[cyncooper]

I have wanted Katrina to get fired for weeks, but last night Amy's plan was so poor and I didn't care for her kind of sulk when she lost--for the first time. Get a grip, I wanted to say.

Then Katrina made me happy she ended up getting the boot with her petty remarks in the taxi. All about "them". She acted so high school. This observation goes back to her idiotic "let's write it down" negotiating tactic to get the apartment she wanted and then cried foul when Troy didn't hand it over on a silver platter.

Incidentally, Trump and Imus were discussing how attractive she is this morning and Trump said she had a great "figure" and said he'd say "body" if Don would let him. MEN!

Which brings me full circle to Amy. Well! I agree, more scheming than I'd like. Plus she flat out said in the boardroom last night that she would use people until she had what she wanted then she'd cut them loose without a second thought.

[cincinnati65]

I always thought that Katrina's immaturity would ultimately be her downfall. The fit she through in the boardroom about Troy's handling of negotiating the apartment stunt was enough for me to fire her, alone. It was very clear that Troy had gotten under her skin with his tactics.

Troy, himself, summed it up best when he said "when you start getting emotional during a negotiation, you're losing the negotiation."

I also loved Katrina's response, "EMOTIONAL? Did you see me crying? (pause) DID you see me crying?" LOL, there's more to being emotional than crying, kiddo. And you flat lost that negotiation, by yourself.

[TigerTale]

Plus she flat out said in the boardroom last night that she would use people until she had what she wanted then she'd cut them loose without a second thought.

I didn't take it that way, although it is true that Amy did not shrink from Trump's use of the harsh words "destroy them." She was asked why she would keep a strong team-member when she was ultimately competing with him. Amy said her strategy was to ally herself with the strongest people until she got into a her-or-them situation. This is not "using people" as much as it is smart gamesmanship--and it entails risk. Amy has no way of knowing who will come out of a show-down, but still prefers to keep the strong players in the game. She could have tried to keep Katrina, who is obviously a weak link. To my mind, this would have been a better example of using someone.

That being said, I think Amy is pretty weak herself.