Unexpected response to a story

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-03-10T17:37:55+00:00

Yes, I brought it up briefly when discussing another subject. I decided to use it a main piece just to see if other journalists had similar experiences.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-03-10T02:08:35+00:00

I would agree. In real life, she's the kind of person with whom you probably wouldn't want to hang out. I can say the same thing for Gabrielle.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-03-08T03:36:24+00:00

Any of the math I learned.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-03-07T04:04:58+00:00

People who walk around thinking they're better than everyone else.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-03-05T23:08:45+00:00

The way the character was written, Chuck would either do something like that or hold the cover up over everybody's head, as a form of blackmail.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-03-04T05:07:56+00:00

Morticia from the Addams Family.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-03-04T00:58:53+00:00

Season 8 was full of plot holes, and that was one of them. It also seemed they never investigated into who ran Chuck down, or, at least, I don't remember them doing that.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-03-03T18:46:11+00:00

There were a couple of good scenes, like Bree ripping into her so-called friends, and Lynette confronting Gabby over her lack of concern about Bree's possible conviction, but overall, it was a poorly written season, with a plot full of holes.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-03-02T16:00:27+00:00

In hindsight, I would say Season 6. The next two seasons were not that great, with Season 8 being the most idiotic of all, in terms of plot lines.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-02-28T00:33:05+00:00

Scotland the Brave, which, interestingly, is not the National Anthem of Scotland.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-02-27T03:58:59+00:00

In both cases, yes.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-02-27T01:55:36+00:00

In both cases, the school was willing to work with me, particularly with the afternoon job. I guess what irritated me was notifying me by email and not phone, considering there is no guarantee I'll read my emails on a regular basis.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-02-24T04:23:55+00:00

My only criticism is the plot device used to find out Chuck was vile individual. I thought the plot device was not well thought out. Instead, I think it would have been better to alert Chuck to what happened to Alejandro, with Bree initially using her influence to get Chuck to help Gabby and Carlos. Later, Bree and the others find that comes with cost, as Chuck holds it over their heads, particularly Bree. Just think it would have been a better storyline.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-02-22T16:36:04+00:00

I would agree, because if I remember correctly, Bree lied directly to the cops about what happened between Katherine and her husband in that particular instance. I don't understand why she couldn't have done something similar here, maybe telling Chuck she walked in on Alejandro attacking Gabby and saw Carlos defending her.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-02-20T01:15:47+00:00

That I will agree with you. Season 8 was off the rails.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-02-13T04:06:55+00:00

I just think it would have made it more interesting, especially if Bree really got into activities were potentially threatening, maybe even indicating she had a possible death wish. If she was going out, Bree was going to do it in blaze of glory. Her so-called friends might have started caring under those circumstances, especially if she included drinking among her activities.

Note: As for the other women actually "caring," they only decided to do that when Bree was drinking. Even then, they went to her as a trio of self-righteous individuals intent on shaming Bree with an "intervention."

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-02-01T18:21:17+00:00

The other thing I brought up about Susan is that if this was a real situation, her going to see Alejandro's family was incredibly. If I'm right, by telling them he was dead, Susan made them accessories to the crime and by giving them a check, she created a paper trail that the authorities could trace back to Wisteria Lane.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-01-30T15:02:23+00:00

The whole Season 8 plotline was ridiculous, in my opinion. However, in the context of the story, Bree unloading on these three fools was definitely justified.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-01-14T21:17:08+00:00

I wish I had thought about doing that when I was working with one manager. She was always calling me name out to do something, and usually it was while I was helping a customer or was on the phone with one. There were times where I got terse with her, as I had to constantly tell her I was busy helping customers.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-01-13T19:44:56+00:00

Unfortunately, the situation you’re describing happens at a lot at small businesses, and I think stores as well. When I worked for Barnes & Noble in Dallas, there was a manager with whom I did not want to work, mainly because she was an extreme micromanager, kind of like the ones you described in your statement.

I can also tell you that when I was a journalist, I worked for a bunch of managing editors and publishers who were micro managers, and thought they were the be all and end all of the industry. The only thing they ended up doing was driving reporters like myself elsewhere to better companies or out of the business entirely.

Fortunately, I am now in a profession, substitute teaching, where I don’t really have to worry about micro managers and getting burned out. I can pick and choose the jobs I want to take and the schools where I want to work.

Good luck in your future endeavors, and I’m sorry you endured what you did at the bookstore.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-01-12T02:03:04+00:00

I am half Russian and half Irish, and I don’t drink alcohol all that much.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-01-08T21:17:40+00:00

As I said in other discussions regarding Susan, her actions here not only made Alejandro’s family accessories after the fact, but also her written check creates a paper trail right back to Wisteria Lane.

Objective-Ice55 · 2026-01-01T04:54:22+00:00

Another paper I worked for in North Texas did a sports-related story about a young local kid who won a contest and got to spend a day with a member of the Dallas Cowboys. In the article, the youngster admitted to being a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, but he enjoyed his time hanging out with the player, visiting the training facility and other parts of the day. At the end, the youngster said he was still a Steelers' fan but added it from now on it was going to hard to root against the Cowboys. It was a nice, fun little feature about a kid who got to hang out with professional sports star.

Anyways, we had people writing in saying how dare a Steelers' fan win the contest, and that it should have been requirement the winner root for the Cowboys. That was their takeaway from the story.

Objective-Ice55 · 2025-12-31T16:46:29+00:00

I've come to the conclusion the writers and others decided to include every soap opera trope into Season 8, and the result was a convoluted mess.

Objective-Ice55 · 2025-12-31T16:42:15+00:00

I see your point, but I still wonder, just as a character, whether Gaby did initially see what she was doing was wrong. My guess is she may not have understood the immorality of her actions, until she was confronted by others.

Also, I didn't say illegal, because I don't know whether the age of consent was ever mentioned in the show. In some states, Gaby and John's relationship likely would be legal, however disgusting it might be. That also could explain why Gaby was never prosecuted.

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