What was a swimming instructor doing there to start with? Out of her depth and either poor placement by the BBC at selection, she told some porkies at interview or we're finally getting to the bottom of the barrel
What was a swimming instructor doing there to start with? Out of her depth and either poor placement by the BBC at selection, she told some porkies at interview or we're finally getting to the bottom of the barrel
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Clealry not as she's been fired already and arguably could have gone before.
Rooter
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no one was saying she couldn't. however, maybe the Apprentice was not the right show for her, dragons den may have been better. Apprentice is IMHO for battle hardened sales or at least business professionals.
SwingsitlikeHogan
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She walked really. I'm thinking she would literally have walked out of the programme if she could have, but I'm guessing that she was contractually required to stay for 'the firing' just to add that wee bit of human drama (suffering and humiliation on her part)
Rooter
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AKA Entertainment.
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Sorry but don't believe anyone should be dismissed based on their job currently
To suggest she shouldn't have been there in the first place is wrong
Was it Tom the other year who has now gone on to earn a fortune with Sugar who was neither a salesman nor a business professional
SwingsitlikeHogan
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In my opinion she was by far the weakest candidate and as others have said had she had the chance I think she'd have gone of her own accord. Whether she should or shouldn't have been there (shouldn't in my opinion) is academic. A very poor candidate who was out of her comfort zone from day one.
As for the other guy I can't remember him or what he brought and if he has gone on then fair play to him. He must have something about him but it doesn't hide the fact that this lady didn't have the nous or the capability
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Regardless none of that justifies your first statement - "what was a swimming instructor doing there in the first place"
Anyone can have a good business idea and anyone regardless of what job they do
No one should be dismissed because of what they currently do and that's what that statement is doing
Birchy
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To be fair Phil what is somebody doing being a swimming instructor if they think they can cut it on the apprentice? Surely they could have made more of themselves away from the show if they were up to it?
Seems weird to me as well to be honest.
Rooter
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Taken from wikipedia: The Apprentice is a British reality television series in which a group of aspiring businessmen and women compete for the chance to work with the British business magnate Alan Sugar.
The key thing is, "Aspiring businessmen and woman". I am an aspiring golf pro, its never gonna happen. she only got through the process to be one of a couple of "Cannon fodder". OK she had a business idea, great, from what i saw, she had ZERO experience. She should not have been on the show.
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Maybe she just couldn't get a break or finance to get her idea of the ground
It's very hard these days to get businesses of the ground and running
Maybe she really enjoyed her job but wanted a crack at moving on
She would have impressed at one stage to get to the show
Just don't think we should close of on people because of what they do as a job
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Again seen before on that show people with no experience and are aspiring business men or women do well
Sugar takes punts on people - some work some don't
Next time there will be someone with the same experience but will flourish
And in fact she showed more integrity and honesty than most in there
SS2
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The entire programme has several flaws:
The house phone goes at 5:30am and the message is "The cars will pick you up in 20 minutes". No way up to 20 people (some of whom are women and may take slightly longer...) are going to get up, fed, showered, dressed etc in 20 minutes. Not a chance.
If Sugar is such a good businessman, why does he "employ" someone who only ever picks up the phone and says "Lord Sugar will see you now"? Get an intercom or a door buzzer, for goodness sake.
It is frankly astonishing how many contestants over the years cannot perform very basic maths, like adding up 2 numbers.
Having said all that it does provide reasonable entertainment at the expense of the contestants.
The house phone goes at 5:30am and the message is "The cars will pick you up in 20 minutes". No way up to 20 people (some of whom are women and may take slightly longer...) are going to get up, fed, showered, dressed etc in 20 minutes. Not a chance.
If Sugar is such a good businessman, why does he "employ" someone who only ever picks up the phone and says "Lord Sugar will see you now"? Get an intercom or a door buzzer, for goodness sake.
It is frankly astonishing how many contestants over the years cannot perform very basic maths, like adding up 2 numbers.
Having said all that it does provide reasonable entertainment at the expense of the contestants.
Doon frae Troon
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These guys were on Dragons Den, poor nervous presentation, clueless about finance but as Phil said 'they had a good idea'.
Duncan spotted the potential and now they are nationally known.
These guys were on Dragons Den, poor nervous presentation, clueless about finance but as Phil said 'they had a good idea'.
Duncan spotted the potential and now they are nationally known.
Birchy
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Surely nobody should get on off the back off 1 idea that hasn't got off the ground though? Surely they must have more to them than that?
Well she must have clearly done a good blag on someone or they were short.
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All depends on that idea
She might have seen very confident and ready during 1 to 1 interviews but then buckled when it came to the live shows - very successful businessmen or ladies have had shockers on the program as well as highly educated scholars
Birchy
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I find it difficult to believe that there wasn't anybody more suitable. All she had was an idea, ive got one of them maybe they should put me on
No experience.
No prior business skills.
Not a highly educated scholar etc.
Clueless in the real world
If the person picking people to go on the show fell for the guff she threw at them then surely Mr Sugar needs fire that person as well
CheltenhamHacker
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I disagree with this. They clearly have foregone the point where they look for talented individuals, and look instead for the most interesting ones for TV. It's Big Brother in suits.
