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Post by bscfan81 on Apr 16, 2008 14:38:32 GMT -5
I would have loved to have Jessi's job in the movie theater. It sounded kind of fun. Of course, I love the movies anyway. Stacey's job sounded fun, too.
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Post by maryanne13 on Apr 20, 2008 10:30:23 GMT -5
but at Jessi's job, u would've watched all the movies you like for free! i'd love that.
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Post by sarish on Apr 20, 2008 11:22:59 GMT -5
I would have loved Stacey's job! It sounded like a lot of fun and her manager's little boy seemed so cute! Itis sad that Mr. Morton got so behind in the budget that he had to steal things to make up for it, but I can't say I didn't suspect him right away!
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Post by maryanne13 on Apr 20, 2008 11:39:36 GMT -5
well, i didn't...he seemed like such a great guy...but that's what u have to look for...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2008 12:40:17 GMT -5
I loved seeing what went on "behind the scenes" in the mall, but I agree it was totally unrealistic. The entire plot line of junior high students working at the mall is ridiculous. Jessi's manager expecting an 11 year old to deal with disruptive customers? The toy store owner giving a 13 year old she's never met before access to the cash register? The book store manager allowing Mallory to do storytime, when she barely knows Mallory and has no idea if she's any good? She could have bombed. Of course, we know that a member of the BSC never bombs at anything , but she didn't. It cracks me up how the BSC was doing most of the work organizing the day care center when they're not even going to be there in 2 weeks. And not one person in the whole mall thought to ask that nice, wonderful new manager Mr. Morten if they could have a day care center. It does seem like the store managers were using the students as free labor. What did they do when j.h. students weren't available? Gosh, that mall must have been falling to pieces before the BSC came to work, er, volunteer there. Speaking of Mr. Morten, every time I read the name I thought of lonely Mr. Morten from Schoolhouse Rock. "Mr. Morten is the subject of the sentence and what the predicate says he does."I love how the school just expects the kids to be available 2-3 hours a day, 3 days a week with no notice. As if they didn't have anything else to do, like, you know, homework or chores. The resolution was so lame. Mr. Morten getting himself in trouble because he's too nice makes me think of Ado Annie. "I'm just a mall manager who cain't say no. I'm in a turrible fix" ;D
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Post by lionessblack on Jun 5, 2008 21:34:39 GMT -5
Mr. Morten getting himself in trouble because he's too nice makes me think of Ado Annie. "I'm just a mall manager who cain't say no. I'm in a turrible fix" ;D That's hilarious. I never would have come up with it, but he is! He's Ado Annie!
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Post by courtky10 on Jun 16, 2008 13:59:00 GMT -5
I would want to have Jessi's job. It seemed unrealistic to me, though, that the manager let eleven and thirteen-year-olds work at the mall. Where I live, you have to be at least sixteen to get any job at the mall. For most stores, you have to b eighteen.
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Post by supprazz on Sept 26, 2008 11:03:51 GMT -5
It sounded like so much fun working at the toy store, I would have wanted the dollhouse, gamester, etc.
I liked reading about jessi's part at the movies and the whole birthday party scene when the alarm was pulled, that's when the suspense really began to escalate.
And although the daycare sounded good, how realistic is it that they opened it right away?
And yeah, I noticed Zingy's on the cover too, it's not supposed to be there!!!! If it was, Stacey would have been working there, and not Toy Town!
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Post by wanderingfrog on Sept 26, 2008 20:16:34 GMT -5
I thought Mr. Morton seemed so nice, too. It actually made me sad that he felt he had to steal because of the budget problems. I can be such a softie sometimes.
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Post by supprazz on Sept 27, 2008 18:42:41 GMT -5
he seemed nice too but now that I think about it, he was probably a pedophile.
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Post by zoar3 on Oct 2, 2009 14:08:02 GMT -5
I never gave thought to how unlikely the "3 kids living in the mall for so long" scenario really is until this thread. Yes, I wish we had heard of them again and that their story had been more of the forefront of this book. I believe in one book it's said that Washington Mall has 5 levels, more than one movie theatre, and naturally tons of stores. Isn't it the responsibility of store workers along with mall security/and or janitorial services to be positive the mall truly is empty at closing? I can accept a few days that the kids got away from "hiding" but it sounded like they had been living there for at least one month? Though I guess that's more plausible than the character in "Where the Heart Is" living in a Wal-Mart bathroom for quite a while. As for the age thing about Mara, like others have said unless you are in the BSC, no matter if you are a year older than Jessi and Mallory, there's simply no way you can be as "old." Project Work did sound fun, just not too realistic for 11 and 13 year olds to be participating in for at least a month. Naturally, not one parent came to meet their child's prospective "boss" or even had to consent to their "job." And, what I thought was even worse, even for a BSC book, was that after Stacey had the run in with the shoplifter, who very likely could have had a weapon or threatened her in some way, (I've always had the felling he was Mr. Morton for some reason), that not April Frenning nor Mall Security or even the Police in Stamford? (Is that where Washington Mall was or was it even farther than that)? called Mrs. McGill to request that she pick up her daughter! I get that after a traumatic encounter, all Stacey would want to do would be to get home and not make a bigger deal out of doing so. (Eg. her mom picking her up). But where is the logic in any of the adult's in this book letting this happen? If nothing else, Stacey being questioned by the Police should have required her mom to be there! I know it says that in other BSC Mysteries that for "official questioning" of a minor a parent must be present. (Disappearing Dogs and the infamous Cat Burglar at the least). Of course Stacey decides to not to tell her mother when she got home and I'm assuming not April Frenning her supposed caring boss, who thought so highly of Stacey or even someone from the Police Department called to make sure later that evening Stacey was okay. On a related note, wouldn't Mr. Withum (Stacey's Project Work Teacher) have found about the incident from her journal entry? I know, I know, this is BSC Land. Still, this one pushed it a little more than others! On a humorous note of sorts, Logan made the comment that none of them had ever been on a real job interview before. Doesn't he have a "real" job at the Rosebud? Maybe in Stoneybrook 13 truly does =16 and working is legal.
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Post by booboobrewer on Oct 3, 2009 23:29:48 GMT -5
I've been reading bits and pieces of this one all week, and finally finished today.
The "Math for Real Life" Short Takes class they take before Project Work sounds totally useful, learning "how to balance a checkbook, make a grocery budget, and figure out mortgage payments."
It's really weird how shocked Stacey is over kids being left by themselves while their parents take off shopping. Hasn't she seen this before, being from the big city and all?
Kristy's boss called her at home over the weekend to fill her in on some details? Wouldn't they wait until the next time she came in for work?
How did the kids get past security at night? They would break into the Casa Grande kitchen to cook dinner, so wouldn't that sneaking around be caught on the cameras?
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Post by zoar3 on Oct 5, 2009 13:18:50 GMT -5
^ Maybe it's the same logic as Sgt. Johnson allowing the BSC members in the interrogation room with Jim Zibreksi in Claudia and the Clue in the Photograph--the BSC=the end all be all in every respect and as such must be kept up to date at all times! Good question! The only thing I can think of is if Casa Grande were apart of a large open food court, where each restaurant did not have its own individual dining area, just a walk-up counter where you'd order and then take your tray of food over to a table in the Food Court eating area at large, it's conceivable that the kids could have climbed over the counter and entered the kitchen that way. Maybe each individual restaurant didn't have their own cameras? Still, the overall mall camera should have caught them--unless Mr. Morton rigged it somehow.
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Post by supprazz on Jan 31, 2010 3:59:20 GMT -5
lmaooo 2hearts, I like you! I'm thinking of that cover and cracking up now, imagining Claudia's cracked smile, nice outfit though.
And yeah, I agree that there were so much classism (and racism, cause jessi is 'black') in Stoneybrook but it was subliminal. In fact, where on earth IS Washington Mall? I thought it was outside Stoneybrook or at least a long ride or something?
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Post by anzuhana on Jan 5, 2011 10:37:42 GMT -5
I would've liked to work at Toy Town. It's too bad that Jessi didn't get the job that she originally wanted while everyone else did. I wonder how Mr. Morton got his job since he had a problem saying no.
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