"This
season is creating a unique problem for me.
I have a daughter who should, in theory, be
starting college soon. Watching
the spoiled children of Magna, however, is
not helping to convince her that college is
that important.
Look at the role
models: Danny, the mental 12-year-old
who takes pride in being a flake, expects
everyone else to "back me up,"
whatever that means, and who can't seem to
take any responsibility for his own actions;
Verna, the drama queen for whom three total
days of physical labor was too much to bear;
Michael, who apparently can't support any
idea that didn't come from his own
questionable brain and just spent an entire
task sitting around sulking; Bren, whose
only evident skill so far is in setting up
others to fail; Erin, who is so openly
two-faced that even my 11-year-old dislikes
her. Not exactly strong arguments for
the value of higher education.
Admittedly, I
have a soft spot for the Street Smart gang.
Maybe it's because that's the team I would
be on if I were part of the cast, but I
really do like several of them. John,
for instance, really knew how to pull
everyone together in Task 1. Audrey
has a practical outlook and isn't afraid to
speak frankly, though not as crudely as the
recently-departed Brian. The others,
when they're not bickering, know how to work
together and commit to the goal.
I was flashing
back to the Pepsi Edge episode from last
season during this recent show. I
mean, really — Politics? That can't
be much cooler than geography, can it?
Aren't New Yorkers supposed to be
sophisticated people, unimpressed by cheezy
flag-waving and comic Uncle Sams? Or
have I been working in DC too long? It
totally surprised me that the Nestle
executives liked that concept. Maybe
if the brainy ones in Magna had come up with
ANY concept other than "Let's hire
someone else to do the work" it would
have come out differently. Ipods are
certainly cool, but what do they have to do
with coffee?
If ever there
was an argument for overriding the
exemption, Michael was it. He had his
one idea, nobody else liked it, so he
basically quit. There's no excuse for
that. I would have liked to see Trump
revoke his exemption and make Michael defend
himself in the board room, but at the same
time it was obvious that Danny and company
had already decided to duck responsibility
for their failure to perform by laying it
all on him. Michael was every bit the
spoiled rotten brat, but he was not the
reason Magna failed to make timely decisions
or come up with a decent concept for their
campaign. Danny was the key there,
although by his closing song it's clear he
still thinks he did a great job.
I'm lousy at
predictions, but I'll offer some anyway:
- The
Final Four: John, Audrey, Stephanie,
and Alex
- Michael
is the next Magna member to get fired, and
that will likely be next week given Magna's
lousy morale
- By Week
10, Angie and Kristen will have a major
screaming match resulting in one or both
getting fired.
Michael Raugh,
C.Ht.
Network Engineer, BIS
"I
like Angie. She was a bit rah-rah, but it
worked, she fired up the team, generated some
buzz, and won the match.
The
other team (Magna) was just rotten. I wouldn't
want to be on that team in a million years.
Stephanie seems to be the only one with any
common sense and any radar for something 3
feet outside of herself.
I
was disappointed that not much came out of
Carolyn's mouth this week, I love to hear what
she has to say. George is great to watch, his
facial expressions are priceless.
I
hope to see more team work next time from
Magna - would it be possible?"
Jennifer
Martin
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