Spedding and Smythe were in charge of trying to convince VIPs and clients into buying the Working Joe android model instead of the Weyland-Yutani variant and that if "they go with Weyland-Yutani cast-offs instead, the jobs Seegson have allocated us back on Earth are on the line." Smythe had supposedly messed up the android presentation during the tour with the final bidders, failing to receive any buyers. Spedding angrily fired Smythe, calling him a "jackass" in one of his audio logs.