Mrs Meldrum #45 Begging 9 to 5, what a way to make a living.

[Clm1977]

When she said there is no handbook for her job I honestly think she means more than the ASA and CMA (though they’d be a good place to start). CM should be guiding her better or if they don’t want to they should free her to get better proper actual management and business advice.
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I can understand the above when it comes to her advertising things maybe not know where or how to put #AD etc but let's not forget the big issue with her at the moment is liftgate surely an adult doesn't need guidance on what was wrong with the joke she put out.
Let's face it any adult should know that the joke in the lift was not ok to put all over the internet and it's not rocket science to say I'm sorry I was in the wrong, the same way an adult should know it's not ok to outright lie about something not being gifted to them like with DLP or that if a picture of a dead animal offends people you accept that's how they feel etc.
There is only so much guidance anyone can get and she has been given plenty about how to do ads, gifted items and paid promotions but she still continues to not do it properly. Yes tonight she didn't declare the #ad to the cinema correctly and this maybe because she doesn't want people to contact companies but that doesn't make it ok she is a company working for another company and should be professional, she knows how to do the ads but is sly and tries to mislead and that is not ok.
People are saying she needs guidance to do her job but shes very capable whenever she is careful placing the #ads in corners or behind pictures or on parts that make it hard to see she more than capable then.
Yes I feel for the girls but if she messes up and has to stop social media it's her fault for not doing her job correctly just like anyone else in Britain who messes up and loses their job.
She shouldn't be allowed to get away with everything just cos she has a family shes quite capable of going out and getting a job if that happens, she could work in a supermarket on an evening like many mums do and be at home with the girls during the day while Lee went out to work or vice versa if Lee wanted to be at home with the girls for godsake yes she may not like it but boohoo lots of people dont like their jobs but go out to work purely to keep their family and I actual think it would probably do her some good.

 

[Firefliesaremagic]

How useful is an advert if people don’t know what you’re advertising? I’m sure cineworld, or Disney, or Ronseal were delighted with the end product from Meldrum Towers and the traffic that it will have driven their way.

Mrs M: “oh yes I got plenty of engagement and no negative comments so can I have my cheque please ”
Cineworld/Disney/Ronseal: “well that’s delightful but nobody blooming knew what the advert was for!”

Sales of fake tan have, however, increased exponentially

 

[Mumof3withnovlogging]

@Mommom I don’t wish to derail the thread but just wanted to pick up on what you said about Bucket list family not operating legally?? What do you mean by that? At least the Bucket List family spend a lot of their time and money doing charitable deeds and giving back to the world

 

[inspirespirit]

I hope Fagsandbags isn't a Tattler. In her comment she said it isn't personal, but it really does sound personal. What chance will the Meldrums have of getting it right in the future if he/she is going to contact every company that tries to work with them? You could end up having the opposite effect. If she thinks you are likely to contact companies she will just become more secretive and not put on when it is an Ad/gift etc. It doesn't sit right that she is going to have to worry that people will be contacting companies every time she tries to work. It will have a knock on effect to the children. I think it's time to draw a line under all this and see how she goes over the next few months. At the end of the day we are all just trying to bring our kids up and put food on our tables. I really would hate to see her business fail. The ASA need to pull their fingers out and make stricter, enforceable guidelines so these influencers know what they can and can't do. It is all so hazy, especially where working with children are concerned. The other day Poppy was too poorly according to Reb to be on camera, yet she got taken out to do that Organix promotion. That peed me off more than the actual promotion.

 

[fireflies]

How useful is an advert if people don’t know what you’re advertising? I’m sure cineworld, or Disney, or Ronseal were delighted with the end product from Meldrum Towers and the traffic that it will have driven their way.

Mrs M: “oh yes I got plenty of engagement and no negative comments so can I have my cheque please ”
Cineworld/Disney/Ronseal: “well that’s delightful but nobody blooming knew what the advert was for!”

Sales of fake tan have, however, increased exponentially

I hold my hand up and say just wow reb you really excelled yourself with this AD.
Racist incident aside she still can't be honest and label A.D. /gifts properly.
Would ASA really be happy with who you advertising the whole caboodle?
It's basic stuff surely but she has choices to be shady or be honest and she choose shady the majority of the time then has the audacity to moan people are being negative trolls.

The last holiday was shady and felt she was trying to hide something.
The jan transformation picture was shady as it was taken in her old house!
The problem with the organix A.D. wasent the labelling it was more the fact it's a product she wouldn't pay out for herself.
Maybe organix think she's shady because she dident give them the full facts of her public profile.
The asking sheep to leave 5 star review on Amazon for mummy and me is shady as is writing fake reveiw under her middle name for daddy and me.
Every time she chooses shady to mislead/ hide or make it clear she don't give 2****s about dead octopuses or what her followers think.
If you don't like what I do just feck off and unfollow leave me to be shady unchallenged as in finding the it's all boring,negative and annoying now.
I'm baffled how Jess describes her as the loveliest person as seems they hardly know each other and don't socialise.

I think we all just want Mrs Meldrum to act professional/ follow the law, stop censoring and so better content.
The ronseal made me laugh so much.
Don't know if that comments a tattlers but hilarious.
Do you think commented be deleted when she wakes up.
I do hope poppy was ok and dident ruin it for other cinema goers.
We half way through 2019 and the meldrums not paid for 1 single theatre/ cinema ticket or day out as it's all for free.

 

[Sasta]

Not sure how people are taking Messiah Kaeto seriously. His post about Mrs Meldrum compared her unfavourably to XXXtentacion, who she could apparently learn from. Now XXXtentacion was a great artist but the man stabbed people, hardly in the same league. He ‘learnt from his mistakes’ which I guess means after he battered his pregnant girlfriend he said ‘sorry to the people I’ve hurt’ (weaker apology than Reb’s) and donated money to a domestic violence group (if that’s not a shield, what is?) This MK reminds me of teenagers I’ve taught.
Same goes for Jessica Avey, who I did think was a fairly nice girl, but cannot take seriously writing sanctimonious posts about how she doesn’t understand people being negative when she’s created profiles on here to spread vindictive rumours about a woman.
Need to delete insta and never read another word from any of these ridiculous people (meldrums included) ever, ever again.

 

[Yel]

Surely they have done their research prior to jumping into bed with her and I think it’s a bit shady to drop her because a few people have contacted them and pointed out the obvious.

She's getting something in the region of £750 to £1500 per ad and will be one of many infuncers for a campaign. They just don't have the time to do much/any background reasearch for that level and will assume that as she's with channel mum they've vetted her and is kosher (was going to say whiter than white).

So shady putting AD at the end to hide it and get good engagement but break the guidelines. Then move it to the start a few hours later to pretend that she wasn't breaking them. That's the kind of sly behaviour these infuencers hate being outed on.

 

[inspirespirit]

@Kermit I think she said 'the whole caboodle', so that people wouldn't know who to contact. She is less than 24 hours out of losing a paid promotion so I can understand why she didn't say 'oh yes this is for Cineworld', knowing there will be one or two diehards that will contact Cineworld. People are putting her in a position where she can't do right for doing wrong. It needs to move on now. Let her crack on with her job and see if things change.

 

[fireflies]

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I hope Fagsandbags isn't a Tattler. In her comment she said it isn't personal, but it really does sound personal. What chance will the Meldrums have of getting it right in the future if he/she is going to contact every company that tries to work with them? You could end up having the opposite effect. If she thinks you are likely to contact companies she will just become more secretive and not put on when it is an Ad/gift etc. It doesn't sit right that she is going to have to worry that people will be contacting companies every time she tries to work. It will have a knock on effect to the children. I think it's time to draw a line under all this and see how she goes over the next few months. At the end of the day we are all just trying to bring our kids up and put food on our tables. I really would hate to see her business fail. The ASA need to pull their fingers out and make stricter, enforceable guidelines so these influencers know what they can and can't do. It is all so hazy, especially where working with children are concerned. The other day Poppy was too poorly according to Reb to be on camera, yet she got taken out to do that Organix promotion. That peed me off more than the actual promotion.

Agree she does sound pretty angry.
I'm not sure she is tattler!
There's a good chance she might not be.
The issue ie reb thinks every negative comment is tattlers and some say they have no idea what tattle is .
She sent people this way.
The problem is she pretended to be followers friends and deceived them for some long over varuous things free holidays/ gifts/ trolls ect.
Theres' become the random blocking of some followers will have angered some.
She's had followers pour their heart out over anxiety and not responded
I think when some sheep find out the lies they feel betrayed/ stupid that she lied and they were taken in.
I suspect thats what's happening on Instagram they may well not be here.
She's gaslighted and wound up some followers so much this is the end result.
She may not be the only one. It does sound very vindictive and personal.
She's almost with her behaviour on Instagram made a whole group of followers who liked and supported her once into people who dislike her and want to cause mischief.

Even now after all that's happened and increased scrutiny she can be honest over a film AD .she really doesn't help herself.

I think ASA badly need to act it shouldn't be up to the general public to hold influencers to account over advertising guidelines.
They been given so many chances to get it right.

 

[MrBull]

She's getting something in the region of £750 to £1500 per ad and will be one of many infuncers for a campaign. They just don't have the time to do much/any background reasearch for that level and will assume that as she's with channel mum they've vetted her and is kosher (was going to say whiter than white).

So shady putting AD at the end to hide it and get good engagement but break the guidelines. Then move it to the start a few hours later to pretend that she wasn't breaking them. That's the kind of sly behaviour these infuencers hate being outed on.

Yes I’ve noticed she does this a lot, adds ‘AD’ at the start a few hours later - after there are plenty of engagement comments for the ad dolla. People aren’t stupid (well some sheep are). She doesn’t care about her followers “in her little corner of the internet” at all other than to use them to make money. THIS is the type of behaviour that continues to make her shady, deceitful and unprofessional. Every time I feel the slightest bit of sympathy for her she does something like this again and I’m reminded she’s just a head.

 

[fireflies]

Yes I’ve noticed she does this a lot, adds ‘AD’ at the start a few hours later - after there are plenty of engagement comments for the ad dolla. People aren’t stupid (well some sheep are). She doesn’t care about her followers “in her little corner of the internet” at all other than to use them to make money. THIS is the type of behaviour that continues to make her shady, deceitful and unprofessional. Every time I feel the slightest bit of sympathy for her she does something like this again and I’m reminded she’s just a head.

She's got away with it so long

Is that comment a Candice fan as says she was upset by racism?

 

[powderpower]

There is no way a toddler can cope with a feature film... Hence at school even at 3 they only sit and be taught for 15 to 20 mins at a time . Grabecca if you skulking on here I have taught nursery age children so I know what I am talking about... She will cry ,be bored and very tired but the selfish pair don't care about other cinema goers or poppy, neither would offer to stay at home whilst the other takes the girls. Selfish stupid pair.

I’ve been taking my kids to the cinema since a very early age the youngest at 6 weeks as wasn’t fair on the others to miss out. None of my toddlers have ever done what you describe. And at home happily sit and watch a full film.
I don’t think poppy would have as they have said she’s not interested in tv but not every kid is the same.

 

[Justanothermum27]

I’ve been taking my kids to the cinema since a very early age the youngest at 6 weeks as wasn’t fair on the others to miss out. None of my toddlers have ever done what you describe. And at home happily sit and watch a full film.
I don’t think poppy would have as they have said she’s not interested in tv but not every kid is the same.

I actually took my 3 year old to watch this yesterday he was amazing and sat from start to finish. We have watched toy story at home and he absolutely loves it so knew it would be a hit.

 

[younatnat]

I’ve been taking my kids to the cinema since a very early age the youngest at 6 weeks as wasn’t fair on the others to miss out. None of my toddlers have ever done what you describe. And at home happily sit and watch a full film.
I don’t think poppy would have as they have said she’s not interested in tv but not every kid is the same.

I have to say one of my children is not interested in TV or films in the slightest, just like poppy and I wouldn’t dream of taking her to the cinema.

 

[Mememe123]

She's getting something in the region of £750 to £1500 per ad and will be one of many infuncers for a campaign. They just don't have the time to do much/any background reasearch for that level and will assume that as she's with channel mum they've vetted her and is kosher (was going to say whiter than white).

So shady putting AD at the end to hide it and get good engagement but break the guidelines. Then move it to the start a few hours later to pretend that she wasn't breaking them. That's the kind of sly behaviour these infuencers hate being outed on.

But you still did??!! Sorry is that a joke?! Honestly, long time lurker, never felt the need to comment - but come on!!! I sincerely hope you’ve been called out on that phrase with as much spite, hatred, upset and “offence” as liftgate

 

[MrBull]

But you still did??!! Sorry is that a joke?! Honestly, long time lurker, never felt the need to comment - but come on!!! I sincerely hope you’ve been called out on that phrase with as much spite, hatred, upset and “offence” as liftgate

The meaning of the phrase ‘Whiter than white’ isn’t race related though. Is that what you’re implying?

 

[Meadow6]

But you still did??!! Sorry is that a joke?! Honestly, long time lurker, never felt the need to comment - but come on!!! I sincerely hope you’ve been called out on that phrase with as much spite, hatred, upset and “offence” as liftgate

The meaning of the phrase ‘Whiter than white’ isn’t race related though. Is that what you’re implying?

I thought it referred to the colour white being pure? It was use by persil I think and means no stains, untarnished, pure etc maybe I’m wrong??

 

[Mememe123]

The meaning of the phrase ‘Whiter than white’ isn’t race related though. Is that what you’re implying?

And yet in the content of the OP it’s used as a pun and the implication is that of a racist statement? Or certainly came across that way to me, which just goes to show how something that may well have been meant as innocent can be perceived by others as offensive.

The op should have either said it and used the phrase with its meaning and not brought it to attention or not said it at all and not highlighted it. They clearly knew it would have been in bad taste, hence they felt the need to say they “almost said it”

 

[montydonfc]

@Kermit I think she said 'the whole caboodle', so that people wouldn't know who to contact. She is less than 24 hours out of losing a paid promotion so I can understand why she didn't say 'oh yes this is for Cineworld', knowing there will be one or two diehards that will contact Cineworld. People are putting her in a position where she can't do right for doing wrong. It needs to move on now. Let her crack on with her job and see if things change.

Not being funny but everyone on here, particularly those around from the beginning have been willing her to start getting it right and do her job since DLP.

Irrelevant if people will contact brands or not, she should be declaring upfront EXACTLY what she is being paid to promote. What you’re saying is that she can just give as much or as little information as she decides in a paid for advertisement and that should be okay by everyone?

The only one who got them in this position is Reb. I’m not responsible for her actions, nor anyone else on here. Do you think the cineworld trip was a last minute on a whim decision they made? A lovely treat for their children on a Friday evening? She would have known she had another paid promotion to post with 24 hours of the Organix AD so she laid the groundwork of letting everyone know how bad her soul felt. She needed time to heal from all the trolling everyone massages her ego once again, please stop apologising Reb you are just so wonderful and deserving of it all then quick as you like, the kids are put to work with their 3D glasses on for another AD on the grid.

I do hope people continue to approach the brands she’s working with. At the end of the day, we’re the paying customer, not Reb. Opinions of those who are putting their hands in their pocket should matter. If someone feels so strongly about brands choosing to work with someone who continues to be underhand and deceitful then I fully support that.

 

[Yel]

But you still did??!! Sorry is that a joke?! Honestly, long time lurker, never felt the need to comment - but come on!!! I sincerely hope you’ve been called out on that phrase with as much spite, hatred, upset and “offence” as liftgate

Hello first time poster. Calm down and look it up in the OED it means moral and ethical.