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performed honestly and started the âhook or by crookâ method with some false representations to clients in misleading them to bid by some undue influence. Any responsible executive eeing Troyâs business tactics on-the-job would say this worker is a loose cannon because he canât conform to corporate policies and marches to his own tune. Even Bill who has observed own co-worker said he had serious questions about the way Troy goes about closing his deals.
KMJ179: I was surprised when Troy crossed the Ethical boundry and resorted to lying about the actual number of people interested in renting the place. He did not have to do that. Ireonically when Troy was up front with the potential second client about having the first client also interested and sitting in another office, Troy lost out. The second client felt like he was beeing hussled. In a way I could not blame the second client though. We are talking about a high lease price for one day and you are telling me that I am competing with someone else for the highest price. I would tell Troy to go jump in the Hudson. Troy was very professional and let the client go after thanking him for the opportunity to meet.
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Ken NJ: You just illustrated one incident of Troyâs unacceptable method of doing business. Iâve seen used-car salesperson with more style and honesty than Troy. The other instance, Iâve posted about Troy pulling the Kwame autograph sales in Planet Hollywood curbside in misleading patrons. The Better Business Bureau and the State Consumer Agencies would be starting investigations on such pattern of business practices. Iâve seen aggressive sales people like Troy bankrupt profitable businesses overnight where the courts awarded treble damages in multimillion judgements. Troy is a live trip wire, just waiting to blow up the company. Thatâs NOT an understatement in todayâs corporate governance.
It would probably take you a lifetime to read all the transcripts of comparable debates, both online and off, that follow in the wake of these shows. The spelling isnât perfect, and the grammar occasionally leaves something to be desired. But the level of cognitive engagement, the eagerness to evaluate the show through the lens of personal experience and wisdom, the tight focus on the contestantsâ motives and character flawsâall this is remarkable. Itâs impossible to imagine even the highbrow shows of yesteryearâmuch less The Dukes of Hazardâ inspiring this quantity and quality of analysis. (There are literally hundreds of pages of equivalent commentary at this one fan site alone.) The unique cocktail that the reality genre serves upâreal people, evolving rule systems, and emotional intimacyâprods the mind into action. You donât zone out in front of shows like The Apprentice. You play along.
The content of the game youâre playing, admittedly, suffers from a shallow premise and a highly artificial environment. (Plus the show forces you to contemplate Donald Trumpâs comb-over on a regular basis, occasionally windblown.) This is another way in which the reality shows borrow their techniques from the video games: the content is less interesting than the cognitive work the show elicits from your mind. Itâs the collateral learning that matters.
Part of that collateral learning comes from the sheer number of characters involved in a show like The Apprentice or Survivor. Just as The Sopranos challenges the mind to follow multiple threads, the reality shows demand that we track multiple relationships, since the action of these shows revolves around the shifting feuds and alliances between more than a dozen individuals. This, too, activates a component of our emotional IQ, sometimes called our social intelligence: our ability to monitor and recall many distinct vectors of interaction in the population around us, to remember that Peter hates Paul, but Paul likes Peter, and both
KMJ179: I was surprised when Troy crossed the Ethical boundry and resorted to lying about the actual number of people interested in renting the place. He did not have to do that. Ireonically when Troy was up front with the potential second client about having the first client also interested and sitting in another office, Troy lost out. The second client felt like he was beeing hussled. In a way I could not blame the second client though. We are talking about a high lease price for one day and you are telling me that I am competing with someone else for the highest price. I would tell Troy to go jump in the Hudson. Troy was very professional and let the client go after thanking him for the opportunity to meet.
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Ken NJ: You just illustrated one incident of Troyâs unacceptable method of doing business. Iâve seen used-car salesperson with more style and honesty than Troy. The other instance, Iâve posted about Troy pulling the Kwame autograph sales in Planet Hollywood curbside in misleading patrons. The Better Business Bureau and the State Consumer Agencies would be starting investigations on such pattern of business practices. Iâve seen aggressive sales people like Troy bankrupt profitable businesses overnight where the courts awarded treble damages in multimillion judgements. Troy is a live trip wire, just waiting to blow up the company. Thatâs NOT an understatement in todayâs corporate governance.
It would probably take you a lifetime to read all the transcripts of comparable debates, both online and off, that follow in the wake of these shows. The spelling isnât perfect, and the grammar occasionally leaves something to be desired. But the level of cognitive engagement, the eagerness to evaluate the show through the lens of personal experience and wisdom, the tight focus on the contestantsâ motives and character flawsâall this is remarkable. Itâs impossible to imagine even the highbrow shows of yesteryearâmuch less The Dukes of Hazardâ inspiring this quantity and quality of analysis. (There are literally hundreds of pages of equivalent commentary at this one fan site alone.) The unique cocktail that the reality genre serves upâreal people, evolving rule systems, and emotional intimacyâprods the mind into action. You donât zone out in front of shows like The Apprentice. You play along.
The content of the game youâre playing, admittedly, suffers from a shallow premise and a highly artificial environment. (Plus the show forces you to contemplate Donald Trumpâs comb-over on a regular basis, occasionally windblown.) This is another way in which the reality shows borrow their techniques from the video games: the content is less interesting than the cognitive work the show elicits from your mind. Itâs the collateral learning that matters.
Part of that collateral learning comes from the sheer number of characters involved in a show like The Apprentice or Survivor. Just as The Sopranos challenges the mind to follow multiple threads, the reality shows demand that we track multiple relationships, since the action of these shows revolves around the shifting feuds and alliances between more than a dozen individuals. This, too, activates a component of our emotional IQ, sometimes called our social intelligence: our ability to monitor and recall many distinct vectors of interaction in the population around us, to remember that Peter hates Paul, but Paul likes Peter, and both
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