day I had huge plans. And because of the dependence I would have built on the 100% accurate forecasts, I wouldn't be prepared and things would end up in disaster.
So, though it can be frustrating that the weatherman/woman is so often providing expectations that are reversed in reality, the resulting tendency to err on the side of caution is something I'm grateful for, and will help guarantee monumental disasters won't happen.
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