I'm not a big reality TV guy, but this is actually kinda interesting. And it even got a Houston (and Reliant) shout out. I ain't gonna lie, though; I really want to see the Hooters episode next week.
Yeah, I'm recording this series. It's one of the more interesting series in an otherwise garbage age for TV. I'll probably watch the Waste Management CEO episode during the week sometime.
What is the sad thing is people like Kevin who create their own rules to make their jobsite look good. I work at a job that I can almost guarantee the exact thing happens. Lower management creating their own rules and conspiring against the hourly worker. It sucks.
I'm also not a reality TV person, but this show definitely had my attention. The Hooters episode should be worth watching.
The concept is great, and I think it really can benefit the companies for CEOs to do this kind of thing. But I don't understand the underlying logic. How do they explain why there's a high-tech HD camera crew following this random trainee employee around everywhere he goes? For example, when he was invited to dinner at the employee's house - why is there a camera crew following him to dinner??
They tell them that it's a reality show about a guy trying out a 'first day' at different jobs, if I understood it correctly. Kind of like a Dirty Jobs sort of thing. They take the heads of big companies and they work the everyday jobs of their employees. Tonight's first episode had the President and COO of Waste Management working like five different jobs like trash sorting, riding with the trucks on their routes, etc. One of the jobs was cleaning those portable toilets at a fair in front of Reliant.
Good show, lots to see from a managers perspective about how rules implemented can somehow have an adverse effect. DD
I am not a "reality TV" type guy either. *Let's admit it... we watched it because it was after the "big game." I really enjoyed watching this and made Mrs. SwoLy watch it with me, too. We were glued to figure out what happened with the employees. It was a tear-jerker. Definitely will watch next week, now that there's no football.
I'm sorry, but it depresses me when I consider just how far network TV has fallen. In this case, right into a dumpster.
Yeah, that's pretty much the only reason I watched it. I probably would have forgotten about it if I'd just seen a commercial sometime. haha ? Did you find something pretty trashy about it? I thought it was all fairly respectable, unlike a lot of reality tv, which is why it surprised me. Unless this is a ISWYDT moment. haha
Sorry. What I said really wasn't a comment on the quality of this show versus the other reality shows. For all I know, it could definitely be a cut above the competition. I was making a comment about the depths network TV has fallen to. I know a lot of folks like these reality shows. My wife loves the shows on HGTV, which is another kind of reality show about the home, design, and the like. I enjoy a couple of those, like the "International House Hunters" show, where people look for homes to buy in foreign countries. We've considered retiring overseas, so I have some interest in that. Honestly, I didn't intend a slam at your thread at all. I just have too good a memory of the days when there were 4 channels to watch... ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS. Such a different TV world from today! And now I watch mostly cable shows myself, most on HBO. Oh, and what does "ISWYDT" mean?
Oh yeah, I agree pretty much. Like I said, not a big reality show guy. And I was thinking maybe 'I see what you did there'...you know, the show was about Waste Management, and....dumpsters....
The Hooters episode next week looks pretty ridiculous. From the previews they showed of it, its going to be the boss of Hooters being so appalled at how the waitresses are treated. Some paraphrasing from one clip (i dont remember the exact words): CEO of Hooters to one of his scum-bag managers after he caught the manager doing something disrespectful to the waitresses: "We are trying to create an atmosphere of respect here at Hooters." what the heck, your whole chain is based on disrespecting women! what does he expect?
I actually really enjoy the emotional aspect of some of these shows. I mean, it's not like everything on TV was good even back then, we were just more tolerant because there weren't as many choices. There are still good network shows, you gotta give them a chance...I think the same goes for reality TV. "in the dumpster..." = scoreboard.
