Originally Posted by Dave Javue:
“Anybody noticing anything consistent in this Alex fan? Every single post he makes is a slur on the FM he is replying to, followed by the put-down of Claire. He was doing exactly the same to Lucinda in another thread, but always sticking up for Alex. When it is clear to anybody who has watched the show from the beginning that Alex is clearly riding his luck, sucking up to whoever is his project manager, and hoping that his inability to actually achieve anything saves him from the firing line, rather than bothers trying to contribute towards the task. He has (slightly) improved since the wedding task - let's face it, his attitude, his sneering and face-pulling, his refusal to do absolutely anything during the earlier tasks, was painful to watch. Michael may have been a snivelly weed, but he did try to achieve something, even if that something was totally flawed beyond belief (the wedding cakes, the Ferrari, the Kosher chicken). Alex just puts his big coat on, turns his collar up, pushes his mouth to one side of his face or the other and hopes that nobody gives him anything to do. The Simon task ("Don't make me your assistant - I don't want it") was certainly his worst avoidance of actually having to do any work, but there have been many many more.
Claire carried him from task three onwards - if she hadn't been on his team he would have been fired long ago, because for some reason the poor girl took a fancy to him early on and decided he needed protecting. Since they have been split up he's got a new mate, Lee, and to give them credit, they have worked quite well together. But they have both bullied Lucinda for the past two weeks (who surprise surprise is another one that Vivid has a real problem with) and they will get caught out next week.
Vivid, FYI next week is the interview round. This is where each candidate is examined on their own, they have no bezzy mate to hide behind, they have to converse one to one with the interviewers. Alex struggles to string a sentence together, refuses to accept any responsibility for anything he says or does, lies (claiming the raffle ticket idea was his only five minutes after Lucinda suggested it and Lee agreed), and we all know that he doesn't reach the final anyway. I know you say that you don't really care one way or the other for Alex, but that is blatantly a lie. Along with the little girlies on here who fancy him with his scruffy hair and his unshaven face, you are far and away his biggest fan. So, it is admirable in some ways to see you defend his honour. Unfortunately, that honour disappeared early on in this series, and even though there has been a slight improvement in the past two weeks, anybody with any perception can quite clearly see that it is down to Lee carrying him. Once they are separated, and he has nobody to hold his hand, he's going to be out.
--- Cue Vivid rushing to his dictionary to come back with another set of words containing clueless, venomous, devoid, reality, perception and mindless to describe this post, and chav, rough, ignorant, fat, gormless, stupid and odious to describe Claire. And he'll probably chuck in the odd disruptive, argumentative, lazy and useless to describe Lucinda whilst he's at it ---
Vivid, the time has come. Your inability to see the blindingly obvious when it is laid before your eyes shows that you are a very weak and blinkered person, and your continual put-downs of everybody who can see you are deluded is becoming very, very tiresome. You aren't a team player, you're just an argumentative fool who thinks that typing the same way that Raef speaks makes you appear intellectual. It doesn't, it just makes you appear dull and stupid. You're Fired. Along with your little Manc friend. Maybe he'll let you borrow his big coat on the way home.”
Ohmigod what a fabulous post! I have just come home from hospital after a bit of a health scare and this great post has made me feel SO much better. Very very clever. (insert recuperating smiley face!)
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