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“I do worry about people's comedic tastes if you find Katie 'witty' .. mocking anyone from the north is hardly comedy or remotly funny, it's the kind of comments I'd hear from a rather dumb 12 year old.”
I assume you think it's as witty as judging a female competitor on their looks. However, mocking anyone from the north is pretty standard fare for comedians and impersonators.
You are not alone,
kyri. I like Katie too. She seems to me to be far more astute than any of the others that have shown themselves, and she speaks her mind without being namby-pamby about it. Her business skills are broad and she's pretty good at coming up with ideas, valuable assets to any business.
As for being in the boardroom, the fact is Adam had to take two out of three in, so notwithstanding that half his team had performed exceptionally well in terms of completing their half of the mission and achieving significant reductions, one of them had to go in. I knew, however, that whatever happened, he would take Katie in. He set her up the week before, raised the concerns about her relationship with Paul, and reckoned that if he put her in the firing line, Sir Alan would take the bait. It was a shitty thing to do, and given his performance has been abysmal throughout, I'm glad to see the back of Adam.
Katie's arrogant, yes. So are others who are there but don't get half the flak for it. But she doesn't hide it behind platitudes and politically convenient hedging.
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“She performed 'ok' during the tasks. If we're looking for a BIG failing from her on the job its that she didn't do what Adam asked and go to Stanstead, they could have still been late, got a tiny discount and won if she'd done what she was asked.
She was clearly out to lose the task so Adam would get fired. Thats not how a member of a team should operate and she should have been given the chop for that let alone her appalling behaviour in the boardroom!”
To me, this is patently untrue for two reasons. One, Adam as leader should have told them that it was better to be late than not get the item. He didn't (because he hadn't bothered to understand the rules and didn't think of it). Two, the decision not to go the Stanstead was both Kristina and Katie, so if Adam even thought that, why weren't both of them in the boardroom with him?