Comments on: The Donald = The Wrong http://jasonbainbridge.com/2006/03/27/the-donald-the-wrong/ The musings of an Aussie geek stuck in Texas working as an expatriate in software development and support. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:18:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8-bleeding-edge hourly 1 By: Whitney http://jasonbainbridge.com/2006/03/27/the-donald-the-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Whitney Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:27:07 +0000 http://jasonbainbridge.com/2006/03/27/the-donald-the-wrong/#comment-564 We are talking, of course, about the man who took so long to fire Brent. So it's no surprise that Trump, even though he recognizes how toxic and unfit Tarek is for the job, won't fire him quickly enough to satisfy us. There were many problems with Gold Rush last night. Dan appoints himself project manager by taking charge of a meeting while everyone is still walking into the room ("If you're in sight of the target, call it..."). His team members grouse about this, but no one reins him in and calls for a vote before things move too far. I heard a roomful of people enthusiastically agree to Lenny's idea for the commercial, then watched the same ones turn on him when the chips were down. Leslie (?), the one who allegedly has broadcast experience, fails to speak up and fight to keep the voice-over in the end...and of all the people in that team, she's the one who should have been jumping up and down. Instead, she says nothing then whines in the boardroom about how no one listens to her. And women wonder why more women aren't in the highest echelons of American Big Business. Last night, I would have fired Tarek and Dan. Or maybe Tarek and Leslie (for being such a whiny, spineless jellyfish). We are talking, of course, about the man who took so long to fire Brent. So it’s no surprise that Trump, even though he recognizes how toxic and unfit Tarek is for the job, won’t fire him quickly enough to satisfy us.

There were many problems with Gold Rush last night. Dan appoints himself project manager by taking charge of a meeting while everyone is still walking into the room (”If you’re in sight of the target, call it…”). His team members grouse about this, but no one reins him in and calls for a vote before things move too far. I heard a roomful of people enthusiastically agree to Lenny’s idea for the commercial, then watched the same ones turn on him when the chips were down. Leslie (?), the one who allegedly has broadcast experience, fails to speak up and fight to keep the voice-over in the end…and of all the people in that team, she’s the one who should have been jumping up and down. Instead, she says nothing then whines in the boardroom about how no one listens to her. And women wonder why more women aren’t in the highest echelons of American Big Business.

Last night, I would have fired Tarek and Dan. Or maybe Tarek and Leslie (for being such a whiny, spineless jellyfish).

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