[Ammi]

Originally Posted by jet

Now that I've seen how Gary 'interrupted' and he didn't do it in a rude way at all, I wonder why James got all twisted up about it and spoke to Gary in such a horrible way. WTF!

No excuse for that at all, but the one thing that stops me from completely condemning him is the way he is the only one who really gets blasted and hated for his treatment of Gary which means the others treatment of him gets diluted and not talked about much.

Examples: The way Ricci told him he was dirty and disgusting. The way Stephanie stamped her foot and yelled over him and sniggers when he is being 'told off'. The way Dee tells him not to touch the pizza with his hands, and tells the other HM's not to worry, she'll wash Gary's clothes separately as if he's a leper. The way George also speaks to him in the same patronizing way James does and says he didn't think he was coming into an old peoples home.
If Ricci thinks he is dirty and disgusting, how does he behave around Gary that we don't see? And the others I mentioned too. They seem to just stay out of his way and treat him like a bad smell under their nose, but because James actually bothers to interact with him he gets the brunt of it all.
Not excusing his behaviour at all, it's uncalled for, but remember that many of the others as as bad in their own way and we'd probably see it if they actually took any time to be with him.

..I don't think the others do 'get away with it' Jet or even if their part is diluted in any way because it is equally discussed whenever their has been a particular incident and the 'pack thing' and 'bullying' have been referred to in many posts which includes them all...I think that James is discussed more in general because he's extremely pompous and self important..(I personally think that comes from extreme insecurities..)...but we all talk about the ones 'we love to hate' more than the ones that are actually ok just because it creates 'lively conversations'.....I also think that maybe James was criticised a bit more at the beginning because he was the first one to seem to 'create' a situation with Gary that need not have happened in the first place but then seemed to also portray that he calmed that situation as well..and also maybe because he does seem to take some time with Gary and more than others then immediately mocks/laughs or is mean about him to someone else immediately after, which is not something anyone else does so much... it just adds an extra layer od how duplicitous he has been with Gary because he's constantly telling him that he's being his friend, you know..?..