Is this country completely crackers?

I just don't get the Jeremy Clarkson thing.

As a nation we claimed to be shocked about Jimmy Saville et al and the general consensus was that he was never investigated because of his celebrity.........."never again will anyone be too important or valuable to be investigated".......... In JC, if reports are to be believed, we have someone who chose to stay an extra 2 hours in a pub, had a helicopter on standby for all of that time, came back and complained that the kitchen had closed because the staff had finished their shifts and so was only offered cold food. His response was to berate a more junior colleague for 20 minutes (with his co-stars witnessing - I'd be interested to know what they did/said), told him he was sacking him and finally to punch him causing a cut lip which required stitching. Even then it wasn't the victim but JC himself who informed his employers. If I did anything like that at work I sincerely hope my employers would sack me!


nb there has been a suggestion that his contract, which was due to be renewed in the very near future, contained a clause stating that he couldn't go and work for a rival company unless his current contract was terminated because he'd been sacked.... who knows?

 

For me, that is an important point and I suppose depends very much on his motivation for doing so.
Somehow, I don't get the feeling it was a case of: oopsie, I've done something silly, please forgive me.
I get the sense that he informed them more in the context of: That little twit blah-blah-blah so I decked him one; he deserved it. When are you going to replace him?

 

Definitely laugh of the morning, thank you!!!

 

re Jeremy Clarkson

I think I'm more cynical; I suspect his own self-importance is a factor but I do wonder whether he's been provocative for some time and challenging to be sacked, almost like a child pushing the boundaries. The idea that he may have wanted to be sacked for contractual reasons can't be discounted either.

I became suspicious when the number plate in Argentina matter arose. In Argentina they don't acknowledge the name Falklands as the islands' name so I felt it was a stunt for us in the UK.

 

Re: Jeremy Clarkson. I really really like JC, he is his own man, says what he thinks and is defnitely not PC in any way but.......................this was uncalled for and very wrong of him, as much as I like him I'm sorry but I think he deserved to be sacked.

 

I see your point Shiney but this is the sort of consideration that has to be made when delivering a final warning.

Notwithstanding, I don't see how bullying at work which includes verbal as well as physical abuse can be condoned and keeping him would surely have sent that message. Further, I still think he wanted to go.

Not sure how the other presenters stand contractually. Although I guess contractual restrictions are difficult to implement especially now that their current contracts have expired.

 

Im a bit confused why everyone is assuming top gear will be worse now. Obviously it wont be the same but that doesnt mean it will be worse

it may become worse without clarkson but it also may be loads better. it will depend who they get and if they just try to keep the exact same thing rather than switch it up and do something new and refreshing

Change isnt always good but change can be great.

Im keeping an open mind

 

Top gear may well be just as good but not for me anymore...James May,JC and the Hamster were a good team and not for one minute am I condoning JC's antics but the three of them were Top Gear IMO so it will never be the same..

 

I feel that is up to the BBC to find him an alternative post ensuring that he does not suffer loss of work as a result.

 

Appreciate that - these days though, those old fashioned concepts are not always upheld. Too much knee-jerk, act now think later attitudes prevailing.