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Old 15-12-2010, 22:57
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Absolutely. If anyone I was interviewing even hinted that they weren't there to make friends, it would be end of interview. No company needs that attitude.
Hi Blue, what bothered me re her, was her background, hard life, and the poor me attitude. Doesn't quite ring true. If she indeed had a hard life then moved away from it, she'd feel happier within herself, but she doesn't show that, and what's seen is an icy demeanour.

In essence, she gives people who lived in hard times a bad name, if that's how she behaves towards others, and it's what put me off her.
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Old 15-12-2010, 23:03
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How can it be 'well said' if I've been a window cleaner?
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Old 15-12-2010, 23:12
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Yeah yeah. And I had a business when I sold my old CDs to Cash Converters.
Sir Richard Branson started out selling records, and look at him now. if he can do it so can anyone.
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Old 15-12-2010, 23:15
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Sir Richard Branson started out selling records, and look at him now. if he can do it so can anyone.
That's the capitalist carrot they use to make everyone think they can make it too.

But the sad fact is that not everyone can become rich or successful in business.

Capitalism relies on the pyramid model of selling. Someone ends up on top while everyone else ends up on the bottom.

BTW I've worked in one of Richard Branson's companies.
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Old 15-12-2010, 23:19
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I have been watching for for only a couple of seasons, so I can't comment on the early ones, but wasn't there another very weak corporate candidate in the year the Lee won? The one four way final? I seemed to remember thinking, why is she in the final?.
Yeah, Helene, who could only make coffee. Mind you, I considering that year´s final to have been between Lee and Claire (the winning finalists), pretending that she and 24 got eliminated during the semi-finals.

Still, I would rate Stella (and Chris) to be on par with Simon from series 3. Taking things on board and you can count on them doing a steady job, but sales is an unknown word for them. So, quality wise this is only a step up from the aforementioned series 4 final.


However, I do agree that Stella is weaker that she seems to be perceived here and on You are fired. I thought a Chris/Joanna final would have been better.
I think that even Debra would have walked this series if she had competed a year later.
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Old 15-12-2010, 23:27
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Sir Richard Branson started out selling records, and look at him now. if he can do it so can anyone.
He started with a magazine.
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Old 15-12-2010, 23:45
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That's the capitalist carrot they use to make everyone think they can make it too.

But the sad fact is that not everyone can become rich or successful in business.

Capitalism relies on the pyramid model of selling. Someone ends up on top while everyone else ends up on the bottom.

BTW I've worked in one of Richard Branson's companies.
But all it needs is self-belief, and never let that slip. Without some money a person dies, as it's what the world of people is all about. All businesses start from small roots. I once knew a chap who stood at the end of the street selling pencils on a tray, and I thought what a way to live. He was out there in all kinds of weather. Couldn't see people these days doing same, as I reckon many people have got soft, but the cosy life costs.

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Old 15-12-2010, 23:47
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He started with a magazine.
Hub says it was records, but maybe he did both.
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Old 15-12-2010, 23:55
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Who seemed to ace the interviews better than anyone.
Like standing in dock, and someone saying, I'm innocent.

Because all she did was to repeat what she's been saying for weeks, in her cold tones, which isn't a good interview.
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Old 16-12-2010, 03:49
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Like Stella but dullest final ever suspect Chris will win and i hate him so probably won't bother watching Joanna was by far the strongest this year
I'm sad to see Jo go too she was a strong contender for ne
Glad to see Stuart pack his "baggs" though hehehe !!!


Can't wait to see this on iPlayer!!!
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Old 16-12-2010, 07:28
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Like standing in dock, and someone saying, I'm innocent.

Because all she did was to repeat what she's been saying for weeks, in her cold tones, which isn't a good interview.
She actually interviewed very well, wasn't ruffled by the bullyboy tactics and held her own. She was able to do that because she had told the truth on her CV, unlike Mr Baggs. My take on last night http://j.mp/gZpyoQ
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Old 16-12-2010, 09:13
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OMG - is(was) Stuart only 21? I never knew! Can't believe it wasn't mentioned before
he didn't mention the scholarship to Sandhurst either.....

I wonder in the Internet Service Protocol/Provider was a trick comment to see how Stubaggs might react?

I thought Stella did well when she moved over to the boys' team in ep 2
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Old 16-12-2010, 09:49
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Hub says it was records, but maybe he did both.
He set up a national magazine at 16, it was his first successful business, he then went onto mail order records.
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Old 16-12-2010, 09:50
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from time to time i waste my time, and others as well, by scambaiting - chatting to the Lads from Lagos who pretend they're women with shedloads of money, (no, it's not OT, and yes, it's sad ); good old Stubaggs - plenty of wonderful sayings there to drop into the exercise - "I'm not a one trick pony", etc.
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Old 16-12-2010, 10:02
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I fink its Joanna wot shudda won it wiv her aving likkle qualifications even vo she only cleans hospikals and people's houses even wi v no qualifications. And anuvva
fing did Joanna mention her lack of qualifictions at all?
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Old 16-12-2010, 19:07
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I take the opposite view. Business is Business, nothing to do with friendship, only mutual respect.
That's not the opposite view. That's part and parcel of the same thing. The opposite is Stella's attitude of disrespect for anyone on her level.

Hi Blue, what bothered me re her, was her background, hard life, and the poor me attitude. Doesn't quite ring true. If she indeed had a hard life then moved away from it, she'd feel happier within herself, but she doesn't show that, and what's seen is an icy demeanour.

In essence, she gives people who lived in hard times a bad name, if that's how she behaves towards others, and it's what put me off her.
Hello, I know exactly what you mean. She brings up her own little sob story so much that I thought I was watching X Factor.

I know that Thamesmead is the hole on the backside of London (at the time of the first property boom in the 80s, it was the only part of London where prices weren't rising - most of it has now been demolished and redeveloped but some of the original estate still stands and properties there are still pretty much bargain bin compared to even other surrounding areas) but many people grew up there and in places like it without the benefit of an older relative who could take them away from it as she had in her great-aunt.
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Old 16-12-2010, 19:11
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That's not the opposite view. That's part and parcel of the same thing. The opposite is Stella's attitude of disrespect for anyone on her level.
I didn't see any disrespect on her part. Can you give concrete examples of her alleged disrespect?
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Old 16-12-2010, 19:12
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I fink its Joanna wot shudda won it
Many people agree.
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Old 18-12-2010, 03:03
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Hi Blue, what bothered me re her, was her background, hard life, and the poor me attitude. Doesn't quite ring true. If she indeed had a hard life then moved away from it, she'd feel happier within herself, but she doesn't show that, and what's seen is an icy demeanour.

In essence, she gives people who lived in hard times a bad name, if that's how she behaves towards others, and it's what put me off her.
I can't see what's so bad about how Stella behaves towards others. I've never seen her being anything other than respectful to the other contestants (with the exception of Stuart, and that was in response to his disrespectful attitude to her, and once when she gave Laura a bit of a dirty look, which was unjustified because Laura was actually giving her good suggestions at the time, though to be fair she was doing it in the authentic whining Laura manner. But that's not much under the stress of the process, and most of the others behaved worse).

I think the problem some people have with Stella is that she's clearly a rather reserved person; I think she'd have to know people pretty well before she opened up much to them. This can come across as cold, but I'm sure Stella is very different with those she does know well.
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Old 18-12-2010, 03:04
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Stella must be the weakest finalist in the show's history.
I'd personally rate Lee, Alex and Helene from series four as weaker.
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Old 18-12-2010, 03:09
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It's a joke, if you go out early you get the full 30 minutes to yourself.
Not really. While those fired earlier are the sole guest on You're Fired, much of the attention is directed towards the performance of the other contestants. Probably only about 10 minutes in those shows is actually about the evictee, whereas in this weeks, while each evictee was only on ten minutes, attention was almost entirely focused on them. So it probably works out about the same.
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