I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought Margaret was being somewhat two-faced about Lorraine. I suspect that the guy who was fired might have been her favourite. I can't even remember his name. I didn't even know who he was until he became the rather spineless team leader that he turned out to be. I don't know why Margaret loves him. Most of the public will prefer him to Lorraine of course because he's good-looking and Lorraine is not, but I would expect Margaret to be above those shallow concerns. I'm disappointed as I generally find her witty and fair. Not this time though.
I am a Lorraine supporter. I would love to be in a team with her. She does rub people up the wrong way by pointing out when the emperor actually has no clothes on. This does irritate people, but they are the ones with the problem, not her. She failed to argue a point with the team leader in this week's task - but be fair he was team leader and she did not have the right to go against his instructions. No-one is going to want to employ someone who continually argues against the manager. I would not have pushed the point either, if I was her, although perhaps she could have made a better job of selling the dinosaur to the boss and then he may have come around to her way of thinking. If only she had been able to do a quick mock-up of a TV demo in front of him while they were deciding, then she may have won the day. Unfortunately, she's just not that spontaneous, she likes to thnk about things first, she is, as she says, a "slow burner". I can see why SAS likes her, too, but I think she's gone next week. The interviewers will crucify her because she likes to think before she speaks or acts. A slow-burner is often someone who likes to think before they act, the better to make the right decision. Not so good in opportunism, but good in planning - as she has proved. I suspect she's phenomenally intelligent - not always a good thing in business, because getting other people to see where you're coming from can be a problem unless you are very good at thinking down to other people's level. I suspect Lorraine has that problem - what to her is obvious takes more explaining to the others and she is often lost for words. I so often see on her face what I think others interpret as a look of stupidity, but I interpret as a look of incredulity at other people's stupidity.
I would definitely employ her because I don't mind other people telling me when my ideas are rubbish as long as I have the final say because I can listen and I can alter my opinion if the case is strong enough. To me, Lorraine doesn't come across as confrontational in the slightest, she just comes across as someone who wants to point out things that other people might not have spotted. And she's very good at doing that. and that's why she rubs people up the wrong way. She was a great team leader, and even her antagonists admitted that.
But I'm off topic because the thread is about Nick, and yes I have enjoyed Nick much more this series. On the whole, Margaret is still my favourite (a position which will become very unstable if she continues to unfairly diss Lorraine like that), but Nick is coming up close now. Good. This all makes for better TV
