BBC2 Who's the Boss?
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I felt sorry for the young, 'passionate' and painfully naive employees who had to peddle the Brewdog Charter of conventional unconventionalty.
We blow s
t up. - Been watching Top Gear and other dad telly etc etc
We have beards - might be a novelty in Scotland to have hipsters but I doubt it.
Old men wearing trainers being 'creative' - we have them by the barrowload.
James Watt (the Captain and prize dhead) on his 'pulpit' - top piss-taking by BBC watching James telling staff that they could have opinions on the prospective new employees but only when Captain James gave them to them.
Two things became clear:
James Watt and Brewdog couldn't organise a recruitment process in a brewery.
Dread to think of the enforced Jollity at their piss-ups - when you have to conform to James' view of everything.
Brewdog's plans for a one hour free tv advert on how cool they were backfired spectacularly when it turned out that Captain James Watt is not at all cool and is as dull and money-grabbing as any old-school capitalist.
Nothing like an arse getting properly shafted by a stick of his own making.
We blow s
t up. - Been watching Top Gear and other dad telly etc etcWe have beards - might be a novelty in Scotland to have hipsters but I doubt it.
Old men wearing trainers being 'creative' - we have them by the barrowload.
James Watt (the Captain and prize d
head) on his 'pulpit' - top piss-taking by BBC watching James telling staff that they could have opinions on the prospective new employees but only when Captain James gave them to them.Two things became clear:
James Watt and Brewdog couldn't organise a recruitment process in a brewery.
Dread to think of the enforced Jollity at their piss-ups - when you have to conform to James' view of everything.
Brewdog's plans for a one hour free tv advert on how cool they were backfired spectacularly when it turned out that Captain James Watt is not at all cool and is as dull and money-grabbing as any old-school capitalist.
Nothing like an arse getting properly shafted by a stick of his own making.
Edited by footnote on Wednesday 9th March 08:49
footnote said:
I felt sorry for the young, 'passionate' and painfully naive employees who had to peddle the Brewdog Charter of conventional unconventionalty.
We blow st up. - Been watching Top Gear and other dad telly etc etc
We have beards - might be a novelty in Scotland to have hipsters but I doubt it.
Old men wearing trainers being 'creative' - we have them by the barrowload.
James Watt (the Captain and prize dhead) on his 'pulpit' - top piss-taking by BBC watching James telling staff that they could have opinions on the prospective new employees but only when Captain James gave them to them.
Two things became clear:
James Watt and Brewdog couldn't organise a recruitment process in a brewery.
Dread to think of the enforced Jollity at their piss-ups - when you have to conform to James' view of everything.
Brewdog's plans for a one hour free tv advert on how cool they were backfired spectacularly when it turned out that Captain James Watt is not at all cool and is as dull and money-grabbing as any old-school capitalist.
Nothing like an arse getting properly shafted by a stick of his own making.
could not agree more,big dip in sales now comming what a titWe blow s
t up. - Been watching Top Gear and other dad telly etc etcWe have beards - might be a novelty in Scotland to have hipsters but I doubt it.
Old men wearing trainers being 'creative' - we have them by the barrowload.
James Watt (the Captain and prize d
head) on his 'pulpit' - top piss-taking by BBC watching James telling staff that they could have opinions on the prospective new employees but only when Captain James gave them to them.Two things became clear:
James Watt and Brewdog couldn't organise a recruitment process in a brewery.
Dread to think of the enforced Jollity at their piss-ups - when you have to conform to James' view of everything.
Brewdog's plans for a one hour free tv advert on how cool they were backfired spectacularly when it turned out that Captain James Watt is not at all cool and is as dull and money-grabbing as any old-school capitalist.
Nothing like an arse getting properly shafted by a stick of his own making.
Edited by footnote on Wednesday 9th March 08:49
I was in a brewdog once and found their beers overpriced and lacking any subtlety and the pub felt very corporate.
Their marketing really puts my back up too, it seems to be say the word punk enough and it might just wear off.
James came across as a bellend throughout - especially that attempt at a top gearesq entry to the carpark.
Also did they say quite early on in the show that the bald bloke had previously worked in property for Punch?
Their marketing really puts my back up too, it seems to be say the word punk enough and it might just wear off.
James came across as a bellend throughout - especially that attempt at a top gearesq entry to the carpark.
Also did they say quite early on in the show that the bald bloke had previously worked in property for Punch?
Yep - my understanding of the candidates was that both chaps had area manager experience and one definitely had brewery/hospitality experience.
The woman was always being set up for a fall I felt but James Watts came across as such a dick when he tried to humiliate all of them in that room where he questioned whether they had any hospitality experience.
Captain Watts' telephone call to the recruitment consultant, designed he thought, to make him look clever and authoritative, simply made him look pathetic and like a pedantic dweeb.
To then accost the three candidates and accuse them of being the cause of the problem, by not having hospitality experience, and then find out they had hospitality experience - what a knob!
His closing comments to the woman candidate when he gave her his bottle of cheap piss - like a big man - he went all snidey and said something like "that's the only intelligent thing you've ever said" - what a pompous prick!
The measure of a 'man' (any human) is how they act when they don't have to be kind, when they're in a position of power and are holding all the cards.
Well that showed me the measure of James Watts and Brewdog - good luck to the hipsters working for that tosser - he'll fk them over quicker than they can say 'you're so judgemental man!'
The woman was always being set up for a fall I felt but James Watts came across as such a dick when he tried to humiliate all of them in that room where he questioned whether they had any hospitality experience.
Captain Watts' telephone call to the recruitment consultant, designed he thought, to make him look clever and authoritative, simply made him look pathetic and like a pedantic dweeb.
To then accost the three candidates and accuse them of being the cause of the problem, by not having hospitality experience, and then find out they had hospitality experience - what a knob!
His closing comments to the woman candidate when he gave her his bottle of cheap piss - like a big man - he went all snidey and said something like "that's the only intelligent thing you've ever said" - what a pompous prick!
The measure of a 'man' (any human) is how they act when they don't have to be kind, when they're in a position of power and are holding all the cards.
Well that showed me the measure of James Watts and Brewdog - good luck to the hipsters working for that tosser - he'll f
k them over quicker than they can say 'you're so judgemental man!'The illusion of a 'cult' is that everyone in it is a true believer and it is a community of like minded individuals.
However, the reality is the cult always has a leader who is autocratic, and the followers always know that underneath the illusion of the shared belief system it's subject to change.
However, the reality is the cult always has a leader who is autocratic, and the followers always know that underneath the illusion of the shared belief system it's subject to change.
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Brewdog's James Watt on the spin again - he's not an ahole - no - everyone else just conspired to make him look like an ahole.
Hubris.
Brewdog's James Watt on the spin again - he's not an a
hole - no - everyone else just conspired to make him look like an ahole.Hubris.
ahh... I'm so glad I wasn't the only one that thought the "Boss" was a bit of a tw@ then...
... it made me laugh how he started off being all edgy with their interview technique.. then realised the candidates weren't quite what he expected... perhaps if he asked them some relevant questions and stopped being an arrogant so and so he might have learnt something about them!
"Craft Beer" yeh right.... haha...
... it made me laugh how he started off being all edgy with their interview technique.. then realised the candidates weren't quite what he expected... perhaps if he asked them some relevant questions and stopped being an arrogant so and so he might have learnt something about them!
"Craft Beer" yeh right.... haha...
When he asked that question of the woman - I think I suffered from her reaction - in that I couldn't understand his broad accent.
Also, is 747 said in isolation/without qualification or additional description, going to instantly conjure up an image of a jumbo jet to a woman of a certain age? I just think she couldn't initially interpret the question at all.
Still, he's the boss - not his problem if people can't understand him - that's their problem.
They all had a lucky escape.
When they started down the alternative job description route - I was sure Captain James was going to offer them jobs as cleaners or warehouse operatives - something where the company's brand image wouldn't be affected - cool!
Also, is 747 said in isolation/without qualification or additional description, going to instantly conjure up an image of a jumbo jet to a woman of a certain age? I just think she couldn't initially interpret the question at all.
Still, he's the boss - not his problem if people can't understand him - that's their problem.
They all had a lucky escape.
When they started down the alternative job description route - I was sure Captain James was going to offer them jobs as cleaners or warehouse operatives - something where the company's brand image wouldn't be affected - cool!
I did a quick google on the 747 load of jelly beans question and it turns out it's not even original. It's all over the internet and really shows him as a David Brent type.
I think the hipster/too cool for school vibe is cringey and comedic, however, I actually borderline like James. I think the business is his baby, and when the TV show is all wrapped up he potentially could have been stuck with someone that he didn't feel suited the role/his business, which just isn't worth it for the sake of good TV. So fair play to him for stepping in, yes he throttled the opinions his staff had on the matter, but that's his job afterall, is it not?
I think both Andy and Rus are very nice and capable blokes and will do very well. I think Lucy shouldn't have been on the show as you was verging on stupid and had no real people or information processing skills from what I saw. The fact that she had been selected as one of the candidates clearly got to her head and gave her a heightened sense of self-worth, when in reality she would probably do a mediocre job managing a McDonalds (again, from what I saw in the documentary). I think this was all perfectly summed up by her inability to give an answer to the 747 Jellybean question, and also when she brought it up again in her final meeting she just came across as very dull minded. I had a chuckle at James saying "that's the only sensible thing you've said all day" in regards to the beer comment, as I think he was absolutely spot on.
I think both Andy and Rus are very nice and capable blokes and will do very well. I think Lucy shouldn't have been on the show as you was verging on stupid and had no real people or information processing skills from what I saw. The fact that she had been selected as one of the candidates clearly got to her head and gave her a heightened sense of self-worth, when in reality she would probably do a mediocre job managing a McDonalds (again, from what I saw in the documentary). I think this was all perfectly summed up by her inability to give an answer to the 747 Jellybean question, and also when she brought it up again in her final meeting she just came across as very dull minded. I had a chuckle at James saying "that's the only sensible thing you've said all day" in regards to the beer comment, as I think he was absolutely spot on.
Conventional unconventionality is Jims mantra, maybe not originally but the upscale of the business has tempered his wackiness.
Note they took in 3 heavy hitting directors this year so now 8 inc the CEO, I guess he is in love with the cash now and the original small plucky go getters is history.
Note they took in 3 heavy hitting directors this year so now 8 inc the CEO, I guess he is in love with the cash now and the original small plucky go getters is history.
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