Grooch | Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 06:50 am  What was the deal about the mint? Was it a plant by the DI's, or did she really take it? Why would the hotel tell the DI's that there was one missing? Were they told ahead of time that they were not allowed to eat them? She would have been better off eating it then, instead of trying to hide it. |
Zeb | Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 10:13 am  You raise a good questions about the mint being planted, but since Whitlow didn't confront them with it after they found it then I suspect she knew she took it. The DI's DID ask them if they had anything in their packs and they all responded "no". It was just cause for the DI's to go off on them and Whitlow. They will make their last few days there hell in order to earn the money. |
Karuuna | Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 10:15 am  Beats me, Grooch. They were told they couldn't eat anything but their MRE's while they were at the hotel. I think the DI's left the mints in the room on purpose to see if they could catch the recruits. Then when they lined up to leave, the DI's asked them if they had any "contraband", making it clear they weren't supposed to take anything with them. They all denied that they had. I can't believe she didn't wolf that down first chance she got! |
Grooch | Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 10:24 am  But they were allowed to eat breakfast, so I would have eaten the mint also. They did a poor job explaining it. Then they didn't even have Whitlow on camera explaining the incident. That's what makes me think it was a plant. Anyway. if it wasn't, it sure was stupid to not eat it when you had the chance. |
Zeb | Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 11:24 am  Actually, why would the Ritz Hotel call the DI's to tell them that a mint was missing? It's not like they couldn't afford to replace it. The DI's could have been screwing around with them. Who knows? |
Bijoux | Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 11:48 am  Maybe Whitlow was set-up. For all we know one of the camera men filming saw what happened. The point wasn't the mint, the point was honor. They were honor bound to keep to the rules and she broke them over something trivial. They didn't care about the mint, they cared about the (dis) honor of taking it and not confessing when questioned later. Even if she had eaten the mint, there is still the problem of her not keeping to her agreement that they would not eat anything but the food rations. Having honor in your life means abiding by certain principles, not just avoiding getting caught breaking them. |
Grooch | Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 11:53 am  Bijoux you are correct, but my original question was did she take it, or was it planted there by someone else? They never interviewed her to get her side of the story. I'm just wondering how "real" are these reality shows? |
Bijoux | Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 12:11 pm  I'm going with that she really took it then. If you want to teach honor to someone to do it by example. That doesn't prevent the producers from exploiting the opportunity. |
Zeb | Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 01:05 pm  She took a mint, didn't report it, took some heat and will probably win anyway. Such is life. |
Seamonkey | Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 02:11 pm  I suspected that Wolf planted the mint Actually I have no idea.. in fact I thought the DI's were bellowing about a MITT until they stuck the mint in Whitlow's mouth.. bizarre. |
Egbok77 | Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 06:43 pm  Whoever did whatever to the Mint, we all saw the bottomline, which was the totally brutal ransacking of anything moveable. It made for a memorable moment on Reality TV wouldn't ya say?? Therefore, I'm suspicious of what took place, how it took place and why Whitlow didn't discuss the issue during the show. She sure has some 'splaining to do! |
Zeb | Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 07:25 pm  Maybe we should put her in a cell, lock the door, and throw mints at her through the bars. |
Puttergirl | Wednesday, May 16, 2001 - 03:39 pm  Grooch, I came to the conclusion a long time ago that most of what we see on these shows (and even in the interviews away from the show) are staged. And I constantly see things in them that reinforce the notion!!!
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Rogue | Thursday, May 17, 2001 - 05:12 am  She never denied it though, says alot for integrity first. Besides, they weren't allowed to have food in the barracks. I'm surprised they still allowed to her to remain untouched for the kicking of people out. Hmm...reality thru a kaleidoscope, interesteding. |