- Tackling Freda
- "I don't give a toss who he sleeps with"
- Kirsty gives Jamie what-for
- Roy feels inadequate
- Hayley did call Kate a Liar
Tackling Freda
It takes a brave soul to tackle Freda about a menu change.
I mean to say – Freda does yatter go on, and on, and on, and on ...(!)
But Kathy seems to have done the trick, and Jolene is seemingly happy.
All we now is to teach Fallon that "sticking" up a banner does not maketh a marketing strategy.
Maybe she's been listening to Brenda "make a flyer" Tucker too much.
"I don't give a toss who he sleeps with"
Oo-er. Strong words from Kathy when Kirsty asks to talk to her.
But it's not Kenton she wants to discuss. It's that loutish son of her, Jamie.
Kirsty gives Jamie what-for
Good on Kathy for making Jamie apologise so quickly, and in person too.
[Kathy] "It's either that or the police"
[Jamie] "You wouldn't ..."
[Kathy] "Try me!"
Which was more than enough to convince Jamie to go to Kirsty to apologise.
Kirsty also did a grand job of not letting Jamie off with a shallow 'sorry' over vandalising the bird hide. After verbally slapping Jamie around the room for a bit, Kirsty then gives Jamie Patrick's number so that he can also apologise to him.
Considering Patrick wanted to call the Police, I can't imagine that will be a fun conversation either.
And I'm happy that Kirsty also failed to see how graffiti cared into a bench could be done accidently. I'd started to think I was missing out on a whole world of subconscious whittling ...
But - will any of this change Jamie?
Granted, him and his mates will have to find a new den (den? Is that what kids still call hideout places?), but Jamie didn’t sound too chastised at the end of Kirsty's lecture.
"What more do you want?"
*sigh* I suppose we can't really ask for much more of Jamie right now. He's just an upset teenage lad. With Kenton as a father figure and Kathy as his personal guard.
Don’t get me wrong - he's a complete pain right now - but this too (hopefully) shall pass ....
Roy feels inadequate
Ah, wee poppet!
But then again, I think most men (and women) would feel their attempts at celebrating anniversaries are a bit feeble in comparison to Nigel's "big production number".
I have to agree with Roy that I can't see where Nigel gets the money to pay for such lavish surprises. Maybe he just has a lot of credit cards.
But not to worry Roy. Hayley would:
"rather have a fish supper with you than a banquet with Nigel anytime"
Hayley did call Kate a Liar
Lots of 'whoops' moments when Phoebe got back home to Roy and Hayley after her week with Kate.
"No, I didn't go to school"
(big whoops - Phoebe dropping Kate right in it by telling Roy and Hayley that Kate and her went shopping instead of Phoebe going to school)
Another 'whoops' over all of the new stuff Kate has bought Phoebe - including £100 trainers that she'd be told by Hayley and Roy that she couldn't have.
Followed on by Roy being a bit dim, and making a whoops of underplaying Hayley's obvious rising fury over Kate:
"I know it's a bit annoying"
And the biggest 'whoops' of all - Hayley more-or-less calls Kate a liar to Phoebe, which she then tried to cover up with:
"Sometimes Kate just does what she wants to do, and doesn't think about consequences"
Too late. In suggesting that Kate might not have entirely told the truth to Phoebe's school to get her the day off, Hayley's only going to make Phoebe annoyed at Kate (her biological mum) being criticised.
Phoebe storms off, already using the 'I wished I stayed at Home Farm" shouty routine.
Give a child a choice between a groovy adult who helps you bunk off school, and buys you lots of gifts - and everyday parents who don’t have cash to flash ... guess who'll win every time?
Well, that's until the groovy adult lets the child down. As Kate is destined to do. Again.
I also thought it interesting that Phoebe calls Kate 'Kate'. Does that make it even easier for Phoebe to see her as anything but a mum?
"Is this what it's going to be like ... until next summer?"
Yup. That's the price of having Kate home.
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