Thoroughly agree, Muttley. My mum had similar when she got back home from Great Ormond Street after the death of my brother at nine months old, with a neighbour having a go at her for leaving mud from pram wheels on a communal stairway carpet. She went mad at her (the neighbour).
The last military retail engagement I saw between Front Privates Mason and Captain Knowles during the Retreat from Pillowgate, was a dirty war by Back Privates Mason and totally unacceptable to me as a viewer. Lieutenant Knowles made the very same point as we all do - i.e. it’s what it came over as, rather than what it was (though despite the Chief of Staff’s assurances to the contrary, I remain convinced Reduced to the Ranks Mason was picking on him to get a laugh). And to me, in non-military terms, that was one presenter being undermined and continually ridiculed by the more senior one. That conduct by Bugle Boy Mason not only had an impact on how he SHOULD have been treating the Brigadier (with respect) but also had a detrimental effect on the exploding pillows and trench cover blankets armaments the Rear Admiral was trying to sell with a military retail bearing. Particularly when Trumpeter Mason feigned being asleep when under cuddle blanket product interrogation by Sergeant Knowles. As I said in a previous post - if I had been the advertiser paying for that campaign and then seen the main host snoring in a shop window bunker, I would have withdrawn my backing for it, as it was making my products look dull. Totally immature behaviour from Mason, and I sincerely hope not to see similar again.
Personally, I didn't see any 'bullying'. I went back and watched this on YouTube when the first bullying comments were made earlier and although MM is trying his best 'Del Boy' impersonation, the quips and jokes were with Alex, not at him. I never got any impression of Mason lording it over Alex, but more his jesting with him and the subject matter, which could be perceived as 'boring'. Apologies to any bedding enthusiasts!
I see AK said earlier he didn't feel bullied. I didn't perceive any of it as bullying, just tongue-in-cheek joking about AK's earnest interest in bedding & pillows.
The 'falling asleep' was pre-empted by MM himself before the preceding break and was a joke at how AK was going to give the full technical explanation of the pillow after the break, which he did (never heard the pockets described as cassettes before) and how AK could spend hours talking about it.
His feigned sleeping when AK began describing the pillow technicalities was a joke like somebody commenting on another's perceived 'boring' hobby of philately or numismatics or train spotting. He was joking about the 'obsession with pillows' and the in-depth explanation AK can give and is enthusiastic for, not insulting Alex himself, not denigrating him, actual or implied, nor insulting his character. Other comments MM made implied his respect for AK and his knowledge and enthusiasm.
Sometimes I think you guys are ultra-sensitive when trying to critique this shower. There are many examples, as attributed, where they do cross the line, take liberties, misspeak or tell mistruths, but on this occasion this scenario, to me, did not appear as overt, nor covert bullying and a misread of the attempted humour and MM's attempted entertainment 'schtick'.
But your cousin needs to know that the original meaning of 'sick' will do nicely when describing what he or she has seen before them on screen 
isn't capable of picking up anything other than rice, no beater brushes.
