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To feel more sad for Landeover employees than Andy Murray

132 replies

Blankscreen · 12/01/2019 01:24

On the day that 000s of redundancies are announced at JLR I can't feel sad for a Millionaire sportsman who has had to retire due to his own body as opposed to someone else making the decision for him.

The new coverage of the two stories has really irritated me.

Does anyone else feel like this?

OP posts:
LoisWilkerson1 · 12/01/2019 11:14

Both situations get my sympathy. Andy Murray losing his career is history in the making, I can understand the large news coverage actually. He'll be spoken about for years to come.

Charley50 · 12/01/2019 11:16

This.
No, I don't feel the same OP. I love Andy Murray. He has been a pioneer for tennis, and for women's tennis.

I feel just as bad for the JLR redundancies, but can't see it as comparable. Sympathy isn't either/or. Andy Murray is a household name, a Wimbledon champion.

YABU to compare them.

katekat383 · 12/01/2019 11:17

It is possible to feel compassion for both. People have always knocked Andy Murray - primarily because he is not English and because he was the best player the UK has ever had.

AllMYSmellySocks · 12/01/2019 11:19

This is an odd post. People feel sorry for Andy Murray because they've been following his career, watching him for years and feel like they "know" him and are invested in him to an extent. Not because you feel like he's had an especially difficult life in general.

You feel sorry for people who have been made redundant because it's a very difficult situation for them.

I could equally say why should I feel sorry for people who have food, water, shelter, education for their children when there are people living in war zones with no health care or clean water? Sympathy and empathy are not finite resources, we can feel sorry for lots of people in different situations for different reasons.

madmum5811 · 12/01/2019 11:23

Sympathy like love is not rationed. Lots of sad things happen each day, the media have to balance what to show on the tv. The groundhog aspect of it is what grates my gears.

Pachyderm1 · 12/01/2019 11:24

I suppose if you only have enough empathy for one and not the other then you have to choose, but I expect a lot of people will be able to feel desperately sorry for both.

waxy1 · 12/01/2019 11:28

I can sympathise with joint pain, that’s for sure.

MrsWillGardner · 12/01/2019 11:28

Both my closest friends work at JLR and they stand to lose their home if their plant closes or they’re one of the unlucky ones being laid off. They have 4 children to provide for and one of them is on an exceptional wage that they wouldn’t be able to get in any other role.

Jeanclaudejackety · 12/01/2019 11:32

He's annoying and I don't see why it has yo be plastered all over the news that he's giving up tennis, it's if no interest to most people.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 12/01/2019 11:35

......one of them is on an exceptional wage that they wouldn’t be able to get in any other role. Not the point of the op, but maybe there lies the problem with Land Rover.

derxa · 12/01/2019 11:41

I love Andy Murray for reasons described above. I felt devastated for him because playing tennis is his life. It's not a financial blow like a redundancy. If your favourite singer suddenly had a medical problem which meant they couldn't sing any more it would be similar.
Sport is on the news because millions of people love sport and it's light relief from people droning on and on about fecking Brexit.
Good luck Andy.

Newsername · 12/01/2019 11:59

How can you even compare the two?

MaddieElla · 12/01/2019 12:05

How anyone can't feel sympathy for him after watching the entire 12 minute press conference is beyond me. He is so devastated that he didn't get it together for the entire time he was talking.

HildaZelda · 12/01/2019 12:08

I feel sorry for Andy Murray's WIFE. I strongly suspect she has the mother-in-law from hell.

Greyhound22 · 12/01/2019 12:09

It's not Top Trumps.

I hate this attitude of 'but there are children starving in the world'.

I feel incredibly sad for Andy. It's not the way he would have wanted his career to have ended. He's also a jolly decent bloke and a great supporter of women in sport.

FWIW I have had to recently give up the sport that has been my entire life due to illness. It's broken my heart.

I also feel incredibly sad for the employees of JLR. DH nearly took a job there last year and is in a similar industry. I can imagine the effect it would have where he is working now and of course I feel incredibly sad for those workers and their families.

See I can feel both. Absolutely ridiculous comparison.

katekat383 · 12/01/2019 12:10

Andy Murray is “annoying” - okaaay. Confused

HauntedPencil · 12/01/2019 12:12

Jeanclaude how can you possibly say that?

The news has a variety of stories some of which won't be of interest to some people.

It's not your own personal news show 😂

Lizzie48 · 12/01/2019 12:14

He's annoying and I don't see why it has yo be plastered all over the news that he's giving up tennis, it's if no interest to most people.

That's clearly not true judging by this thread alone. Plus he was BBC Sports Personality of the year twice, so he was obviously very popular.

TeenageAngst1 · 12/01/2019 12:17

The JLR employees are in for a tough ride both financially and mentally. They are ordinary working people with kids and bills to pay

Andy Murray is a millionaire sports celeb who is over 30 and nearing the end of competitive tennis regardless. No doubt he has plans to contribute in a positive way to the wider tennis community. I was appalled at the crying press conference How in-British. Why not just release a press statement in writing. It was just exhibitionist and self indulgent. I lost respect for him

lljkk · 12/01/2019 12:19

Didn't JLR news break a day or 2 earlier? The news cycle moves to fast, they weren't concurrent news stories for me.

Helmetbymidnight · 12/01/2019 12:20

I was appalled at the crying press conference

Grin

Wow. I didn’t have any respect for you but if I did have, you’d have lost it by now.

Pachyderm1 · 12/01/2019 12:25

I was appalled at the crying press conference How in-British. Why not just release a press statement in writing. It was just exhibitionist and self indulgent. I lost respect for him

What stupid sexist bullshit. If you can’t be visibly emotional when talking about having to give up a career that is hugely important and meaningful to you due to painful injury, when can you be?! Men should be encouraged to show their emotions, it’s not fair to sneer at them for it.

Amanduh · 12/01/2019 12:26

It’s not one over the other.

LoisWilkerson1 · 12/01/2019 12:36

Hardly exhibitionist crying. He wasn't doing full on wailing fgsGrin I've cried harder at adverts on tv. He was emotional and so what?

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 12/01/2019 12:37

Andy Murray is a millionaire sports celeb who is over 30 and nearing the end of competitive tennis regardless
Hes 31 the sane age as nadal and djorkvic 4 years younger than federer all three of whom are regarded at the top of the game, and show no signs if retiring or needing to retire he wasn't appriching the end of his competive career for another 5-6 years at least.

As for your vile comments about the press conference i hate spellimg correctors being dyslexic but did you mean unbritish not inbritish

Hes skammed for not showing any emotion the minute ge does you have a go well i have more respect for him than your stupid stiff upper lip unbritishness

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