The Apprentice: Thread 4

[Pebbledashery]

Suralan is watching you..

@MinglingFlamingo

Don’t you mean “what he had ‘laid on’”?😆

The branding always looks like a Y7 ICT project.

Nah, my year 7s could do a better job than that.
Hell, year 6s could do a better job.
It says something truly, when a ten year old could beat them.

AnImaginaryCat

This was not a good episode for any of them.

I wonder what the prize would have been.

Maybe they engineered it that no one won because the person who organises the Groupon offer prize forgot/got fired/had covid?

Why is he firing everybody "with regret"? I'd be getting rid of some of them with glee!

[quote Giraffesandbottoms]@MinglingFlamingo

Don’t you mean “what he had ‘laid on’”?😆[/quote]
😂 yes that's it !! I couldn't think of the phrase he used when I was writing that post 🤦‍♀️

Oh dear me. Harpreet was the only one who did at all creditably this week, but she's so bossy/controlling. I'd hate to work for or with her.

Aaron was ready to go, I think. He didn't fight at all in the boardroom, and not much during the task.

Akeem well out of his depth, amazed he lasted this long. But Stephanie was actually responsible for the offending logo.

Kathryn outright LIED in the pitch saying the babies all liked their product. They didn't. They were all shown spitting it out.

What a hopeless bunch.

This week's task, incidentally was surely made for the nursery owner who dropped out and actually showed signs of competence.

Harpreet should win. That curry sounded good.

This week's task, incidentally was surely made for the nursery owner who dropped out and actually showed signs of competence.

Very good point! I was gutted when she dropped out she was the best candidate by miles.

This week's task, incidentally was surely made for the nursery owner who dropped out and actually showed signs of competence.

I wondered that, but then why have it so late in the process that she was likely to have been fired by then, as most candidates would be gone? I know there's a degree of contrivance to these things, obviously, but I did believe them when they said that Sugar does make the firing/hiring decisions independently. Maybe I shouldn't...

Still reeling over first time dies 🤣🤣🤣

“ Kathryn outright LIED in the pitch saying the babies all liked their product.”

Does that make her a good saleswoman or bad? Good for trying to promote her product in a favourable light, so get more sales, or bad because she lied about the consumer feedback?

That was the funniest episode of the Apprentice I can remember. Laugh out loud funny. One favourite moment was in the photo session when Akeem said something like "As it's a pan Asian dish he (the baby) could be reaching towards the East." I had to rewind to check what I'd heard

What a pathetic effort from them all. Given Francesca was sacked for the 'artic' error Stephanie should have gone for advocating babies should die .

So happy to see Claude back next week. But what a bunch of useless candidates.

"First Time Dies" was funny. "First Time Fuck Dies"... I lost it. That guy's delivery.

Just call it First Foods!

You can see how it happens, though. So much stress and time pressure, no chance to sleep on it and come back with a clear head. Even Harpreet didn't notice Dies at first. She disliked it for other reasons.

Was it Stephanie who was responsible for Artic Survivor? I can't remember. That has actually ruined my autocorrect.

I can't help hoping that Suralan let's it go all the way to the final then sack both.

Oh sorry, PP said it was Francesca.

Stephanie must have a really good business plan or she would have gone weeks ago!

business plans

Looking forward to rhe interviews. Though sure none will come close to Solomon and his page of boats that time.

@Riverlee

“ Kathryn outright LIED in the pitch saying the babies all liked their product.”

Does that make her a good saleswoman or bad? Good for trying to promote her product in a favourable light, so get more sales, or bad because she lied about the consumer feedback?

I'm really surprised surallen didn't pick up on that. Making false claims is really dodgy. I know she was desperate for a sale but I'd be questioning her integrity tbh!

Looking forward to rhe interviews. Though sure none will come close to Solomon and his page of boats that time.

Disappointing that Akeem didn't get that far as reckon he might have done?

@Riverlee

business plans

Oh my God.

"Akeem is a strategy manager for a financial firm. Right now, he owns and runs an online sportswear company,which is worth just £28.He’s the director of and owner of online sportswear brand Lockr Space, which he’s hoping Lord Sugar will invest in, and one day it will be worth more than 30 quid."

I'm surprised they didn't keep him on purely so that could have come up in the interviews.

And apparently Brittany wants to sell alcoholic protein drinks? Sounds like a hard sell to me. Protein drink consumers are presumably very into health and fitness...how much would alcohol feature there?

Investing in their business ideas rather than them makes this a convoluted version of Dragons Den.

Stephanie should have gone ages ago, she is the most awful. But will enjoy her interviews!!

@Exhausteddog

I wonder what the prize would have been.

Maybe they engineered it that no one won because the person who organises the Groupon offer prize forgot/got fired/had covid?

😁

Looking at the business plans of those remaining, I would Harpreet has the best chance of winning.