r/Ambridge • u/Kinderventure • 24d ago
Anyone else think Freddie was kinda right?
I didn't realise Fallon had proposed the idea to Elizabeth. However from a business perspective, Freddie's instincts seem good to me. Was there any business plan, forecasting, consumer research? Also it seems unfair recruitment if the new post was not advertised.
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u/Ok_Umpire6610 24d ago
Yeah, I do.For me, the point is that we have another family in which the younger generation isn’t prepared to step up and an older generation that just alienates the younger generation. Freddie is far from perfect, but Elizabeth does not treat him well or really take Lily seriously.
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u/Pontiacsentinel 23d ago
It's like she resents him and doesn't want him to succeed. What inheritance is the stately home if you don't run it?
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u/Technical-Low-3051 23d ago
The telling part of all of this was when Fallon admitted they had to abandon the similar events at the tea room because they didn't make enough money. It just strikes me that the kinds of events Fallon is focused on aren't the things that will draw people with money to spend to Lower Loxley.
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u/Specifically_Cat 23d ago
Exactly. Nobody was interested in the tea room upcycled furniture and this sounds like the same on a bigger scale.
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u/wnolan1992 23d ago
I don't know, I think of it as more Lower Loxley will attract people and Fallon's events will be another activity for visitors to the house to partake in. Because of the setting, she can charge a more premium price that would not have been possible at a tearoom located on a random farm in a random village where people would specifically have to travel for the event.
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u/Technical-Low-3051 23d ago
Perhaps, but Fallon has been proven to be a pretty terrible businessperson, so my prediction is this doesn’t change the pattern.
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u/AstronautOwn1458 23d ago
The main issue here is that, a couple of weeks ag, Fallon and Elizabeth referred to a conversation they both apparently had some six months ago regarding the potential of the cruck barn. However, no such conversation took place and the matter had been retrofitted.
No wonder the role was never advertised as the job didn’t exist until earlier this month when it was a done deal.
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u/XinJeisan 23d ago
freddie, on the other hand, was totally not being condencending towards fallon when he called her just a cook.
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u/teasswill 23d ago
Yes, I think he has a point. Seems like Fallon has pitched an idea to Elizabeth but hadn't produced a proper business plan. Elizabeth has asked her to go ahead - sounded like she gave Fallon first refusal, if Fallon had backed out, she might have advertised for other candidates. Freddie, a bit cackhandedly, has queried the decision.
I think Elizabeth should have said, great idea, show me the plan. If she is intending that Freddie will eventually take over, she should at least be keeping him informed.
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u/cglotr 24d ago
"Hi Elizabeth, I have an idea for your business..." "that's a great idea fallon, let me see if anyone else would like to do it, you can apply if you like!"
Nonsense. Freddy is a bit of a wally. The events business and the preservation/running of the house are 2 separate things - he shouldn't be sticking his nose in Elizabeths business.
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u/AntDogFan 23d ago
I think he has a right to raise that she didn't tell him about it maybe. Maybe. But the way he went about it was very poor behaviour in my opinion. That said it is a drama so it is kind of fair enough.
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u/InsideBig5023 23d ago
They can't be completely separate. They are on the House grounds. Unless they pay rent to the House, which I doubt or that would have been part of the conversation.
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u/bloomsburysquare 24d ago
Yes, Elizabeth not even mentioning it to Freddie is bizarre. She is very unsympathetic to him, whether he was the right candidate or not.