For me, there is a clear distinction between the fiasco over the lost order and Jody not pulling his weight later, the latter of which I found worse. He loves to aggravate and wind up and after a hectic shift, they were probably all tired and snappy.

I did not appreciate when he spoke to Nick as he did, either.

Jody is an annoying little creep but I found the others overreacted in the extreme. Names were thrown around from all corners.

I thought Niomi and Linda emerged from this episode the best.

Theres no comparison as far as I'm concerened.

Its been said before - Ade's 'Lie' or more appropriately, cheating could only have had repurcussions for him.

Jody's blatant LIE to make him look better in front of his family involved the whole group, and could have subseqently affected any one or all of them.

Ade did what he did like a cheeky schoolboy trying to cheat an exam.

Jody did what he did for purely selfish reasons, completely against the wishes/orders of the man he seems to look up to (Ar*elick) so much.

It wasn't that. It was the fact he lied to the others about it. He was glory hunting.

I'm not saying that Ade's 'lie' (or 'cheat') and Jody's lie are exactly equivalent, just that when Ade insisted on saying 'But you lied, Jody,' he was on shaky ground.

I would agree with your final statement. None of the others exactly covered themselves in glory (some markedly less so than others).

Actually, Marco went up a bit in my estimation tonight. If he would cut back on the posturing and show his more sensitive and, dare I say, wise side more often, it would make for a much more enjoyable and interesting show, in my view.

I did end up feeling a bit sorry for Jodie last night. He backed himself into a corner and being imature and none too bright, he was not equipped to get himself out of it. His behaviour just escalated because he didn't have the personal skills to retrieve the situation.

That being said, his behaviour was dreadful and I respect Ade for not accepting his apology. It is just as insincere to accept an apology when you don't mean it as to give one.

As for the decision to feed the diners, I do think Marco should have fed that table. But for Jodie to keep on and on about 'feeding them' as if there was no other concern on the planet and that he was some kind of hero for doing so - 'they were fed, I wanted to feed them, I am here to feed people, at least they left fed' - as if he was a on a charitable mission providing food for victims of famine. He is a prat.

Why didn't he just repeat exactly what Mick Hucknall a-like had said to him? I couldn't understand that, it was like watching a sitcom, the way they keep a perfectly understandable fact hidden and dig themselves into deeper and deeper holes!

Ade didn't actually lie, he was never asked if he made the pasta or said he had and did not volunteer the information that he hadn't. :
Also his act didn't put anyone in the firing line except himself.

Because he reminds them of Joe Swash?

That's certainly why I want him out a.s.a.p. (before it's too late!).

It's a lie by omission.

Jody was in the wrong. The guys a twonk

Good point well made.

I myself found Jodie to be agressive, childish and selfish.

Jody was wrong to lie to the others and to spend the day slacking, however, those of the others who refused to accept his apology were also wrong.

Although, admittedly, an apology is just words and we need to see by his actions that he meant it. That's why I practically cheered Linda when she said that we all need a second chance. She's absolutely right.

Jodie is trying to act the ' Young Marco' he is playing on that with behaving so badly and Marco seems to be falling for it hook line and sinker.

Jodie should have gone last night but that wouldn't have done the TV ratings much good would it. It's all a put up job and I'm daft enough to keep on watching.

I was very surprised at the part that showed Jody really didn't know why the others didn't like him.

That is why they didn't accept it. I wouldn't have either. I would have said "Don't tell me you're sorry. Show me".

At one point in the show he did say it might be because he's too nice!

They all agreed they'd accept the apology if his future behaviour proved it was sincere.

I thought that was fair enough, especially when it became clear he'd apologised many times since the start.

Jody obviously wanted all the glory for it - he was mega peeved that Grant took the order from him and started shouting it out for the kitchen...

I saw that, and I thought, "Why is it that some people have to tell others that they are nice"? Without exception I have found that everyone who says this is the exact opposite. I haven't changed my mind since his 'apology'. He's still a wazock.

Think they had been getting increasingly fed up with his behaviour all day; he basically isolated himself by behaving in the way he did. By the time it came to apologies.I think they were quite right in wanting to see a change in behaviour rather than just a spoken apology. Got the impression that he was behaving like a petulant, cocky child for most of the time whilst the rest of the group were working hard.

I just hope that this is not a ploy on the part of the producers to make him the winner!!

oh dont start me on him saying its because hes nice-i fail to see that

i just had heated debate with my dad about this-i thought he would hate jody but completely the opposite-said he seems keen to learn and anthea started it by calling him names to which he retaliated-then again he cant stand anthea

i did point out hes said sorry many times before then goe back to his ways but apparently-theyre ganging up on him

i shall resume this agument later on tonight

lol

I have met people who behave like this before - bad behaviour followed by apologies, followed by by further bad behaviour , then more apologies... and so on. It can be very irritating and after a while you stop believing the apologies because the behaviour doesn't change. I'm not surprised tempers flared, especially as they are living with each other all the time with no time to get away and calm down.

Absolutely. There are some people who believe that they can do whatever they want as long as they say sorry afterwards.

Well, that doesn't work for me. I'm willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt once - but when they continue to act like an arse then an apology means nothing to me.