sticks and stones new drama

I started watching it but 15 minutes in I was not enjoying it at all. On to Gransnet, and having read the comments, I went to the end. I will delete it now. I know of course that this goes on, and it's awful. However I am in mood for an entertaining light hearted programme, this is not for me.

I hated this for the fact that, with a laudable subject, it could have been so good, and was just a ham fisted mixture of “The Secret Life of Five Year Olds” and the worst parts of “The Apprentice”.

I'm not sure what he could have planned all along, which made the ending a bit disappointing. The whole office was involved, so it would have been impossible to orchestrate.

I also thought that recording her on his phone was just so predictable - that might have worked as a 'twist' years ago, but surely nowadays she would have been wise to that possibility.

I don't think the police would have come out over what she called him either.

Overall, it was an interesting concept, and one that is relevant to a lot of people, unfortunately, but there were so many holes in the plot that it just didn't work for me.

Yes LadyGracie, it certainly does happen in real life! It happened to me. I was once working with a wonderful team of people, we all got along really well. Shift work meant we were often teamed up with diffent individuals but we all got along so well. UNTIL another person joined us! When I say she was toxic I mean she was pure poison! Within a few short weeks she singled people out, manipulated people, invented incidents to cause problems, gossiped about certain people and caused so much trouble that two of the original, hardworking team left virtually overnight, they simply could not stand the strain. She destroyed so much within our team but she was so manipulative with Management that it took them months and months to accept that she was the root cause of all the unpleasantness.

Yes Yorksherlass I wondered if somewhere along the line he planned to turn the tables. I must admit to being very irritated by Thomas at first, anyone who has achieved a management position would surely have more nous than that.

*confess not change nfess!

I have to change nfess to returning to it for the last 40 minutes as i felt it was so upsettling that in true television form they would have to give a fairy-tale ending, and of course in the comfortable setting of the television screen they did not disappoint! Every single person thought he was at fault, I will not go on but in real life would anyone in his situation have ever had such an outcome? From what we really know and hear but especially do not hear - I doubt it very much. "Planned all long" some might say, but I very much doubt it - tv drama yes very much so.

Reading this has me thinking I won't watch. I enjoy hard hitting drama but this feels too close to home. One of our grandsons is on the ASD, the bullying he experienced was awful. He's very bright, articulate, has a broad range of areas 'of special interest'. I could weep just thinking about the occasion when he came home with chewing gum stuck throughout his hair after being tormented on the school bus. He responded by re-reading the written information year 7 pupils were given on avoiding bullies on the school bus. He always sat near the driver from then on and totally ignored the tormenters.

I too found it hard to watch , but I kept wondering why would you keep telling them everything and then when I saw the book at the end , it made me think did he have it planned all along ? After all the book title was how to be a millionaire at forty !! Hmmm ?

Although this has stirred up memories (my post up thread) I’m glad to have stuck with it to see the outcome.

travelsafar I'm glad you watched it to the end as well as me. I can't understand people who won't watch something because it is a difficult subject. I find that this type of programme makes me much more aware of what is going on in the world and more sympathetic and supportive to people around me. Of course bullying happens all the time in real life and always did. I can think of many instances, though in my case I was lucky enough not to work in the cut throat business world (or politics) so I didn't see it to the extent it was happening to Thomas. I agree that Brexit has brought a lot of 'hate' to the surface but I think it was probably bubbling away underneath all the time.

Just watched the final episode which made me feel upset and angry to the point i have a headache now but i am glad i continued with it and saw the outcome.

I watched this on catch up as I watched Responsible Child when the first episode was on, what a contrast between the two. I found my attention wandering and I nodded off for a few minutes during the second episode but didn’t bother to rewind which is very telling. It could have been a reasonable series if the actors had been better but they seem very limited and one dimensional but most importantly they trivialise bullying. I will watch the third part on catch up to see what the outcome is but I will probably skip through some of it.

Its very true to life unfortunately
Painful to watch but I hope tonight is a turning point and Thomas is ok

I had to turn it off, I found it hard to watch .

We were thinking of tuning in towards the end in hoping that we would see the 'toxic' people get their comeuppance!!! Always good to see that!!!

I also found it very uncomfortable to watch but I am going to watch the second one as I rather feel from the ending that the worm has turned and he is fighting back,

We started watching it but turned it off after about 20 minutes. We didn't want or need to see how horrible people can be to each other. We see it already on a daily basis. The news is full of hate. The ongoing 'Brexit' has shown just how many people can 'choose' to hate anyone who does not share their opinion. I certainly do not remember so much hate when I was growing up. People cared for each other so much more. Neighbourhoods looked after each other, families looked after each other. Nowadays it appears to be the fashion to be selfish.

Why Nankate surely we have to watch these things to know what’s really happening in life We can sometimes get in a little bubble how else can we help change happen unless we see it ourselves

It's a hard watch

He's supposed to be the Team Leader. Not sure he's management material.

Unsure about a few things. Everything is going wrong in such a dramatic way

I'd like him to have a massive lottery win and move away from all the toxicity

We currently have two grand sons dealing with bullies. One who has been diagnoised with being on the Autistic spectrum and with ADHD, the other a sensitive, caring boy and they are being picked on to the extent that the first one has now stopped going to school and is being 'sort of ' homeschooled at his local library!!! The other one has been beaten up at a local park to the extent that he was sent to hospital and the police were involved. Last night we found out he was being verbally abused at the bus stop on the way home from school until a lady passing by intervened and helped him. He is 11years old FGS and he is terrified. So watching this happen to a grown man on Sticks and Stones is quite scarey !!!!

I’ve watched it and it makes me feel uncomfortable as my DH was bullied by an interim manager after a serious illness. Such a difference when manager was asked to leave.

After these reviews I will clear this series from my videos.

sodapop Thomas was obviously bullied as a child at school just as his daughter is now She is deaf and different he was black and different He didn’t grow up with the tools of how to deal with it so when it’s happening in the workplace he is right back in the mindset of when he was a child not knowing how to act, how to belong it’s nothing to do with him not being very bright or naive Not belonging is the worst thing in the world and to have four and more all in the gang against you in an adult situation is horrendous He has taught himself to follow his natural path of being smiley and fun and trying to get ‘in‘ with the group but they are brutal and when it involves mocking his daughter he can’t take it
I m willing him to leave the job and move far away but it’s not that easy is it ?

Oh dear this is so brutal I want to give him a hug
Are you living in a bubble Ladygrace of course it happens in real life people commit suicide