Radio is not an easy interest to have.

[ssetta]

I have been interested in radio for a good portion of my life, and I just realized it’s not always the best interest to have. Wanna know why? Because I am often in situations where there is a radio playing and I am not in control over it. There have been times that I have tried to hijack a radio, like in a store, or in a taxicab, and was threatened to be asked to leave, or that if I touched it again I would be driven right back to where I got picked up. But the problem is that I know more about radio than anyone else. And it has kept me from doing a lot of fun things.

My mother was always overly generous to me because of my autism, and she loved me to pieces. So she always let me sit in the front seat, even if both parents were in the car, and my father (or mother if my father was driving) would sit in the back. But my mother passed away recently, and my father got a new girlfriend, and he always lets her take the front seat. I yelled and screamed at him and told me I wanted the front seat, but he said it’s not happening. And I almost ended up walking home. And this is all because I wanted to be in control of the radio, and I couldn’t be. Just because I know more about it, and sometimes we would be going to an area where the stations aren’t the same, and I know how to find stations better than most people. How do I get my father to let me sit in the front seat?

 

[bigic]

Use a portable radio and headphones/earphones where possible.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

How do I get my father to let me sit in the front seat?

You don't. Just because your mother was accommodating of your hobby, does not mean your father, or anyone else in his/your life owes you the same arrangements.

Also, know that applying one's expertise is not appropriate in every moment. It would be inappropriate for a retired vice president of Wal-Mart to walk into some Ma & Pa store unannounced and start rearranging merchandise "because he knows better." Similarly, it is not appropriate for you to re-tune someone else's radio "because 101.7 is better than 98.9".

 

[Kelly A]

You don't. Just because your mother was accommodating of your hobby, does not mean your father, or anyone else in his/your life owes you the same arrangements.

Also, know that applying one's expertise is not appropriate in every moment. It would be inappropriate for a retired vice president of Wal-Mart to walk into some Ma & Pa store unannounced and start rearranging merchandise "because he knows better." Similarly, it is not appropriate for you to re-tune someone else's radio "because 101.7 is better than 98.9".

To be fair, sometimes folks diagnosed with Autism (as they mentioned) struggle with impulse control. In certain situations, their emotions can literally get the best of them. Most parents of a child diagnosed with Autism know ways around these situations. It could be as simple as knowing that their child becomes agitated if the 'wrong' radio station is on in the car, so it's better to just leave the radio turned off. The alternative is to have their station on, which avoids uncomfortable situations for all concerned. Because in the end, the struggle over what radio station is playing in the car, isn't worth anyone getting upset over.

 

[Syfy]

I have been interested in radio for a good portion of my life, and I just realized it’s not always the best interest to have. Wanna know why? Because I am often in situations where there is a radio playing and I am not in control over it. There have been times that I have tried to hijack a radio, like in a store, or in a taxicab, and was threatened to be asked to leave, or that if I touched it again I would be driven right back to where I got picked up. But the problem is that I know more about radio than anyone else. And it has kept me from doing a lot of fun things.

My mother was always overly generous to me because of my autism, and she loved me to pieces. So she always let me sit in the front seat, even if both parents were in the car, and my father (or mother if my father was driving) would sit in the back. But my mother passed away recently, and my father got a new girlfriend, and he always lets her take the front seat. I yelled and screamed at him and told me I wanted the front seat, but he said it’s not happening. And I almost ended up walking home. And this is all because I wanted to be in control of the radio, and I couldn’t be. Just because I know more about it, and sometimes we would be going to an area where the stations aren’t the same, and I know how to find stations better than most people. How do I get my father to let me sit in the front seat?

So what station did you try to change it to while in a store and what was it on before you changed it because if it was say a station playing a song with questionable lyrics and you tried to turn on a talk station carrying say mark levin or something educational like leo laporte to provide helpful information to the customers of the store you may have been absolutely right to do that.