I am behind on two weeks, so much to cover.
First, Dear Helen,
Deciding to ask a question in private is totally fine. Doing so at the door to the room where everyone can see you is silly. Obviously, given the cameras, the idea of a secret is pretty much gone, but asking where everyone can see you but not hear you and then refusing to share is certainly a choice, but it's a choice that is essentially designed to create conflict.
And then, when you got the conflict, perhaps in an attempt to seem tough, you insisted on responding in kind and then went and told Tim on the other designer and implied that you felt your safety was at risk.
Having some time to ponder this, given the whole Sandor thing, I am not properly appreciating your level of concern. As a city girl I tend to think people who yell from the other side of the room, even when it includes obscenities are pretty harmless. But sure, if you felt legitimately threatened, then escalating early made sense.
Dear Ken,
Oh, don't get me wrong. I think Helen was overreacting, but that doesn't mean cursing someone out is the right answer. It's not. Hopefully the chat with Tim helped you refocus and remember that you have better things to do - ie make stuff.
Dear Kate,
I thought that fabric was so ugly, kudos for turning it into a cute dress.
Dear Dom,
Please don't scare me like that. Also, I totally understand why the idea to do something a little different makes sense, but there's different and there's dull. Simple is not dull.
I also made a crazy statement that I liked your second dress enough to buy it even at the expected high price. We shall see if I live up to that.
Dear Bradon,
Well, I thought your dress was fine, but not as interesting as the judges did. (But I've never been in a Belk, so what do I know.) I hope you are gracious about the weird you thought you won and now there is another winner. Or gracious outwardly. If you, or Alexander and Kate who were in the original top three wanted to bitch a little about them giving a prize to one of the bottom three, it would be hard to blame you.
And well, the non-model people challenge is coming up. Hopefully none of you make anyone cry.
