Jack Monroe #178 I am a human being and I make mistakes

[CabalofBolorneaise]

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I never understood why she thinks owning your own home is some magic protection from bailiffs. It’s really not. Lots of people who own a home will have the bailiffs come knocking.

 

[Tabitha D]

Moving from the not-paella to the privacy thing again... Someone said she has no privacy notice on her website? Now at the very least, she collects people's email addresses on there, so is it not mandatory by law that she has one? In addition, she should by law be registered with the ICO and have paid a data protection fee as she handles and stores an awful lot of personal data. Even if we ignore the stories people send her, she has an employee with hands and data, all the names and addresses of her patrons, and we can only speculate as to how this data is stored... It looks to me like she's breaching data protection law in a number of ways .

Happy for more knowledgeable fraus to provide further education on the subject, but it doesn't look right to me at all?

One thing that she should be especially careful about is the “stories” she’s collected from people about their own experiences of poverty etc. It’s highly likely that some if not most of these will contain “special category” data (i.e. sensitive info, such as in relation to health, racial origin, political opinions, etc). The rules are MUCH STRICTER in relation to this sort of data, and Jack must be hoarding loads of this stuff.
She should be shitting herself about this.

 

[DisgruntledGoat]

I recall at the time she announced Jack Monroe’s Little Book of Poverty Porn some of the academics on the thread were all “um, ethical clearance?????” and one of the main rules of the ethics department is that it’s really clear to all interviewees or whoever that they can withdraw their information at any point in the study. I’m writing up and one of my case studies pulled their permission and it’s an absolute pisser but tough shit in the eyes of the ethics team. Jack’s huffy treatment - and suggested harassment via DMs! - of someone who gave information in good faith (that Jack will profit from) is shittier than shit. She should have her honorary doctorates pulled. It’s unfortunate that the exchange is hidden away in her mentions because it’s exceptionally bad behaviour.

 

[kachoochoo]

ah, dkl, mr kcc's first day of furlough, my second week of not working mondays. an unusual experience to have a weekday together, and being fans of Saturday kitchen, we duly settled in for 10am.

i turned to him and said, "now let me tell you all about this jack character and this thread on tinternet I've been lurking on"

and here we are, a full year later. who'da thunk it?

 

[Boyo]

Special Sunday Spot the Difference:

 

[MancBee]

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1 That isn't "mahoosive", it is a normal sized casserole dish judging by the size of the serving spoons. Probably no more that 2 portions as a main.
2 You don't make paella in a casserole dish.
3 Why decant it out of a pan into a casserole dish, and then portion it up into other containers to freeze?
4 That is not paella.

 

[Satisfying Click]

Reckon someone is putting a hexbot on the badge guy for winning Jack's attention

 

[Flibbertigibbet]

I often feel awkward at parties. AM I RAINMAN?

 

[SweetTransvestite]

Speaking of Nigella what happened to Jack doing her a lovely drawing of her garden? Or does she not have the right equipment for that she needs pencils and only has pens?

 

[girolle]

The more she hits people up with threats of her lawyer, the less power it wields. I hope the squiggle is ok and takes it as far as they wish, without threat of intimidation by Jack.

It's such a disgraceful tactic as well. It capitalises on the fact that most people do not have the excess cash floating about to become involved with civil law cases. She uses the lawyer threat to get people to back down before she does, despite the fact that the laws of this country are freely available to read online and are explained in a straightforward manner by legal professionals in blog posts/ YouTube videos etc for the genuinely curious. She can't STAND the fact that I could say 'I think she's acted disgracefully' over orchestrating a Twitter pile-on and that would not be libelling her because it's a) clearly my honest opinion (honest opinion defence) and b) has not caused her/her company substantial loss of earnings (as any for-profit business would have to prove that a statement/s has/have caused a substantial loss of earnings as a result to damage to their reputation). If you're causing damage to your own reputation in plain sight on a public forum and most reasonable people would be able to see that, I don't think it really matters if I say I think you're a tool – you've already dug yourself a huge hole.

ETA: I'm now a well-known member!

 

[Scarletfever]

These will probably sting quite a bit, especially as she was threatening this guy with her very busy lawyer

 

[Pocahontas]

Grunting through. How ridiculous was that apology and even more ridiculous was her sending a letter to Essex Girl! What an absolute twat.

‘Grunting’ are these involuntary noises?

 

[Vanelope]

Gosh - imagine if Lovehoney personally thanked all their customers on Facebook or Twitter publicly. Or M&S congratulated you on your purchase of pants in whatever size. Not a fucking clue.

 

[Brian Butterfield]

Can we have another poll on the next thread?

Curious to see how many new bullying ninnies have found us this week.

 

[Pocahontas]

As if anyone’s going to trust her with their email address after her display yesterday. And if they are, then more fool them. Whyyyyy does anyone need a recipe for that repugnant dish, I don’t know.

 

[maytoseptember]

The funny thing about Allegra’s kitchen, to me, is it’s exactly the type of kitchen I’d expect Allegra to have. It takes a certain class of posh person to combine affluence and squalor like that

 

[traumatised sideboard]

I hate cardio and I don't ever do it (apart from walking) but if someone was following me with a bowl of that paella I'd be sprinting for my life.

Don't even get me started on self-diagnosis. Fucking tumblr and Twitter (primarily) morons hopping on the next available bandwagon because nobody can just have personality traits anymore, they have to be pathologised and turned into a minimum of one disorder. Her liking that tweet makes me even more certain she woke up one morning and realised if she said she was autistic people would make more allowances for her. Psychiatry is such a huge field that some dimwit with 4.5 GCSEs is barely qualified to make slow cooker tea for people who assign diagnoses, regardless of whether they were in the Top 100 Child in the Country charts.

@Sideboard Bob WE NEED TO GO DEEPER.

 

[Nottonightbabe]

Moving from the not-paella to the privacy thing again... Someone said she has no privacy notice on her website? Now at the very least, she collects people's email addresses on there, so is it not mandatory by law that she has one? In addition, she should by law be registered with the ICO and have paid a data protection fee as she handles and stores an awful lot of personal data. Even if we ignore the stories people send her, she has an employee with hands and data, all the names and addresses of her patrons, and we can only speculate as to how this data is stored... It looks to me like she's breaching data protection law in a number of ways .

Happy for more knowledgeable fraus to provide further education on the subject, but it doesn't look right to me at all?

 

[Malkiavelli]

Imagine approaching your mid 30s and being demonstrably unemployable, unproductive and unreliable in your own home business, badly organised to the point of being sloppy and late in the organising your business tax affairs, addicted to social media where often times you are aggressive, rude and offensive especially to those more qualified and eminent than yourself and yet still imagine, somehow, to be such an example of success that mere mortals simply wouldn't be able to comprehend the sheer amount of dedication required to be in such a position.

 

[Brian Butterfield]

To use Jack ~ parlance ~ I am SHOOKETH that she had the audacity to threaten @essexgirl101 with legal action. You clearly rattled her. What an absolutely pathetic individual. Gonna sue someone for telling the truth? I'd like to see you try it, I really would, you complete moron.

All this does is fan the flames and make me wonder even more what else she is hiding and clearly terrified of people finding out. We're all on the right track and she knows it.

That old adage about the truth setting you free could not be more relevant for her. What a lonely, miserable life you have created for yourself, Jack.