I've read through most of the comments on this post, and my main issue is that you're presenting your *opinions* as fact. Which they're not. Okay, maybe that's how it works a lot of the time in the television industry, but it's certainly not true in every case, just as your analogies don't work every time in the real world. It's a case by case basis. Not every business works from the same model, obviously, and saying "this is how it works" is not true. That's how it works sometimes, not all the time. You're making blanket statements to encompass a very massive industry, which I doubt you know everything about. They're generalizations, not solid fact.
But even so, stating the obvious, that people in charge suck, is not going to make anyone feel better or be less upset over how Rachel Nichols was fired. Even if she didn't find out on Twitter, it was still very sudden, and as of a week ago she was sure she was returning for the seventh season, and now all of a sudden she's not. That would suck. How would you feel in her position? I don't think you'd just 'get over it' because 'that's how it works.' Getting fired sucks balls. I know that and I've never even been fired. And no, she wasn't 'suspecting it', not if her Twitter is any indication. But then, when your boss tells you, 'you're not getting fired' you tend to believe them, no?
Okay, though, YOU don't feel sorry for her because "it's the industry." Fine, have at it. But no matter how many times you tell me "that's just how it works" (which is not true anyway), it's not going to change anything, except my irritation level. That's what I mean by you making it seem like other people's opinions don't matter. I wasn't even talking about me, but other people on who've commented. Isn't there a saying "the world sucks and then you die?" Yes, there is. Or something to that extent. But should everyone just be pessimists and expect terrible things to happen all the time? No, I don't think so. Yes, bad things happen, in business, in school, in *life.* But not many people sit around harping on them all the time. I doubt Rachel did. But now, she's down a job. I, for one, feel very bad for her, and am very mad at CBS for being complete douche-bags once more.
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Date: May. 29th, 2011 07:22 am (UTC)But even so, stating the obvious, that people in charge suck, is not going to make anyone feel better or be less upset over how Rachel Nichols was fired. Even if she didn't find out on Twitter, it was still very sudden, and as of a week ago she was sure she was returning for the seventh season, and now all of a sudden she's not. That would suck. How would you feel in her position? I don't think you'd just 'get over it' because 'that's how it works.' Getting fired sucks balls. I know that and I've never even been fired. And no, she wasn't 'suspecting it', not if her Twitter is any indication. But then, when your boss tells you, 'you're not getting fired' you tend to believe them, no?
Okay, though, YOU don't feel sorry for her because "it's the industry." Fine, have at it. But no matter how many times you tell me "that's just how it works" (which is not true anyway), it's not going to change anything, except my irritation level. That's what I mean by you making it seem like other people's opinions don't matter. I wasn't even talking about me, but other people on who've commented. Isn't there a saying "the world sucks and then you die?" Yes, there is. Or something to that extent. But should everyone just be pessimists and expect terrible things to happen all the time? No, I don't think so. Yes, bad things happen, in business, in school, in *life.* But not many people sit around harping on them all the time. I doubt Rachel did. But now, she's down a job. I, for one, feel very bad for her, and am very mad at CBS for being complete douche-bags once more.