While the Met Office was apologetic, one imagines weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker is now laughing about flipping the bird live on TV last week and doesn’t think much of it. It’s most definitely not BBC policy to swear on-air, but sticking your finger up to your colleague as a joke is something most people can forgive, and others actually love.
Tomasz’ notoriety has grown, and if anything he has made himself more likeable and famous. After all stuffy Queen’s English BBC went out long ago, just watch the American style chat on BBC Breakfast. It’s probably not appropriate in the eyes of the Met Office to take your shirt off and pose on the cover of a magazine, talk about ‘sh*te’ when discussing Glastonbury on BBC Radio, or walk out of the studio in a strop. But the point is that (most) people are human, and love a bit of a laugh if it’s all in good humour.
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