I couldn't make sense out of her plan being to help the country out of hard times by offering a niche service - yes it might create jobs for some but in recognising that we are in hard times she must have realised that means there would be less people who could afford it
There's a long term logic there that as a few get richer and richer and most people get poorer, the rich will end up employing the poor to provide them with more services. We already have a cabinet of Eton millionairres, so a return to the 19th century with a growing service/servant class isn't that unrealistic. The question is how many people can afford a PA service. Its an idea, but the people who can afford it may already have one and its difficult to make it cheap enough to do the job well enough for anyone else..
There's a long term logic there that as a few get richer and richer and most people get poorer, the rich will end up employing the poor to provide them with more services. We already have a cabinet of Eton millionairres, so a return to the 19th century with a growing service/servant class isn't that unrealistic. The question is how many people can afford a PA service. Its an idea, but the people who can afford it may already have one and its difficult to make it cheap enough to do the job well enough for anyone else..
I see what you're saying, goes a bit outside of the business plan remit though- LS investing in a social engineering project- it would also (in most cases) lock those people into that class, with their income capped by what the richer person could afford to pay.
Was a cheap shot on her behalf, just to get one over on Tom. Knew there was something I didn't like about her, very desperate.
This whole 'I only lost one task' business also, really grated on me. It wasn't her personally that won each and every task bar one, she just got very lucky. It was a team effort each week, not Helen taking over in her super woman costume coming to the rescue for her teammates.
Helen is exceptionally organised and hard-working, but
BOTH of her business ideas were so unbelievably
uninspired and unoriginal.
She''d make a great empolyee, but her skills are a dime-a-dozen, nothing special
Agreed. I don't get why she's so highly esteemed simply for being competent as if it's the most uncommon thing. With her previous job, salary and being 30 odd with a 2:1 degree, I should jolly well think so :rolleyes:
I don't get it, she was basically going to be a Personal Organiser for people. Like a PA, but for lots of customers at the same time...
Her plan obviously lacked final thought and then, on top of it, she showed complete desperation by trying to sneak in a plan B (which prob never existed until that precise red alert moment) despite already having had her opportunity to make good of her Plan A.
With the Melody PM incident I thought, rare bad move on her part, but this just took the cake.
I don't get it, she was basically going to be a Personal Organiser for people. Like a PA, but for lots of customers at the same time...
Her plan obviously lacked final thought and then, on top of it, she showed complete desperation by trying to sneak in a plan B (which prob neevr existed until that precise moment) when she had her opportunity to make good of her Plan A.
With the Melody PM incident I thought, rare bad move on her part, but this just took the cake.
It was a bit hopeful, can't imagine LS would put money down when there is no written plan, no costs, just an idea (which has already been done).
I don't get it, she was basically going to be a Personal Organiser for people. Like a PA, but for lots of customers at the same time...
Her plan obviously lacked final thought and then, on top of it, she showed complete desperation by trying to sneak in a plan B (which prob never existed until that precise red alert moment) despite already having had her opportunity to make good of her Plan A.
With the Melody PM incident I thought, rare bad move on her part, but this just took the cake.
If I had enough money I would happily pay someone to do things like deal with the abysmal life shortening BT call centre, or reliably sort out my computer problems, or chase up my builder who is three months late. The problem is that person would be someone who you would have to trust and possibly give access to your home and computer to. Its basically a butler and you wouldn't be able to provide that sort of discrete reliable service to multiple customers.
Was a cheap shot on her behalf, just to get one over on Tom. Knew there was something I didn't like about her, very desperate.
This whole 'I only lost one task' business also, really grated on me. It wasn't her personally that won each and every task bar one, she just got very lucky. It was a team effort each week, not Helen taking over in her super woman costume coming to the rescue for her teammates.
It smacked of desperation. Have to agree with you on the " I have won all the tasks except one " Just how many times did we hear it?:eek:
You would think she had been PM on all of them the way she kept on:rolleyes:
If I had enough money I would happily pay someone to do things like deal with the abysmal life shortening BT call centre, or reliably sort out my computer problems, or chase up my builder who is three months late. The problem is that person would be someone who you would have to trust and possibly give access to your home and computer to. Its basically a butler and you wouldn't be able to provide that sort of discrete reliable service to multiple customers.
It wouldn't work though because when you phone BT etc they need to speak to you - they wont just discuss your account with a random person.
I've had experience of such a concierge company as my work has one. No-one bothers to use it because its just as Sugar said - you spend 5 mins on the phone to someone telling them to phone and book the doctors for you!
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There's a long term logic there that as a few get richer and richer and most people get poorer, the rich will end up employing the poor to provide them with more services. We already have a cabinet of Eton millionairres, so a return to the 19th century with a growing service/servant class isn't that unrealistic. The question is how many people can afford a PA service. Its an idea, but the people who can afford it may already have one and its difficult to make it cheap enough to do the job well enough for anyone else..
I see what you're saying, goes a bit outside of the business plan remit though- LS investing in a social engineering project- it would also (in most cases) lock those people into that class, with their income capped by what the richer person could afford to pay.
BOTH of her business ideas were so unbelievably
uninspired and unoriginal.
She''d make a great empolyee, but her skills are a dime-a-dozen, nothing special
This whole 'I only lost one task' business also, really grated on me. It wasn't her personally that won each and every task bar one, she just got very lucky. It was a team effort each week, not Helen taking over in her super woman costume coming to the rescue for her teammates.
Agreed. I don't get why she's so highly esteemed simply for being competent as if it's the most uncommon thing. With her previous job, salary and being 30 odd with a 2:1 degree, I should jolly well think so :rolleyes:
Her plan obviously lacked final thought and then, on top of it, she showed complete desperation by trying to sneak in a plan B (which prob never existed until that precise red alert moment) despite already having had her opportunity to make good of her Plan A.
With the Melody PM incident I thought, rare bad move on her part, but this just took the cake.
It was a bit hopeful, can't imagine LS would put money down when there is no written plan, no costs, just an idea (which has already been done).
If I had enough money I would happily pay someone to do things like deal with the abysmal life shortening BT call centre, or reliably sort out my computer problems, or chase up my builder who is three months late. The problem is that person would be someone who you would have to trust and possibly give access to your home and computer to. Its basically a butler and you wouldn't be able to provide that sort of discrete reliable service to multiple customers.
You would think she had been PM on all of them the way she kept on:rolleyes:
It wouldn't work though because when you phone BT etc they need to speak to you - they wont just discuss your account with a random person.
I've had experience of such a concierge company as my work has one. No-one bothers to use it because its just as Sugar said - you spend 5 mins on the phone to someone telling them to phone and book the doctors for you!