Professional Reliability

Professional Reliability

When you put a man on television, in a business suit, in front of a green screen, you give him reliability. Many people will believe whatever that person says despite the fact that he could be a habitual liar. The Downey local news station hired Joseph McKee as the new weather forecaster. At first people were reluctant, but soon took a shine to Joseph McKee because he never made a mistake in predicting the weather. His success carried further to other counties and soon the entire nation was tuning in to watch his daily broadcasts.

Little did the nation know that Joseph was an escaped mental institute patient who wanted to throw the world into chaos. He plotted against them, while slowly gaining their trust. When the day came one winter morning during a small storm, which he predicted, he couldn't help but be over excited. He waited for his queue, he felt a small drop of sweat slid down his face, and he could see the production assistants and make-up crew scrabble to dab his face. He heard his news anchor begin to make the transition for news to weather. Then CLICK! His red light flashed on, it was his queue. He was about to deliver the fatal message. He began, calm at first, but his voice grew more and more urgent as the seconds past. He informed his live viewers of a "dramatic climate shift" where power failures, loss of water, and crop failure, was guaranteed. He urged people to stock up and secure themselves underground and prepare for the worst. It took only a few minutes before the entire country fell into panic.

People ran for the supermarkets, disregarding speed limits. Thousands of accidents occurred. They ran to the frozen food section and bought gallons of water buy the dozen. People fought