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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, February 28, 2005 - 1:24 pm
Boss Swap Monday, March 7 at 9/8c Is the grass greener on the other side? It's a new twist in the old exchange -- swap bosses instead of wives! This week, in "Silver/Caden," the nurturing, laidback CEO of an all-female promotional merchandise firm swaps companies and management styles with the tough-talking boss of an all-male car dealership who won't hire saleswomen, on Boss Swap. It's a special edition of the critically acclaimed reality show, Wife Swap -- with the swap in the workplace instead of the household!
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Mssilhouette
Member
07-11-2001
| Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 1:13 pm
Um I'd like to swich my "boss"(hate that word) with someone more human and less anal rententive/ micro managing...thanks!
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 7:38 pm
Starts tonight!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 7:39 pm
So far I am thinking they end up with a win-win situation.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 7:44 pm
Well now I don't get it. Why are the car sales dropping? Just cuz they are not playing cards?
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Seabreeze
Member
09-05-2004
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 7:45 pm
So far, I am impressed with the guy boss. I did not think that I would but he is learning and very adept. I don't like the sexist guys he employs.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 7:49 pm
I agree with you Seabreeze. I like Stuart and the girls did need a kick in the butt to get them in gear. Wish they would have been more clear as to what happened with the guy that got fired. To me it seemed that the girl was overly hostile. But they didn't make it clear what got her upset. Hard to tell if firing that guy was justified or not.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 7:53 pm
He made a remark about her "implants". Sounds like they had trouble with him before and were glad to get rid of him.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 7:56 pm
Thanks Rslover. i musta missed that. At the meeting, Stuart said it was a good decision and he had been a loose cannon.
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Seabreeze
Member
09-05-2004
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 7:56 pm
I think he made a sexist remark to her face...that is why he was fired. STuart is a doll. He made some great changes. I don't like the cameras but everything else was on the mark. Kerry said that his sucess was because he was a new face and that was not true. Meanwhile, she implemented cosmetic changes but nothing deeper. She tried with the motivational guy but he was a bust.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 9:59 pm
If she didn't fire the guy, the woman he harassed about implants would have had a good case of a hostile workplace. I didn't understand about the lower car sales, either. Why would people have stopped coming to the lot--they had no clue about the change (or did they?} At least the car boss was impressed by the signs.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 12:02 am
I liked this show. I feel so bad that the girl's changes were all useless, yet all of the guy's changes stuck. However I noticed they moved back to wearing jeans, and I would think that one girl who worked from 8 til before 5 would probably go back to her old schedule.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 1:40 am
Surprised you guys all liked this show. I was horrified. The girls 'needed' a guy to tell them what to do? Of course the sister who started up the company LOVED it when Stuart created distress and bickering between the girls as it caused her business to make more profits. The other sister who swapped and went to the Car lot tried but lets face it, those guys were 'refusing to work' for a woman. I dont believe for one minute that customers suddenly stopped coming onto the lot to look at cars. The guys didnt want any changes to stay so they didnt make sales. Stu would not definitely return the gambling etc if he thought that the guys would work well without it. I, for one, didnt feel that Stu was a nice guy who was trying to fit in with the ladies. His comments were dismissive and rude. Even going out for dinner with them was a form of manipulation. His snotty treatment of the dark curlyhaired pregnant woman who came in an hour early so she could leave for an appt miffed me. This show didnt show women as strong capable business people...it made it look like woman are slackers whom needed a man to shape them up. The final insult for me was the POST SHOW update done where the girls hired a guy to work for them because they liked 'having a man around'. Oh and Eeyore I agree.I feel so bad that the girl's changes were all useless, She had some good ideas and frankly I was amazed that Stu refused to keep the washrooms nice...just shows how narrowminded he really was, imho.
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Seabreeze
Member
09-05-2004
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 3:30 am
I agree about the guys. I think they just stopped working especially when they knew their boss was a girl. For the girls, I did not see it as they needed a guy to make them work. I think they needed the competition. I agree Stuart was dismissive in the beginning, but then I saw how he was trying to adapt to the new environment with his management skills. Even the second in command liked the new rules and structure. I did not see it as Stu refusing to keep the washrooms nice. The shot showed the flowers still there. But some guys will be guys and not refill the tp. If the guys were messies beforehand, they will still be messies.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 5:27 am
Hmmmm....you know that shot they showed of the guy they hired at the ladies firm? Well, he sure don't look anything like the "lone guy" shown in the staff photos from their website...
HERE and scroll down. Seems like the guy they showed on tonight's show was younger. Or maybe my short term memory is worse than I thought. Love the pic of their "newest addition!" And their Home Page.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 7:53 am
Sunshyne, I think you are way wrong. The pregnant lady did not mention anything about a doctor appt. (i'll even go back and check the tape later to confirm this as maybe I missed it.) Also, I do not think the show made womEn look like slackers at all.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 7:57 am
Fun link, Whoami! Nope, that guy doesn't look a thing like the one I saw on the show last night. Hmmmm...that's some editing! 
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Dalm_dad
Member
07-06-2004
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 9:46 am
I don't feel bad about the girl's changes looking useless as compared to Stu's. Clearly, her style is not as productive, regardless of the people under her. Dalm.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 10:59 am
Ok Sunshyne. I rewatched the segment with the pregnant lady. She did not mention a thing about any appointment. (And he was not snotty at all.) He just merely reiterated the rules. She was not allowed to make her own hours. In the future, please try to get your facts correct. Especially if you are going to make any judgments.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 11:16 am
I think the guy boss looks like the guy from that Fox show Marry a Millionaire or whatever it was called, the show with Darva Conger.
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Dalm_dad
Member
07-06-2004
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 11:21 am
Happymom.....that is exactly what my wife said. Dalm.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 11:27 am
What station is this on? I didn't even see it listed in my TV Guide and its not listed on the TV Times section at TVCH.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 1:14 pm
Lexie, it is on ABC Mon nights at 8pm cst. (right before SuperNanny)
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 4:38 pm
In the future, please try to get your facts correct. Especially if you are going to make any judgments. ?? Like everyone on this site gets their 'facts' straight ROTFL. I appreciate your critism, however, She NEEDED to leave at four or she wouldnt have come in. I know she didnt say the word APPOINTMENT. I didnt SAY she said the word appointment. It is commonsense that of she needed to leave at a specific time it was for an appointment of some kind...whether doctor, business, meeting a friend, family commitments ALL ARE technically appointments which is why i used the word. And stu WAS snotty(my word). Each time she tried to say something he dismissively talked her down until she left in disgust. We all watch the show with different perspectives and biases. I appreciate your view, allow me mine, therefore feel free to agree to disagree. Slackers- coming in whenever they felt like it then not actually working. Making personal calls on company time, doing personal emailing and computer stuff while on company time. No deadlines or any pressure to actually GET customers nor any expectation to actually DO any work. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=slacker Moving slowly; sluggish: a slack pace. Lacking in activity; not busy: a slack season for the travel business. Not tense or taut; loose: a slack rope; slack muscles. See Synonyms at loose. Lacking firmness; flaccid: a slack grip. Lacking in diligence or due care or concern; negligent: a slack worker.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 4:46 pm
Well I think she just wanted to leave before 5. I think if she had an appt, she would have said so. But no one but she, knows for sure.
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