butterfly child
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I missed it last night, was out. Are they repeating them, does anyone know? Couldn't see owt on the Apprentice homepage... 
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to be fair, though i don't know why, being pm on the first task is probably the worst position to be in throughout the entire series, sweetheart.
So, ok, missed something; what was the deal with the name certis and why was that an issue for big al (who apparently says dogs can't look up).
So, ok, missed something; what was the deal with the name certis and why was that an issue for big al (who apparently says dogs can't look up).
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
wishface said:
Because the bloke that suggested it failed to mention that he works two days a week for a company called, erm, Certis. Which he mentioned in his application for the program, the muppet.
Kameron
Kamoceratops
This Woman it the sum total of everything I've ever hated about mangers. To begin with I though it was just her struggle for control and insecurity but I'm coming to the conclusion that it is a careful set up in that her management style (which I would summarise thus: to break up winning teams, micromanage working/winning projects/teams but leave failing ones alone, organise meetings in the middle of other peoples assigned tasks, praise mediocrity & find fault with excellence) is a strategy to win. She needs to make the successful people on her team get fired. Trying to get people on the other team fired is a hiding to nothing because you have no control over that team so it is people on your own team that you are trying to deep six.ramjamclub said:
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bouncer_the_dog
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Unless he wants loads of free advertising and an ego massage from the Beeb...
They were all useless I think. Not one of them would admit their own mistake, which if you're going to succeed in business is the only way forward. I mean, setting up a cappuccino van on Chapel Market on a weekday morning is just dumb.
And Sophie! She wanted 250 litres of milk!?! And her occupation is a lab scientist?! How completely out of touch is she, and she wouldn't admit it!
I didn't think the guy who was fired was nearly as bad as the other two he was up against.
And Sophie! She wanted 250 litres of milk!?! And her occupation is a lab scientist?! How completely out of touch is she, and she wouldn't admit it!
I didn't think the guy who was fired was nearly as bad as the other two he was up against.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I'd like to see Sugar in the slap gallery.
Kameron
Kamoceratops
three things, he plays the part of someone for whom the idea of needing an ego massage is a total non-starter, the BBC runs quite a lot of the show as if he is doing them a favour which if they aren't paying him he is (we have already seen that he only gets tat out in the form of employees who he then has to pay!).bouncer_the_dog said:
I don't see it as free advertising either, I'd expect for fucking advertising for having to go through all that shit- fuck that I expect to be paid if anyone ever wants to put my name to a show like that.
bouncer_the_dog
Well-Known Member
Alan Sugar's profile has been raised by this show, it's in his interest to do it. So what if he has to employ some idiot for a year or two as a result. He has plenty of sales types in his organisation and the only way to manage them is with the carrot and stick, they love it. Its mainly theatre anyway.
Kameron
Kamoceratops
This guy is a very rich man not a model or z-list celebrity in need of a career boost. Please tell me why you think he benefits from having his profile raised - I think that by doing this he has kissed goodbye to any chance of turning the knighthood into a Lordship.bouncer_the_dog said:
jiggajagga
Judge_Mental
I just watched my very first 'Apprentice' and fear it will be my last!
I can not see any redeeming features in any of the candidates. They are all greedy, selfish, self-centered, back-stabbing, obnoxious twots and if thats what you need to 'succeed' in 'AmstradWorld' they are welcome to it.
Truly awful people!!
I can not see any redeeming features in any of the candidates. They are all greedy, selfish, self-centered, back-stabbing, obnoxious twots and if thats what you need to 'succeed' in 'AmstradWorld' they are welcome to it.
Truly awful people!!
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Well I’m hooked again straight away. The moment they all get together they start banging out prepared business speak phrases in an attempt to make themselves sound big and clever. Instead they all sound like a right bunch of tits. I roll with laughter at each new cliché.
Andy so obviously doesn’t want to be first manager. Deep down he knows he that he has the management skills of a dead goat and that this is going to be exposed. He’d like at least a couple of weeks before being found out and no one wants to be known as the first one to go.
Despite this he doesn’t feel as if he can been seen to not wanting the task and boldly announces with as much gusto and attention grabbing as possible “Well if you have the BALLS to put yourself forward how can I not? I’m in”.
After the vote is tied he is scared shitless that he may be picked afterall and arranges a secret conference in an attempt to backdown out of sight of the others and not lose face.
The attempt fails and both leadership contenders are gutted. He project manages, loses task, gets fired. Result.
You got to love people getting there comeuppance in this way. Nice bloke but a pillock to make a fuss about not being leader and then about being leader when he really didn’t want to be.
Andy so obviously doesn’t want to be first manager. Deep down he knows he that he has the management skills of a dead goat and that this is going to be exposed. He’d like at least a couple of weeks before being found out and no one wants to be known as the first one to go.
Despite this he doesn’t feel as if he can been seen to not wanting the task and boldly announces with as much gusto and attention grabbing as possible “Well if you have the BALLS to put yourself forward how can I not? I’m in”.
After the vote is tied he is scared shitless that he may be picked afterall and arranges a secret conference in an attempt to backdown out of sight of the others and not lose face.
The attempt fails and both leadership contenders are gutted. He project manages, loses task, gets fired. Result.
You got to love people getting there comeuppance in this way. Nice bloke but a pillock to make a fuss about not being leader and then about being leader when he really didn’t want to be.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
bouncer_the_dog said:
Plus never underestimate the power of doing business with someone for the first time and them being in awe of the mighty Alan Suger off the telly who turns out to be a nice bloke really. I bet he pulls off a number of better deals as a result of this angle.
Errol's son
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I think it is probably benefiacial to Sugar to do this programme.
I always thought he was just into Amstrad and property, but in fact there is more to his empire. I plus many others would never have known before The Apprentice. Before The Apprentice I thouht he was just a tosser geek who ran Amstrad.
I always thought he was just into Amstrad and property, but in fact there is more to his empire. I plus many others would never have known before The Apprentice. Before The Apprentice I thouht he was just a tosser geek who ran Amstrad.
Errol's son
Well-Known Member
Its done by the BBC here who are tight as they are publicly funded.
I can't wait I cant wait!The winner of series 3 will be the guy called Adam Hosker. Hes from the same town as me, grew up on a council estate, and paid his way through university to get a degree. He knows the meaning of hard work and is currently in a position to capatilise on the best opportunity hes ever likely to encounter in his life. He didnt get much camera time during the first episode, however he will be one to watch and will out last the rest of the southern ponces
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